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Farming Today: Fracking, Glyphosate decision and an expanding livestock market

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23/06/2016

Fracking, Glyphosate decision and an expanding livestock market

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Fracking, Glyphosate decision and an expanding livestock market

Concerns about fracking, Glyphosate and the UK's livestock auctions.

A Yorkshire farmer raises fears about fracking, the future of Glyphosate in the EU is set to be decided and the Staffordshire market town bucking the trend for livestock auctions.

A farmer living near the first site in Britain to be given permission for fracking in five years is voicing her fears. She's worried about water contamination. But the trade association for fracking companies, UK Onshore Oil and Gas, insists that regulations and monitoring make fracking a safe way to extract gas. 
The future use of glyphosate in Europe is about to be made by a committee of EU representatives. There have been calls for the weed-killer to be outlawed because of fears that it may cause cancer, but farmers have campaigned to keep what they say is a "safe and vital" tool. 
The Staffordshire town of Leek appears to be bucking the trend when it comes to livestock markets. In the last half century the number of auctions in England has fallen from 550 to about 80. But Leek Livestock Market is expanding and investing in new buildings. 
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