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Farming Today - 26/04/2010

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Charlotte Smith hears calls from the RSPCA for cheap, fast-growing chickens to be taken off the shelves. But The British Poultry Council tells Farming Today that intensively reared chickens enjoy high welfare. And with more than a dozen dairy farmers leaving the industry every week, those with small herds are increasingly searching for a cutting edge: we meet one who uses a cow-operated robotic milking machine to improve the efficiency of his business.