moisture until the curd on its way to the laboratory a few figures according to the national union of dairy producersast year. for many goods, it was possible to increase the volume of milk production from january to october. it turned out to be 0.5% more than last year's cottage cheese for one percent of cheese. for 5% of cream by 21. true, butter is kefir. the increase in the price of pandemic fertilizers has gone into negative territory, and now there are still sanctions, but still, in particular , milk production has increased by 1.1%, in other words, agricultural life is not at all easy, and therefore inventive starting the field, ending with the shooter. we control completely the whole process starts fodder harvesting. or the choice means the production of raw milk and already means the correct preparation of the dairy plant. went through bankruptcy and change of ownership. and as a result, in the sixteenth year, he carried out modernization and relied on everything russian, which now turned out to be more than ever, by the way, deliveries go to several regions. they impose sanctions on us, in

the national farmers union says a third of arable farmers are now reducing their number of crops to compensate. victoria fritz has been at a dairy farm in east sussex. local produce cost of living crisis and rising food bills for people right across the country. but how realistic is that in practice because ag—flation, that's agricultural inflation, is currently running in some instances at more than three times the national rate. on average, 25% compared to about 9% average for inflation. so what's driving that? a whole range of things from machinery hire, transport costs, shortage of labour and seasonal workers, but also the cost of things like food, fuel, energy, fertiliser as well. this is all meaning it's becoming increasingly difficult to stay in the business. those that are toughing it out, arable farmers, so they're producing crops — wheat and the like, but also things like fruit and veg, they're saying, one in three, are saying they're actually cutting back on the amount of land that they're cultivating as a direct result of the cost—of—living crisis and inflation they are facing. dairy farmers, the situation isn't much better, if i'm honest. one in 20,

the national farmers union says a third of arable farmers are now reducing their number of crops to compensate. victoria fritz has been at a dairy farm in east sussex. local produce comes to costs? mainly on cattle food, that�*s, for me, is the biggest cost at the moment. we are organic so i am not buying expensive fertiliser, which has gone through the roof. but my cattle feed costs have gone up by 70% in the last two years. on top of that, i�*ve, obviously, got wage increases, fuel is a big thing. we do doorstep delivery and we also process our own milk into buttercream and so on and my packaging costs, on that side, glass and plastic, have really gone up, as well. so it seems as though the costs are just going mad at the moment. so what are you going to do? how are you going to change the business to adapt? i know you�*ve been here and been doing this, your family have been farming here for over 200 years. we are increasing our range of products. we are diversifying more. i am very fortunate in that i sell all my own milk myself. i�*m not selling it to the big companies who put it into supermarkets. so i can actually be a price maker and not a price taker and

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