# 20/06/26 - Royal Highland Show, Scottish farming policy and South West octopus bloom

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Podcast: [Farming Today](https://stenobird.com/podcast/farming-today-385282)
Published: 2026-06-20T06:00:00+00:00
Episode link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xzl5
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Duration seconds: 1487

## Resource

The Royal Highland Show hopes to welcome 200,000 visitors across four days. In this programme we report from the show, hearing farmers' views on the Scottish Government's plan for a supermarket price cap on essential food items, speaking to the new Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Rural Affairs and hearing about the hardest job on the showground... ice cream tasting! Meanwhile in the south west of England, we hear about an emergency by-law that's been passed in Cornwall, to restrict the number of boats coming in to fish for octopus. The ongoing octopus bloom has been described as a 'gold rush' as huge sums are being made - two weeks ago Brixham fish market experienced a record catch of 103 tonnes, worth £400,000. But the octopus are also causing problems - eating crab and lobster and devastating that industry locally. Presented by Caz Graham Produced by Heather Simons

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