13/03/2013
Farming news with Anna Hill. Reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy are put to the vote in Strasbourg. Will MEPs elect greener measures or traditional methods of farm payments?
MEPs in Strasbourg are due to vote today on proposed reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy. The proposals under consideration could change the way farming is funded in the EU over the next seven years. The new scheme was meant to encourage farmers to do more to protect the environment. But environmental groups fear the "greening" measures have been watered down.
And with Jersey Royal potatoes under ten inches of snow on the Channel Islands, will they be on our plates in time for Easter lunch?
Presented by Anna Hill. Produced by Emma Campbell.
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