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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 for farmers. is it? it s it s quite extraordinary. i don t think, in my lifetime, i ve ever faced into anything like the cost inflation that we re facing with our inputs now. so, we re seeing triple digit inflation on on fertiliser, we ve seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%. these are huge price pressures and, of course. you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i chose to start by talking about the prices you are recei ....
together, these pacific rim countries, which doesn t include the usa, account for 13% of global gdp. the pact, it s called the comprehensive progressive agreement for trans pacific partnership, aims to cut 95% of import tariffs. the initial gains for the uk economy may be only marginal, that s according to the government s own estimates. here s the bbc s global trade correspondent, dharshini david, explinaing what that pact, is all about. cptpp is more thanjust cptpp is more than just a cptpp is more thanjust a mouthful. it is a packed between 11 nations and they are reducing those tariffs and they are reducing those tariffs and they are also making it easier to trade with each other and to invest in each other, supply chains should run more smoothly, but why is it when you look at the government estimates, they are talking about a gain of 8p in every £100 of income in ten years time. the uk already has trade deals with all but two other members of cptpp, so the incre ....
moment but now we can head to the sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. there s a big game at the bottom of the premier league this evening as leicester city travel to elland road to take on leeds united. javi gracia s side have lost their last three games and conceded 13 goals in the process sliding down the table and now sitting just a point above tonight s opponents. leicester picked up their first win under new manager dean smith at the weekend. he is hoping thatjamie vardy, harvey barnes and james maddison will be available. they have had a struggle so far, a bit like us, they have been on the back of a couple of heavy defeats at home. but i m sure they will see this game as a big one to try and pull away from the position they are in, like ourselves. all of the remaining games are important and you never know where you will be able to get points. but of course playing at home is the next game and we have to be focused on this game, knowing we are playing against ....
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 t ....
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 for farmers. is it? it s it s quite extraordinary. i don t think, in my lifetime, i ve ever faced into anything like the cost inflation that we re facing with our inputs now. so, we re seeing triple digit inflation on on fertiliser, we ve seen diesel costs up by 57%, feed costs up by nearly 60%. these are huge price pressures and, of course. you have chosen to alight upon the price pressures, i chose to start by talking about the prices you are receiving because we know that consumers are struggling to meet the prices of the basic ....