01/10/2010
News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith. There are warnings that a milk price war could force more dairy farmers out of business.
There are warnings that a supermarket milk price war could force more dairy farmers out of business. One dairy farmers tells us that it costs them more to produce milk than they get paid for it. Despite an EU ban on caged hens in that comes into force in 2012, around a third of eggs could still come from battery hens as some member states struggle to switch to enriched cages. Anna Hill visits an orchard in Suffolk to see one farmers ill-fated attempt to grow apricots.
Presented by Anna Hill. Produced by Martin Poyntz-Roberts.
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