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Farming Today: Scottish land reform, Farm technology, GB food unit, Stoats

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21/01/2016

Scottish land reform, Farm technology, GB food unit, Stoats

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Scottish land reform, Farm technology, GB food unit, Stoats

Charlotte Smith has an update on plans for land reform in Scotland.

Scotland's plans for land reform could be made more radical, as members of the Scottish Parliament debate amendments to the proposed legislation.

New amendments to the Land Reform Bill are being discussed in the Scottish Parliament. Charlotte Smith finds out why the plans for reform could be made more radical.

The "Great British Food Unit" is launched today. This government initiative aims to increase manufactured food exports to a value of six billion pounds by 2020. We hear from the Secretary of State for the Environment, Elizabeth Truss.

All this week we're looking at the uses new technology is being put to on farms. Emma Campbell meets one farmer who thinks that the focus on robots, satellites and drones may be distracting farmers from getting the basics - like soil health - right.

And we hear about moves to eradicate stoats from the island of Orkney.

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