David Woodland reports as farmers are urging the Government to make sure that a new organisation intended to protect them from supermarket bullying is prepared to punish them with big fines. The Grocery Adjudicator was promised in the Queen's Speech, but it's not clear what powers it'll have
Ian Axton talks to farmer and cheese maker John Alvis at the Bath and West Show. Farmers are urging the Government to make sure that a new organisation intended to protect them from bullying supermarkets is prepared to punish them with big fines.
The government has promised to set up an adjudicator to sort out arguments but farmers fear it'll be a toothless beast.
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