22/01/21 Live export, Rural Tourism, Glass eels

MPs are launching an investigation into new rules on the transport of animals. The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs select committee’s inquiry will look at how a potential ban on live animal exports would affect farmers and processors, and will also consider implications for transporting horses.

A UK company which exports eels from the River Severn all over Europe says changes in the rules since Brexit mean it may not survive. Because European eels are classed as critically endangered, the European Union only allows trade within the EU. The owner of UK Glass Eels says that means he can’t export them - even to Northern Ireland, where they normally go to restock Lough Neagh.

And as we come to the end of another week of lockdown, Farming Today checks in with another one of our rural audio-diarists. Caroline Millar farms beef and sheep near Dundee, where she also runs luxury holiday accommodation.

Presented by Charlotte Smith
Produced in Bristol by Natalie Donovan