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Wheat prices have plummeted by 拢30 per tonne in the past 10 days. Farming Today hears from Jack Watts - Senior analyst at the Home Grown Cereals Authority - who explains the relationship between due to unrest in North Africa and last week's earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan. He says that this will have an effect on how farmers in the UK plan their crops in the upcoming year.

Agricultural Colleges are to lose funding which promotes their links with farming. This is set within the wider context of overall budget cuts for all but one university in England. Chris Gaskell - the principle of the Royal Agricultural College - warns that this cut between universities and industry will be detrimental to both students and the agri-production sector.

Also, Anna Hill goes to see millions of onion seeds in the sandy Brecklands in Suffolk as Farming Today continues its look at spring planting.

Presented by Anna Hill and Produced by Ruth Sanderson.