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Farming Today: 20/11/2013

20/11/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 20/11/2013

One hundred animals are put down in one of Wales's worst-ever horse welfare cases.

Animal welfare officers in Wales are dealing with one of the worst cases of equine neglect they have ever encountered. Will legislation on fly-grazing make any difference?

More than a hundred horses have been put down in Wales after RSPCA officers were called to a site in the Vale of Glamorgan. Farming Today finds out how this is one of the country's worst ever horse neglect cases, and hears how the Welsh Assembly is considering legislation to tackle the problem of fly-grazing.

Reform means money from the Common Agricultural Policy can be used to fund rural development projects, instead of going direct to farmers. A boost for some rural businesses, but a cause of resentment among farmers. We ask who's right.

And we meet the dairy farmer in Somerset whose stock are still grazing outside in November, thanks to the late warm autumn.

Presented by Anna Hill. Produced by Emma Campbell.

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