Fruit Sales, Pig Welfare, Flood Defences

A small-scale fruit grower says she's unable to sell her produce, despite it being a bumper harvest: nearly all of her apples and pears will rot on the ground. A wholesale expert tells us producers need to invest in packaging if they're going to succeed.

A new anonymous helpline has been launched by the National Pig Association to enable workers to report issues of cruelty and neglect on pig farms. It's partly in response to incidents of cruelty caught on video two years ago.

Work has begun to raise some roads on the Somerset Levels, to avoid a repeat of last winter's devastating floods which cut off villages and farms. One farmer tells us the investment needs to be long-term if it's to make a difference.