大象传媒

Pig farmers are warning that the rising cost of feed will be the last straw for some and are asking retailers to pay more for British pork. There has been a big rise in the price of wheat - one of the main cereal crops fed to pigs - The National Pig Association says costs have tripled.

Do farmers care about the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board - the AHDB? It鈥檚 the body which they pay for, via mandatory levies. It runs advertising campaigns, provides market information and analysis. Potato growers have left and set up their own body and horticulture businesses too have voted with their feet. That leaves livestock, dairy and arable farmers who now get a vote on how the AHBD uses their money. To use that vote they have to register by the end of this month, and not many have.

British farmers produce 10 million ducks every year, small in comparison with the one billion chickens, but The British Poultry Council says the UK is the global hub for breeding stock. It's estimated around 70 per cent of the world's commerical duck stock has its roots in UK duck genetics.

Presenter = Charlotte Smith
Producer = Rebecca Rooney