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Farming Today: 26/07/2012

26/07/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 26/07/2012

A leading supermarket says it might be illegal for retailers to fix a fair price for milk.

Caz Graham hears how the sweet shop favourite, liquorice will be grown commercially in the UK for the first time in years.

As farmers continue their protest over the milk price, Sainsburys tells Caz Graham it might be illegal for retailers to fix a fair price paid to farmers for their milk. 

Also in the programme, the damp, cool start to the summer will have a devastating effect on the Swift population according to the RSPB - and the sweet shop favourite, liquorice will be grown commercially in the UK for the first time in years. 

This programme is presented by Caz Graham and produced in Birmingham by Angela Frain.

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