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03/03/2011
The pig industry says it's losing three million pounds a week so farmers are taking a protest, and a giant fake sausage, to Westminster. Plus, how families make hill farming pay.
The pig industry says it's losing three million pounds a week because the price farmers get hasn't kept up with spiralling feed costs. Today pig producers will demonstrate in Westminster with a giant cardboard sausage, to ask MPs for their help in putting pressure on retailers and processors. And, continuing our exploration of the future for family farms, we hear how one family in Cumbria makes its small hill farm pay.
Presenter: Charlotte Smith
Producer: Sarah Swadling.
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