date:May 30, 2012
Following high farm-gate prices for lamb, producers have been encouraged to increase production, but farming leaders are worried the increased numbers could lead to a fall in price, sending out negative signals to an industry which has declined for a number of years.
Charles Sercombe, the livestock board chairman of UK farming group, the National Farmers Union, has called on processors and retailers to take a long term view of the market and encourage the continued growth in the UK flock.
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