
Milk crisis, Rewilding, Tolpuddle Martyrs
Another drop in global milk prices has a knock-on effect on Scottish dairy producers, as one processor cuts the price paid for some milk to less than ten pence per litre.
Scottish dairy farmers face more cuts in what they're paid for their milk. One processor, Grahams Family Dairy, is paying 23.75 pence for milk it has agreed to buy on contract, but its 'B' price - for milk produced OVER the contract - could fall as low as 7 pence per litre.
A group called 'Rewilding Britain' was launched this week with the aim of reintroducing native species such as wolves and lynx into the countryside. NFU Scotland is demanding a clear steer from Government on any plans for future predator reintroductions - with farmers concerned that livestock could be threatened. They point to losses faced by ranchers around Yellowstone Park in Montana, where wolves were reintroduced 20 years ago. The wolves main prey is elk but they also attack cattle and sheep. Ranchers now have the right to shoot them if they're causing a specific problem. But some ranchers are looking for ways of living WITH the predators rather than killing them. We have a special report.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Trish Campbell.
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