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Farming Today: 02/08/2013

02/08/2013

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Plans to extend badger TB vaccination in Wales, if landowners will pay part of the cost.

Charlotte Smith discusses plans to extend badger TB vaccination in Wales, with a grant scheme to help farmers pay for it, plus how crops' wild relatives could help food security.

There are plans to extend badger TB vaccination in Wales, as long as landowners will help pay for it. The Chief Veterinary Officer for Wales Christianne Glossop outlines how a future grant scheme would work. As progress on Government research into an oral badger vaccine is expected to be revealed, Dr Glossop considers how useful a tool it might be in the fight against TB in cattle.

Charlotte Smith visits some 'wild relatives' which could help food security.

And the UK dairy industry claims that consumers are being misled by current cheese labelling rules.

Presented by Charlotte Smith, Produced by Sarah Swadling.

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