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As the government cuts its incentives for solar energy, Anna Hill hears claims that many farmers will now abandon their plans to produce green energy on farm. Farmers had expected to receive a higher rate to provide electricity from small scale solar projects. If the proposals are approved that payment will be halved from 43p to 21p per kilowatt hour. The department for Energy and Climate Change says the reduction is necessary because the popularity of the feed-in tariffs scheme has outstripped Government expectations. It says the cost of installing solar panels has dropped by 30 percent and it needs to cut the tariff to ensure a constant rate of return.

And Anna Hill hears warnings that the rising cost of feed and an oversupply of eggs could lead to 13 percent of free range producers going out of business. In 1970 just 6 percent of the eggs bought in the UK were free range, but by last year that had gone up to 45 percent.

Presenter: Anna Hill; Producer Angela Frain.