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12/04/2013

Caz Graham hears how extreme weather and failed harvests have led Scottish tenant farmers to ask for rent freezes. Plus why the Welsh pig industry has slumped since the millennium.

Caz Graham hears how extreme weather and failed harvests have led Scottish tenant farmers to ask for rent freezes. Will their landlords have sympathy?

She finds out why the Welsh pig industry has slumped since the millennium. The total number of pigs has dropped from 62,000 in 2000 to 26,000 last year. Caz hears how the solution could be to market Welsh pork in the same way as Welsh lamb.

Presented by Caz Graham. Produced by Anna Jones.

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