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Anne McIntosh, Chairwoman of the Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs committee, tells Farming Today that the voluntary dairy code should be extended so that processors must give farmers contracts which specify raw milk prices, volume and timing of deliveries.
The 大象传媒's Environment Analyst Roger Harrabin reports on a gamekeeper awaiting sentencing for what wildlife groups are calling one of the worst case of bird of prey poisoning ever recorded in England. Allen Lambert, who worked on the Stody Estate, in Norfolk was found guilty last month of deliberately killing ten buzzards and a sparrowhawk and possessing items used to prepare poison baits. All this week, Farming Today is taking a look at invasive species and the damage they can do to the countryside. The invasive species, Japanese Knotweed, costs the British economy around 166-million pounds a year. It grows at around one metre per month causing damage to roads, buildings and pretty much anything else which gets in its way. Lucy Bickerton joins the Avon Invasive Weeds Forum to monitor this invader and the damage it is causing to the river Frome.
The Welsh Government is launching a survey of dead badgers, to see how many have TB. it's the first study of its kind in Wales for 8 years and will cover badgers found in any part of the country. Its part of the bovine TB eradication programme which has introduced new cattle movement restictions and some vaccination of badgers. The chief vet for Wales, Christianne Glossop, explains why.Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Ruth Sanderson.