14/03/2011
Presented by Anna Hill. Half of Europe's butter - and even butter produced and sold in the UK - is frozen and defrosted by the time it reaches shop shelves.
Half of the butter that is produced in Europe has been frozen and defrosted by the time it reaches the shop shelves. Even butter produced in the UK and sold in the UK may have spent some time in the deep freeze before ending up in your basket.
Farmers are being warned by the police to be vigilant for illegal raves on their land, Farming Today hears about the aftermath a rave left on one man's property and the expense of cleaning it up.
Also, with spring well on its way, we hear which crops will reap the biggest benefit this coming year. Martin Poyntz-Roberts visits a brassica farmer who is preparing to plant a batch of sapling cauliflowers in the midlands.
Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Ruth Sanderson.
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