A weekly agricultural magazine for those who live by the land.

A special investigation carried out for 'Farming' by Alastair Dunnett.

Research: Alastair Dunnett introduces a film made at Pirbright, Surrey, during a visit to the International Foot and Mouth Disease Research Institute, famous as a world centre for diagnosis and the supply of vaccines.

Policy: In Britain a rigid slaughter policy is enforced with support of the farming community. Dr. J. Ritchie, Chief of the Ministry of Agriculture's veterinary services, Arthur Court, a dairy farmer, and David Beal, Principal of Northamptonshire Institute of Agriculture, comment upon the present system of controlling the disease.

From the BBC's Midland television studio