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Farming Today

The French government is offering a multi-million pound aid package to its farmers as prices keep falling. Should British farmers be putting more pressure on their government?

The French government is offering its farmers 600 million Euros in financial aid. Farmers there have been protesting about falling milk and meat prices - in flamboyant French style. They've blockaded motorways, tipped manure onto roads and even released pigs in supermarkets. Charlotte Smith asks why farmers here don't tend to adopt the same tactics, and talks to one farmer who is taking part in a more British style of protest. He explains why, while stationary on his tractor on the A50 in Staffordshire.

The annual CLA Game Fair will take place this week at Harewood House near Leeds. It's all about hunting, shooting, fishing - and generally involves a lot of tweed. Charlotte asks the chairman of the Country Land and Business Association whether it's still relevant in the 21st century.

Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Emma Campbell.

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Mon 27 Jul 2015 05:45

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