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09/11/2009

Farmers and landowners are lining up to offer their land for wind turbines. Each turbine can earn them around 20,000 pounds a year - but only if planning permission is granted.

Farmers and landowners are lining up to offer their land for wind turbines; each turbine can earn the landowner around 20,000 pounds a year - but only if planning permission is granted. Charlotte Smith kicks off the programme's in-depth coverage on wind power by speaking to a company which advises farmers how to get the best deals out of wind turbines.

Also, it may have been a poor summer for sunbathers but the English cider apple crop has done very well, as Charlotte finds out.

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Mon 9 Nov 2009 05:45

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