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Farming Today: Rural housing; Chicken litter; Meat production

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30/06/2014

Rural housing; Chicken litter; Meat production

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Rural housing; Chicken litter; Meat production

As house prices soar in rural areas, people are being pushed out of the countryside.

You may need a pay rise before buying a house in the countryside. People are being pushed out of rural areas because of soaring house prices, says the National Housing Federation.

As house prices sour in rural areas, people living and working in the countryside are being pushed out. This is according to a report out today from the National Housing Federation. It says the biggest problem is in the South West, in the countryside surrounding Bristol and Bath as well as the areas around London.

From the middle of July, chicken producers will be able to burn waste 'litter' on the farm to provide heating for their chicken sheds. It's taken several years for the European Commission to agree the safety rules. Anna Hill meets Nigel Joice in Norfolk where he's been running a trial system, burning litter on his broiler chicken farm for two years.

In a week where producers, processors and retailers will meet to discuss the fall in beef prices, Farming Today is looking at the finances behind the production of livestock. Charlotte Smith speaks to Professor Liam Sinclair from Harper Adams University about how the UK compares to other countries.


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