18/01/2012
Jim Paice MP tells Anna Hill that UK farmers will be prosecuted if they don't follow new EU rules on battery eggs.
Agriculture Minister Jim Paice MP says UK egg farmers will be prosecuted if they do not stop producing battery eggs in the next two weeks. New EU regulations banned battery cages by 1 January 2012. The UK did not meet the deadline in time, despite Jim Paice MP being confident that all UK eggs would be battery cage free.
Clare Freeman counts hares in the Welsh countryside to try and determine whether the £531 million paid out each year on agri-enviromnent schemes is money well spent. And Professor Stephen Harris from the University of Bristol discusses the accuracy of badger counting.
Presented by Anna Hill. Produced by Emma Weatherill.
Last on
Broadcast
- Wed 18 Jan 201205:45BBC Radio 4 FM
Farming Tomorrow: Another Country with James Rebanks
A document of the lives of rural workers in and around three English villages.
Farming Tomorrow: AI on the Farm
Charlotte Smith explores how artificial intelligence is transforming agriculture.
Farming Tomorrow: The Briefing Room asks How will climate change affect our farms?
Will we still be able to grow enough food as temperatures rise and rain patterns change?
Farming Tomorrow: Kiri's Farm
A stand-up comedian, a vegan and a farmer walk into a bar.
Podcast
![]()
Farming Today
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
