17/02/2011
Plans for the the UK's biggest dairy farm have been withdrawn. The farm at Nocton would've had nearly four thousand cows. Charlotte Smith asks if this is the end for mega-dairies?
Plans for the the UK's biggest dairy farm have been withdrawn. The farm at Nocton would've had nearly four thousand cows. Charlotte Smith asks if this is the end for mega-dairies? And, the vice president of one of the world's biggest grain companies, Cargill, tells Farming Today he believes GM crops are an essential tool to feed a rising global population, using fewer of the earth's resources.
Presenter: Charlotte Smith. Producer: Sarah Swadling.
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