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NFU, dairy forum, flooding, future foods

What is the future for the world dairy market? Experts meet in Edinburgh to discuss ways forward. Presented by Charlotte Smith.

The World Dairy forum is meeting in Edinburgh. Dr Judith Bryans is the chief executive of Dairy UK. She says it's more important than ever to find new ways of adding value to milk, and that increasing exports is key to the dairy industry surviving. Meanwhile, business analyst Geoff Burch says dairy farmers need to find out their real cost of production - it's estimated that 60% of farmers don't know that figure. He thinks that attitude makes margins tight and extremely perilous.
Sally Challenor reports from the World Expo in Milan, where she meets food producers who are using algae to replace protein.
Charlotte Smith meets a Dutch flooding expert to find out what lessons the UK can learn from Holland's approach.
Presenter Charlotte Smith. Producer Ruth Sanderson.

13 minutes

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  • Thu 15 Oct 2015 05:45

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