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Farming Today: 26/10/2010

26/10/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 26/10/2010

Anna Hill hears a farm was raided after children were spotted working in the fields.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Martin Poyntz Roberts.

Anna Hill hears a farm was raided after children were spotted working in the fields. Romanian children as young as nine were discovered by the Gangmaster's Licensing Authority. GLA chief executive Ian Livesey tells Farming Today there are likely to be other unlicensed gangmasters in the country exploiting workers. But Christine Snell, director of Concordia who employ foreign workers, says she is shocked, and expects this case is a one-off.

There has been a big rise in TB in pigs, leading farmers to call for a national policy to deal with the disease. In the past 18 months, there have been 40 individual cases - as many as in the previous 6 years. The National Pig Association more controls are needed to stop the disease becoming a serious problem.

And Anna Hill visits the UKs first biogas plant to be powered by maize. The Norfolk plant could power up to 3,000 homes and will help out the National Grid.

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