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The latest on Scottish land reform, which is voted on by MSPs at Holyrood today. It has been estimated that half of the privately-owned land in Scotland is controlled by just 432 people. However, that could be set to change. If passed, it could transform the countryside for farming and rural businesses. Andrew Kerr, 麻豆约拍 Scotland's Political Correspondent explains the background to the vote.

The National Sheep Association is trying to regenerate an interest in sheep farming by offering training opportunities to young up-and-coming sheep farmers. Called the Next Generation Ambassador programme, 12 young people have been chosen to represent the industry in the 2016 scheme. Nancy Nicolson meets one of them in Aberdeenshire.

A tick-borne disease has been detected in dogs for the first time in the UK. A fourth case of babesia, a potentially life-threatening disease in dogs, and which can cause serious illness in cattle - has been found in Essex which appears to be a hot spot. Scientists at the University at Bristol have conducted a major study, collecting more than six thousand ticks over the past year. Professor Richard Wall tells Beatrice Fenton why new populations of ticks entering the UK carrying a variety of diseases continue to be a concern.

In praise of pigswill: while pigs are history's oldest food waste recyclers, the use of pigswill in the EU has been forbidden since 2002, after the UK's foot and mouth outbreak the previous year. Erasmus Zu Ermgassen, who's a vet at the University of Cambridge, argues that pigswill can be an efficient and safe way to feed animals and stop waste if heat-treated as in Japan and South Korea.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Mark Smalley.