Oz Deal Could Kill Off Britain's Small Farms

Lower quality import risks

- Nada Farhoud

Britain's farmers forced to compete with inferior imports in a trade deal with Australia fear going bust.

Small farms think poor meat and dairy would lower animal and environmental standards and ruin the UK countryside.

Animal welfare groups, including the RSPCA, warn the free trade deal will mean the UK buying produce of cruel practices that are banned here.

There are concerns meat produced using growth hormones, battery hen eggs and chlorinated chicken may be on their way to our supermarkets.