Confusion over food labels, EU glyphosate vote, Grassland management

Do you know your Red Tractor from your LEAF? Sybil Ruscoe hears about the confusion on the high street over those food labels.
A survey questioned 1,000 shoppers and the results show that only 15% of people recognised the LEAF logo - that's the label for Linking Environment & Farming who say their food is grown sustainably and with care for the environment. LEAF's Chief Executive Caroline Drummond agrees there's a way to go in terms of educating the public.

Today the EU discusses whether to ban or re-licence glyphosate - the weed killer used by farmers and gardeners - you might know it by the brand name Round Up. It's the most widely used herbicide in the EU but it's controversial because scientists disagree on whether it can cause cancer in humans. However, Pekka Pesonnen, who's Director General of Copa and Cogeca, which represents European farmers, argues that farmers need glyphosate.

As the summer - hopefully - warms up and the grass is at its sweetest Farming Today looks at grass, its history, ecology and uses. Elaine Jewkes, who's director of the British Grassland Society, says managing pasture is now perhaps less of an art, and more of a science.

Produced by Mark Smalley.