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Farming Today: Should newborn calves be kept in single pens? Plus, farmers are urged to plant more trees.

Should newborn calves be kept in single pens? Plus, farmers are urged to plant more trees.

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Should newborn calves be kept in single pens? Plus, farmers are urged to plant more trees.

Supermarket says calves cannot be kept in pens on their own. 

Tesco tells dairy farmers not to keep calves in single pens, but one milk supplier says single pens are better for calves' welfare. And farmers are encouraged to plant more trees. 

Dairy Farmers have been told by Tesco they can no longer keep calves in pens on their own because it's better for them to be in pairs. Some farmers feel the supermarket's bowing to activists. Charles Goadby from Warwickshire says he uses single pens because it's better for the calves' welfare.
High timber prices should encourage farmers to plant more trees. According to the Confederation of Forest Industries, there's never been a better time to diversify with forestry, and they say it's good for the environment too.
American farmers are to be subsidised to the tune of 867 billion dollars over the next 10 years. Congress has just approved the American Farm Bill. Experts say it's aimed at smaller struggling farmers. Rabobank says trade wars with China will have more of an impact on the European market and British farmers than these subsidies. A new trade deal between the EU and Japan should be good news for pork and beef producers.
How many veg can you name? One couple who run a market garden in Wiltshire grow more than 30 - and even though some crops suffered this summer, the winter veg are looking good.

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