Farming Today - 25/10/2010

A farmer is forced to shoot a bullock because the animal didn't have a passport. Cattle passports were brought in to control BSE, but one farmer is asking for the rules to be changed. Farming Today visits farmer Richard Guy as his animal is put down; his bullock wasn't registered in time to get a passport, and cannot enter the food chain or be moved from the farm. Charlotte Smith hears warnings that a 'perfect storm' of government cuts is faced by rural communities. The Plunkett Foundation which supports voluntary community enterprises fears the spending review will hit the countryside hardest. And Farming Today investigates why more farmers aren't cashing in on green energy. The government has a target to produce 15% of energy from renewable resources by 2020, but latest government figures show current production is 3%. More power stations are now burning the energy crop miscanthus, and Farming Today visits a Yorkshire farmer who has turned over half his land to the crop.