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Farming Today: 27/08/20 Pig welfare, Off-roading, Free range poultry, Mulberry harvest

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27/08/20 Pig welfare, Off-roading, Free range poultry, Mulberry harvest

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 27/08/20 Pig welfare, Off-roading, Free range poultry, Mulberry harvest

Farming Today reports on allegations of mistreatment on a pig farm in Leicestershire.

Farming Today reports on allegations of mistreatment on a pig farm in Leicestershire. Campaigners in the Lake District lose their court battle against off-roaders.

Animal rights activists have released undercover filming which appears to show sows and piglets being mistreated at a pig farm in Leicestershire. Sybil Ruscoe gets an update.

4x4s and motorbikes can continue to use the Lake District National Park, after campaigners lost their legal challenge against off-roading. More than 370,000 people signed a petition against it, but a judge dismissed their legal challenge.

Continuing Farming Today's week-long look at the poultry sector, Anna Hill visits an outdoor chicken unit in Norfolk. 

And we find out how you harvest mulberries, with a trip to Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire.

Presented by Sybil Ruscoe
Produced by Emma Campbell for BBC Audio in Bristol.

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