All rural life is here: daily news of food, farming, the countryside and the environment with analysis and context from the BBC's experts in the field. Presented by Anna Hill and Charlotte Smith, Farming Today goes out every weekday on Radio 4 at 0545 (14 minutes)and at 0635 on Saturdays (22 minutes).
Police are fighting back against rural thieves by chemically 'tagging' tractor fuel. Anna Hill hears how it's part of plans to reduce the £42million pound worth of rural thefts.
When banned foods enter the UK they can bring diseases like Foot and Mouth. Caz Graham hears how illegal items are traced and asks if the penalties are harsh enough.
With Caz Graham. Mince is now the nation's favourite cut of beef, but farmers say heavy discounts and reduced sales of more expensive cuts are hitting profits. We hear from one farmer who is quitting beef production after a family involvement of more than a hundred years. Farming Today also visits one of the few remaining medieval field systems in England.
Cows belong in fields, not in factories, according to a leading animal welfare charity who are opposed to the so-called 'mega-dairy' planned for Lincolnshire.
