Farming Today - 08/09/2009

The European butter mountain is back. Around 83,000 tonnes - enough to spread on eight billion slices of toast - are being stored on warehouses to protect the price for farmers. Anna Hill hears why the mountain has re-emerged and if it is enough to protect farmers from very low prices. Meanwhile, ministers in Europe are investigating why the prices of dairy products like cheese and butter have dropped by as much as 49 per cent yet the price in the shops fell by only 2 per cent, and if both consumers and farmers are being stung.