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Wildfires, Dairy and Brexit, Fodder Shortage

A new study is warning that any trade barriers post-Brexit could seriously affect imports of dairy products. And how farmers ploughed through crops to stop a fire spreading.

Farmers plough through crops to stop a large fire spreading across fields, towards a pig unit.
A new study is warning that any trade barriers post-Brexit could seriously affect imports of dairy products.
Following the hot, dry weather a shortage of fodder for livestock is taking hold across the country.
As part of this week's look at intensive farming, we visit a large scale broiler chicken farm.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

13 minutes

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  • Tue 17 Jul 201805:45

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