19/09/2026 The role of farming co-ops, Shepherd protests in Bucharest, International sheep dog trials
The importance of farming co-ops; Farmer protests on the streets of Bucharest;聽 A Welsh victory in the international sheep dog trials.
This week, we've been taking a closer look at agricultural co-ops, from very small-scale cooperative working up to huge dairy co-ops. Across Europe, it鈥檚 widely recognised that farmer collaboration can give agriculture a stronger voice in the food supply chain.聽 聽We look at how they are working in different parts of the UK and ask if there is scope for more co-operative working.
The 麻豆社's Central Europe correspondent, Nick Thorpe, reports from Romania, where thousands of shepherds have taken to the streets to protest against a ban on live sheep exports.
Reporter Vernon Harwood is in the Cotswolds to bring us all the atmosphere of the three-day competition to find the best sheepdog handler in Britain and Ireland.
And we talk to the team behind a new play which follows a single day in the life of three generations of women on a working family farm.
Presenter:聽 Charlotte Smith
Producer:聽 Beatrice Fenton
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