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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(220510) -- KLEITORIA, May 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Diamantis Zournas, a fourth-generation livestock farmer, poses for a photo in front of his farm at Kleitoria village in southern Greece, April 20, 2022. TO GO WITH "Feature: Ukraine conflict, energy crisis weigh heavily on Greece's livestock farmers" (Photo by Angelos Tsatsis/Xinhua)

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(220510) -- KLEITORIA, May 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on April 20, 2022 shows sheep grazing in Diamantis Zournas's farm at Kleitoria village in southern Greece. TO GO WITH "Feature: Ukraine conflict, energy crisis weigh heavily on Greece's livestock farmers" (Photo by Angelos Tsatsis/Xinhua)

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(220510) -- KLEITORIA, May 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on April 20, 2022 shows the animal feed silos at Kleitoria village in southern Greece. TO GO WITH "Feature: Ukraine conflict, energy crisis weigh heavily on Greece's livestock farmers" (Photo by Angelos Tsatsis/Xinhua)