of labour and a demand that farmers produce more at less cost to the environment. my guest today is minette batters. she farms right here, she s also president of the national farmers union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on yourfarm. and the sun is shining and, in some ways, you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher. you would think that would be good news forfarmers. is it? it s quite extraordinary. i don t think, in my lifetime, i have ever faced into anything like the cost inflation that we are facing with our inputs now. so, we re seeing triple digit inflation on fertiliser, we ve seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%. these are huge price pressures. you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i chose to start about talking about the prices you are receiving because we know that co
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my guest today is minette batters, she farms right here, she s also president of the national farmers union. as a society, are we asking our farmers for the impossible? minette batters, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a great pleasure to be on yourfarm and the sun is shining, and in some ways you would think the sun would be shining on farmers. food prices are spiralling higher, you would think that would be good news forfarmers, is it? it s quite extraordinary. i don t think in my lifetime i have everfaced into anything like the cost inflation we are facing with our inputs now. we are seeing triple digit inflation on fertiliser, we ve seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%, these are huge price pressures. you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i ve chose to start about talking about the prices you are receiving because we know that consumers are struggling to meet the prices of the basic food stuffs that they buy at the super
Weather forecast. Despite the presence of low pressure, theres a lot of dry weather on offer. We have had some wonderful pictures and this was plymouth and also aberdeen. Typical, but we will lose the muggy airas we head typical, but we will lose the muggy air as we head into the evening. The rain moving across Northern Ireland into southern and western scotland, turning into big showers. There is more rain hot on its heels, but theres a lot of dry and bright weather. We can follow the progress of the next rain band, giving a dampening to many, even eastern areas, and it could be a cold start in the west but otherwise another lovely day. Some areas having many showers and others are boarding them all together, but the heaviest in the north and west and still warm in the north and west and still warm in the sunshine others avoiding them altogether. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines the Home Secretary, amber rudd has said its not yet known who was behind yesterdays cyber attack whic
Improve its ratings in the polls. In sport, chelsea the champions. They can finally celebrate after a late winner at west brom secured the Premier League title in Antonio Contes first season in charge. And you just cant stop a brownlee. Johnny refuses to give up in the world series triathlon after a nasty crash, he picks up his bike and runs with it. From horse heads to monkeys, it can only be eurovision. But will the uk feel the brexit backlash . Well look ahead to tonights event. And helen has the weather. Good morning, despite low pressure gcioss good morning, despite low pressure across the uk, there is a lot of dry weather. I will have more in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Routine appointments and operations at some hospitals remain cancelled this morning after nhs organisations across england and scotland were disrupted by a global cyber attack. Some doctors have been unable to access Patient Records, while a number of hospitals are asking patients not to