# 16/05/26 Farming Today This Week: too many pigs, new strategy to tackle animal disease, call for caged eggs ban, Balmoral Show

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Podcast: [Farming Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/farming-today-385282)
Published: 2026-05-16T06:00:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002wj0k
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Duration seconds: 1472

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Too many pigs, not enough space: farmers struggling to sell their livestock. New strategies for tackling the spread of animal disease. We ask, how much is being done to stop it getting here in the first place. Vets' organisations are calling for a ban on imports of eggs produced by caged hens, and a phasing out of the legal 'enriched colony' cages in the UK. And prize winning sheep at the Balmoral Show in Northern Ireland. Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

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