Ukraine conflict, energy crisis weigh heavily on Greece's livestock farmers

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Ukraine conflict, energy crisis weigh heavily on Greece's livestock farmers

STORY: Ukraine conflict, energy crisis weigh heavily on Greece's livestock farmers DATELINE: May 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:29 LOCATION: KLEITORIA, Greece CATEGORY: AGRICULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of farming 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek) DIAMANTIS ZOURNAS, Livestock farmer 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Greek) DIAMANTIS ZOURNAS, Livestock farmer 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Greek) DIAMANTIS ZOURNAS, Livestock farmer 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (Greek) PAVLOS SATOLIAS, President of the National Union of Agricultural Cooperatives of Greece STORYLINE: The recent massive increases in energy and animal feed prices caused by the Ukraine crisis have put an unbearable burden on livestock farmers across Greece. Diamantis Zournas is a fourth-generation livestock farmer in the village of Kleitoria in southern Greece. He has a flock of 350 sheep and goats, as well as chicken, and sells his produce in his butcher shop on the village's square. SOUNDBITE 1 (Greek) DIAMANTIS ZOURNAS, Livestock farmer "The situation has become unbearable, I would say, as everything is mo

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