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Farmers in Scotland want to see cuts to the Holyrood agriculture budget reversed and an extra billion pounds worth of funding to farmers across the country from the UK Government. Both issues were raised yesterday at the NFU Scotland conference that鈥檚 taking place just now in Glasgow. National Farmers Union Scotland members are expecting to be joined by First Minister Humza Yousaf this morning. He鈥檒l be joined by Scotland鈥檚 Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Mairi Gougeon, for what may well be a rather heated question-and-answer session.

Conservationists say more should be done to preserve and restore Britain鈥檚 temperate rainforests. These ancient woodlands have a mild and damp climate and support species like mosses and lichens. They may once have covered about a fifth of Britain but now just fragments of the forest remain. In December the Government pledged 拢750,000 for research but campaigners say more needs to be done.

These days it's rare to get eggs delivered. But if you live in the village of Sibford Ferris near Banbury you could get your eggs delivered by goat. All this week we鈥檙e hearing about working animals. Sue Sabin has been running an egg round for the last fourteen years with Alan, her pack-goat.

Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton.