# Farmers forced to choose between feeding animals and themselves

A livestock owner recounts having to decide between buying food for their animals or for themselves as costs soar. The struggle highlights how rising feed prices are squeezing small farmers' incomes and threatening rural livelihoods. This underscores the broader cost-of-living crisis impacting food producers and supply chains.

**Importance:** 3/5

## Sources

### Business
- [BBC Business](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjd4p33yem1o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss) — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:04:23 GMT