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Farming Today: 22/11/2011

22/11/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 22/11/2011

Anna Hill hears why British sheepdogs are now being exported all round the world.

Anna Hill hears why British sheepdogs are being exported all round the world. Hundreds of dogs are being sent to Russia, Japan and Australia, as demand for British genetics grows.

Anna Hill hears why British sheepdogs are now being exported all round the world. Hundreds of dogs are being sent to Russia, Japan and Ausralia as demand for British genetics grows. Farming Today visits one of the biggest sheepdog auctions in the country at Bala in Wales, where dogs are bought and sold for many thousands of pounds.

British egg farmers have reacted angrily to the possibility that eggs from illegal battery cages could still be imported into the UK next year. The British Egg Industry Council tells Anna Hill it is now pressing for a trade ban.

And a quarter of rural households are now living in fuel poverty according to the Energy and Climate Change parliamentary select committee, It believes a major factor is lack of connection to mains gas supplies, leaving people to rely on oil or gas canisters for heating. Albert Owen MP is calling for the watchdog Ofgem to take up the case of those who have to pay more for their fuel.

Presenter: Anna Hill Producer: Melvin Rickarby.

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