10/09/2010
Farming Today asks how difficult it is to make money from dairy farming and finds out how close the UK is to the eradication of the disease bluetongue.
With between 2 and 3 dairy farmers leave the industry each week, Farming Today asks how difficult it is to make money from producing milk. Charlotte Smith finds out how close the UK is to the eradication of the disease bluetongue, and the latest food product bidding for Protected Geographic Indicator status is west country beef and lamb. Charlotte asks why meat from the south west of England deserves to be awarded protected status by the European Commission.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Martin Poyntz-Roberts.
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