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Despite the recent rainfall, Anna Hill hears the drought in Eastern England could cost some farmers more than half their crop. Water restrictions from the Environment Agency remain in place and Philip Darke, managing director of the farming cooperative Camgrain warns that farmers with sandy soils will suffer the most.

25 years on from the first case of BSE, there are now only 11 cases a year in the UK. At the height of the epidemic, 37 thousand cattle were infected in one year allone. Some have described it as the biggest PR nightmare farming has ever seen. John Fishwick, President of the British Cattle Veterinary Association tells Farming Today that with so few cases now occurring, the end is in sight for this disease.

And the RSPCA tells Anna Hill more needs to be done to stop people leaving debris in the countryside. It says in last 5 years more than 40,000 animals have been found tangled or trapped in litter

Presenter: Anna Hill Producer: Melvin Rickarby.