08/08/2011

£50million worth of thefts on UK farms last year as rural crime increases. The insurers NFU Mutual calculate in their Rural Crime Survey that tractor, fuel and livestock thefts have increased sharply.

Metal theft has become such a problem in Avon and Somerset that the police force has a specialist metal theft officer. Sarah Swadling joined Police Community Support Officer Matt Tailby as he started his shift at Yeovil police station.

88% of people believe that the UK is too reliant on other countries for food, according to a ComRes survey commissioned by BBC One's Countryfile and Farming Today. With the UK currently importing around 40% of our food, Professor Charles Godfray explains how he thinks we can create a secure global food supply.

Presenter: Sarah Swadling. Producer: Emma Weatherill.