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Farming Today: 03/04/2024: Price of potatoes; Dogs off the lead; Farm net zero

03/04/2024: Price of potatoes; Dogs off the lead; Farm net zero

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 03/04/2024: Price of potatoes; Dogs off the lead; Farm net zero

How does supermarkets selling vegetables at a loss during Easter affect farmers?

What effect does supermarkets selling vegetables at a loss during Easter and Christmas have on farmers? And new figures reveal the cost of dog attacks on farm animals in Wales.

Supermarkets sell vegetable such as potatoes at a vast loss during Easter and Christmas as a loss-leader, but what effect does this have on farmers?

According to new figures from NFU Mutual, more than £900,000 worth of farm animals were injured or killed by dogs last year, in Wales alone.

And a landowner in North Yorkshire is covering huge swathes of his land with tens of thousands of trees, and is hoping companies will sponsor areas of his new forest to offset their carbon footprint and help flood mitigation.

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