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Poultry Farmers are warned this winter is on course to be among the worst for avian flu. This week all poultry in England and Northern Ireland was ordered inside after a number of new cases. The Pirbright Institute's head of avian virology explains why the H5N1 strain of bird flu has become more able to spread, describing it as 'almost a super strain'.
A household name in food processing says it's worried about future supplies of raw materials, because farmers confidence is so poor.
Behind the scenes with plant experts as Kew's Millennium Seed Bank marks 25 years.
MPs say by 2050 almost a quarter of current UK farmland might not be farmed.
Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton.
By BBC Radio 44.5
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Poultry Farmers are warned this winter is on course to be among the worst for avian flu. This week all poultry in England and Northern Ireland was ordered inside after a number of new cases. The Pirbright Institute's head of avian virology explains why the H5N1 strain of bird flu has become more able to spread, describing it as 'almost a super strain'.
A household name in food processing says it's worried about future supplies of raw materials, because farmers confidence is so poor.
Behind the scenes with plant experts as Kew's Millennium Seed Bank marks 25 years.
MPs say by 2050 almost a quarter of current UK farmland might not be farmed.
Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

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