11/07/22 - Milk price; Wild boar; Curlews
Farmers ask for a cull of wild boar in Scotland, in part to prevent the spread of a deadly disease; we look at the dairy industry; and farmers and conservationists saving curlews.
Some farmers in Scotland are asking for the Government to implement a cull of wild boar, which are digging up fields, spreading disease, and according to some, attacking sheep. It comes as a deadly disease - African Swine Fever - is spreading West across Europe. It's already led to the loss of more than one million domestic pigs. Wild boar are thought to spread the disease.
All this week we are looking at the UK dairy industry. The price farmers get paid for their milk is at its highest ever level - around 50 pence per litre. But their input costs are also rising fast, and one dairy analyst says if the price they get doesn't keep up, more farmers will leave the industry.
And we hear from farmers and conservationists in Gloucestershire aiming to help the dwindling population of Curlews
The presenter is Caz Graham
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