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Farming Today: 25/08/2011

25/08/2011

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Natural England question how successful the planned badger cull in England would be.

Natural England question how successful the planned badger cull in England would be. The body that would issue licences says free shooting has not yet been tested. With Anna Hill.

Natural England - the body that would issue licences to farmers to cull badgers in England raise questions over whether the Government's projected results would be realised. DEFRA says the culling could bring up to a 16% reduction in new cases of bovine TB but Natural England says the way the cull is planned is different from the trials on which the figures are based. It also wants a cap on the size of the cull areas. 

Plum farmers in Kent says they've had a bumper crop but supermarkets won't buy the extras because of cheaper supplies from abroad. Some say they'll leave them to rot on the trees. 

And as the hospitality industry is blamed for causing 700,000 tonnes of food waste a year Farming Today looks at what restaurants are doing to reduce waste and asks whether portion sizes should be reduced. 

Presented by Anna Hill. Produced by Anne-Marie Bullock.

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