05/06/2013

The initial findings of a review into how the Food Standards Agency handled the horsemeat scandal have been announced. Anna Hill talks to Professor Pat Troop, who carried out the review, and asks whether the FSA went wrong and what can be improved - from better early warning systems to more clarity on leadership.

Talk politics at any livestock market or agricultural event and you'll no doubt hear people say the government doesn't understand farming. A rather unexpected voice joins that chorus - none other than the former farming minister Sir Jim Paice. The MP for South East Cambridgeshire talks to Anna about a government ethos which he claims lets down farmers.

And increasing numbers of British sheep shearers are heading down under to work in New Zealand for part of the year. Not only that, changes in sheep farming here in the UK mean there's greater demand for contract shearers. Reporter Sarah Swadling meets the clippers on a sheep shearing course in Devon.

Presented by Anna Hill. Produced by Anna Jones.