When lamb prices hit rock bottom

Farmers in Cumbria blame the government for the current slump in the price of lamb.

Even on a damp, foggy day the views from Colin Bateman's farm in Cumbria are inspiring. From the top of the valley to the bottom there are panoramic views of the Lake District as far as the eye can see. The craggy peaks of the mountains disappear into the low cloud which hangs in the valley.

But the views are the last thing on Colin's mind at the moment. Like thousand of farmers in Britain he's feeling the pinch as a result of foot and mouth restrictions on livestock movement. It means he can't sell his lambs as freely as he would like to and he says that's costing him dearly.

We've come to his farm to spend the day with Colin and his eight sheep dogs. He wants to tell a story of plummeting livestock prices, crippling restrictions and a growing bitterness towards the Government, whom some blame for the outbreak in the first place.