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Farming Today: 26/11/2013

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26/11/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 26/11/2013

Should England follow Wales's lead and clamp down on the problem of fly-grazing?

MPs debate the issue of fly-grazing and what can be done to stop horse-owners abandoning their animals on other people's land. Anna Hill asks if it is time to legislate.

England is being encouraged to follow the Welsh Government's lead and clamp down on illegal fly-grazing. Wales is fast-tracking legislation which would let councils seize animals left to graze on other people's land without permission, after years of complaints from farmers. But horse charities fear that the problem could simply move across the border. They say they're already noticing an increase in abandoned horses in England. MPs debate the issue in Westminster today.

Farming Today meets the goat farmers who - just as winter sets in - are tricking their animals into thinking it's already spring. Jules Benham finds out why this keeps the supply of goat's milk steady throughout the year.

And why adding small amounts of copper to farm soils could reduce greenhouse gases by as much as 10 percent worldwide.

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