Emma Gray's Farming Life: Asda's Uruguayan beef scandal made us wonder if we could sell our own meat

After receiving questions on social media about Asda selling beef from South America, Emma Gray questions the system: why is it easier from meat from abroad to hit the shelves, rather than her own?

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Emma Gray's Farming Life: Asda's Uruguayan beef scandal made us wonder if we could sell our own meat

May has been a very dry month on the island - so dry it had us all crying out for rain as the water supplies to fields dwindled and the silage crops started to shrink. Then everyone's rain dances set off...

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