Main content

20/05/2010
Charlotte Smith hears from a British MEP who has won support to slash the red tape farmers face from Europe, and why sheep are having brain scans.
Charlotte Smith hears why queen bees from the Isle of Mann may save others by being posted to the mainland, how a British MEP has won backing to slash the red tape farmers have to go through to please Europe and why fingers are pointed at the Rural Payments Agency to stomach a large share of any cuts DEFRA faces. Meanwhile farmers in the East Midlands are herding their sheep through brain scanners in the name of science. Produced by Anne-Marie Bullock.
Last on
Thu 20 May 201005:45
BBC Radio 4
Broadcast
- Thu 20 May 201005:45BBC Radio 4
Podcast
![]()
Farming Today
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
