22/04/22 - Unprecedented inflation for farmers
The cost of farming inputs has increased by 23.28 percent in just six months to the end of March 2022.
A report from Anglia Farmers - one of the UK’s biggest farming cooperatives - suggests the cost of farming inputs has increased by 23.28% in just six months to the end of March 2022. And that’s on top of a 22% increase in the previous six months. No sector in farming has escaped the price rises.
One impact of the increased price of gas is that people growing salad crops in heated glasshouses have greatly reduced their production. We visit one grower who says the future of his business is in the balance.
Presented by Caz Graham
Produced in Bristol by Heather Simons
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- Fri 22 Apr 202205:45BBC Radio 4
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