Letter: Farmers' suffering

Letter: Farmers' suffering

Sir: James Erlichman's is the latest in a long list of articles to put the boot into an industry that is not only down but near to death.

You should be asking why UK farmers, who are larger and more productive than most in Europe, are being forced out of business while their counterparts in Eire or Denmark are healthy.

You should be asking why we have to comply with high and well-enforced welfare standards and then watch the supermarkets source the cheapest pork they can from countries where they still tether sows and feed meat and bone meal.

Where are the articles asking why it can take five different, expensive officials to supervise four men working in an abattoir?

MARTIN LEA

North Rode,

Cheshire