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Farming Today: 16/11/2010

16/11/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 16/11/2010

Anna Hill hears the UK has lost 60 percent of its council farms over the last 25 years.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Martin Poyntz Roberts.

Anna Hill hears the UK has lost 60 percent of its council farms over the last 25 years. The Tenant Farmers' Association warns council cuts might put the rest under threat. Gloucestershire county council is the latest to look at a selloff, proposing to get rid of 38 of its 88 council farms.

And Farming Today hears from an animal welfare group which claims that until government standards change, cheap chicken will always mean poor welfare. Compassion in World Farming says fast growing breeds, enhanced diets, and limited space for the animals leads to health problems. But a visit to one Norfolk chicken farmer demonstrates how low mortality, disease control, and good management contribute to chicken welfare.

Presenter: Anna Hill Producer: Melvin Rickarby.

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