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1: FG badger/TB debate panellists:Gareth Enticott Cardiff Uni, Nick Fenwick FUW, Adam Quinney NFU, Jack Reedy Badger Trust http://t.co/CghQUzDI
2: Reminder: FG web debate this Friday, 1pm: Badgers and Bovine TB – the way forward? http://t.co/CghQUzDI
3: Could France learn to love British beef? http://t.co/6EOtEnNl
4: Accdng to @paulwaugh Glasgow MP @TomHarrisMP has been promoted to Lab front bench as Shadow Defra Min. But will he tone down the tweets?
5: Schmallenberg found in Buckinghamshire as number of new cases creeps up http://t.co/HRylkIFq
6: CAP greening debate: Paice urges Ciolos to go further on CAP greening concessions http://t.co/4YLhrEtT
7: CAP debate: Commissioner Ciolos rejects calls by member states, inc UK, for an 'a la carte menu' of greening measures. Too complex, he says.
8: RT @GailSoutar1978 UK looking to change the defintion of Permanent Grassland to at least 10 years (from current 5) Commission going for 8.
9: Greening debate: Jim Paice says there must be no 'double funding' so Pillar 1 CAP greening forms a 'baseline for further Pillar 2 proposals
10: FG badger/TB debate panellists:Gareth Enticott Cardiff Uni, Nick Fenwick FUW, Adam Quinney NFU, Jack Reedy Badger Trust http://t.co/CghQUzDI

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