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A report published today by the agricultural consultants Andersons claims that banning too many pesticides will lead to lower yields on farm, which in turn could result in an increase in food imports, and job losses. The report says around 40 substances could be banned or restricted by the EU. But one conservation group, the Pesticide Action Network, says this is just scaremongering, and that organic growers can produce high yields without the use of pesticides.

A bronze statue will be unveiled later today at the National Arboretum in Staffordshire. It's to honour the thousands of Land Girls who worked the land to help feed the nation during both world wars. We meet Iris Newbold, who worked as a Land Girl in Yorkshire when she was 17.

And we find out how dung beetles are being used to increase the amount of pasture available on farms.