16/07/2012
Charlotte Smith hears how blistering temperatures in the USA could send the price of meat on supermarket shelves soaring.
Experts say the price of meat on supermarket shelves will have to increase after a poor harvest across the world. The American and Russian supplies of corn and maize, which is used in animal feed, has been badly affected by a lack of rain and blistering temperatures. Clare Freeman visits the trading floor at cereal traders Open Field to see if UK farmers can cash in on the shortage.
Presented by Charlotte Smith. Produced in Birmingham by Angela Frain.
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