Milk production; Slug pellets; Trainee auctioneers
Farming and countryside news with Anna Hill. The UK's milk production hits a record high, and a livestock auctioneer-in-training takes to the rostrum.
The UK's milk production was the highest last month since records began. Figures show an 11% increase on last February. Farming Today looks at whether the market can sustain such a rise in production.
There are claims that there should a plan to maintain and improve our 'natural capital'. The government's independent advisory committee on natural capital says that, just as ministers have developed a National Infrastructure Plan for road and rail projects, they should now develop a similar plan for the environment.
And as Farming Today continues to look at the future of livestock markets, Caz Graham speaks to trainee auctioneer William Alexander in Lancashire about his choice to take to the rostrum.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Lucy Bickerton.
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