07/09/2010
Police are fighting back against rural thieves by chemically 'tagging' tractor fuel. Anna Hill hears how that is just part of plans to cut the 42 million pound cost of rural thefts.
With rural thefts on the increase, police in Hampshire are using new technology to chemically 'tag' fuel so diesel stolen straight from tractor tanks and the thieves can be traced.
As the Dairy Event in Birmingham prepares for more than 14 thousand visitors Farming Today sees how last minute checks are being made at the livestock show and hears how a dairy farmer's venture to produce clotted cream saved his business.
And as farmers prepare for the potato harvest Anna Hill visits a new storage research facility to find how to keep potatoes in top condition for a year-round supply.
Produced by Anne-Marie Bullock.
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