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Dales dairy farmer looks long-term

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Small agricultural businesses have found themselves hardest hit by the economic crisis, with some dairy farmers opting to retire early.

Matt Ingham has a dairy farm near Glusburn, West Yorkshire.

He was badly hit by the collapse of one of the country's biggest milk co-operatives, Dairy Farmers of Britain, in June but says the picture is a little more positive now.

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