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| | |  Saturday, February 6, 1999 Published at 15:59 GMT Special Report
Farmers at their industry's winter show say the worst of the current crisis may be behind them. Cure to the crisis: One farmer's view A leading British farmer says the way to solve the crisis in agriculture is to stop paying farmers to grow food. British beef fightback starts A worldwide campaign is being launched to put British beef back on other people's plates. 'Beef back by Christmas' The EU Agriculture Commissioner has told BBC News Online he hopes there will be agreement to lift the ban on most British beef exports by Christmas. Farmers get a breathing space The aid package announced by Agriculture Minister Nick Brown will give farmers a little help, but their long-term prospects remain poor. Why farming's crisis matters Farming is suffering its worst crisis for many years but it has implications for the whole of society. Sheep may safely graze - but not here The farming crisis has hit Maurice Vellacott so badly he has begun shooting his sheep - because he says they are worthless. Verdict favours British beef Immediately after the export ban on British beef was lifted, BBC News Online users were asked - Is British beef safe? NFU sees 'daily catalogue of despair' The National Farmers' Union says its members need emergency help from the government to relieve the despair that many are feeling. Scotland: Paying for survival With Scottish farmers borrowing more than �1bn this year just to survive, Scotland Rural Affairs Correspondent Ken Rundle says the country is desperate for government support - or the effects will be felt in the polls. Selling up your history in Cumbria Environment Correspondent Margaret Gilmore meets a Cumbrian family who are selling up 1,000 years of hill farming in Britain to start again in Canada. Wales: farmers take direct action With the bottom dropping out of their market and their lives at stake, Wales reporter Sally Davies finds out why Welsh farmers have have been driven to taking direct action. Will Welsh famers suffer like their coal mining countrymen? Wales reporter Sally Davies examines the current Welsh farming crisis and whether it has similarities with the demise of the coal industry. One crisis, many culprits The causes of the present crisis in British agriculture may be clear, but they will be neither easy nor quick to solve. Turning the CAP tanker The Common Agricultural Policy binds Europe's farmers together. Many want it changed, some want it to stay the same - but what is it? Farming Today finds out where farmers can get help Farming Today finds out where farmers can get help Today programme special reports The Today programme's Dominic Arkwright takes a special look at the causes and consequences of the farming crisis. Woman's Hour meets female farmers in trouble Radio 4 magazine programme Woman's Hour talks to two women farmers in the UK who are suffering from different ends of the same farming problem. Farming in crisis BBC News Online provides news and analysis of the crisis in farming. Why it matters, who it affects, what it means to them and what can be done about it.
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