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Farming Today: Food Standard Scotland, Planting, Vintage Tractors, Farm Bird Count, Fancy Eggs

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02/04/2015

Food Standard Scotland, Planting, Vintage Tractors, Farm Bird Count, Fancy Eggs

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Food Standard Scotland, Planting, Vintage Tractors, Farm Bird Count, Fancy Eggs

Scotland gets control over its own food safety, standards and labelling.

Scotland gets control over its own food safety, standards and labelling. Presented by Caz Graham.

Scotland gets its own control over food labelling and safety. Ross Finnie is Chairman of the newly formed Food Standards Scotland. He says it will mean they can tailor safety and nutrition to Scottish needs.

More than a million acres of land have been monitored by the second annual Big Farm Bird count, Director of the project Jim Egan says its an encouraging year for wildlife.

As spring hits UK farming, Farming Today hears from John Sedgewick who is the chief agronomist for Produce World, who grow salad and vegetables all over the UK, he gives Caz Graham a round up of whats being sown, planted and picked.

All this week Farming Today is looking at eggs. And there's a growing market for exotic fancy birds' eggs like partridge, goose, rhea and ostrich. Richard Kempsey is technical director of Clarence Court in Cornwall who sell specialist eggs, he explained why they can be so expensive to buy.

500 vintage tractors are set to line the roads around Gretna Green this Easter weekend. Enthusiasts from around the British Isles take part in a 25 mile convoy to show off their pride and joys. Organiser John Johnson told Farming Today that he has had a lifelong obsession with tractors.

Presented by Caz Graham and produced in Bristol by Ruth Sanderson.

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