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22/03/25 - Farming Today This Week: Hare coursing, Fairness in food supply chain, Covid's legacy on farms, Biosecurity

Farmers fear the rise in violent encounters with illegal hare coursers.

Farmers fear the rise in violent encounters with illegal hare coursers.

Are biosecurity measures good enough to prevent another major epidemic in farm livestock?

A group of cross-party MPs has told the Government that farmers are way down the pecking order compared to the big supermarkets and food processors, and often feel powerless to challenge questionable behaviour by them.

Five years on we look at how farmers were affected by the pandemic.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

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