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The culling of pigs on farms has started and farmers say it will be extended. Charlotte Smith asks what this means for the future of the UK pig sector.

A shortage of butchers at abattoirs means that, for a few months now, they鈥檝e reduced the number of animals they take by about a quarter. That's created a backlog of more than 100,000 pigs stuck on farms. Already, hundreds of healthy piglets have been killed to prevent too many animals building up, and the industry is warning that, if nothing changes, thousands of pigs will have to be culled on farm, simply because there isn鈥檛 enough space for them. Those animals can鈥檛 go into the food chain so they鈥檒l be incinerated.

And wine is a growing part of UK agriculture and a real success story. What was once dismissed as a bit of a joke is now producing award winning English and Welsh wine. We visit a new wine innovation centre and learn how wine makers are future-proofing their businesses.

Presented by Charlotte Smith
Produced for 麻豆社 Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons