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The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Anna Hill and Produced by Sally Challoner2014 has been a record year for British strawberries, with a harvest estimated at 60 thousand tonnes - 8 percent up on last year. The season started early, in March, and the mild autumn means it's expected to go on right up until December.

Proposals to introduce stricter European rules on genetic techniques used in plant breeding are being opposed by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the funding body for biological research. A method called gene editing is being used in crop research, but scientists fear that any new curbs on the process would prevent research projects continuing across the EU. Anna Hill goes to the John Innes Centre in Norwich to find out more.

The timber industry contributes 拢8 billion to the UK economy every year, but two thirds of the timber we use in this country is imported. Anna hears about efforts to increase sustainable supplies of home-grown wood.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Emma Campbell.