02/02/2011
The farmers planning the UK's biggest dairy farm tackle accusations that it could pose a pollution risk. And, sugar beet growers are struggling through a disastrous harvest.
The farmers planning the country's biggest dairy farm at Nocton in Lincolnshire tackle accusations that it could pose a pollution risk. The Environment Agency has objected to the three and a half thousand cow unit. With grain prices at a record high and a pressing need to reduce food waste, could swill ever make a return to pig farms ten years on from the 2001 foot and mouth crisis? And, Anna Hill finds out why sugar beet growers are struggling through a disastrous harvest.
Presenter: Anna Hill. Producer: Sarah Swadling.
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