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07/08/2024: Oilseed rape, Sea lettuce in Jersey, Timber
The amount of oilseed rape growing in the UK is at a 30-year low because it is expensive and risky to grow.
This year the UK is growing less oilseed rape than it has for 30 years, it has become too expensive and risky for many farmers to use it as a crop.
Clearing up a green, smelly carpet of seaweed known as sea lettuce from the beaches of Jersey.
And we import more than 80% of the wood we use in this country, and there are calls for far more of that to be home grown.
Presented by Charlotte Smith
Produced by Alun Beach
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Wed 7 Aug 2024
05:45
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