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Sheep farming and the environment

The latest farming news. Charlotte Smith is on a sheep farm in the Brecons to learn how farmer Richard Roderick is helping local wildlife.

Charlotte Smith is on a sheep farm in the Brecon Beacons with the Roderick family to look at the industry during the busiest time of the year - lambing. Farmer Richard Roderick shows us an old World War Two pill box which he's converted to a bat roost: the hedging he's planted alongside as a bat flight path also serves as shelter for his sheep. We meet the vet to hear what problems she encounters during lambing time. And food and marketing professor David Hughes from Imperial College London gives advice on how to market lamb to a younger generation. The producer was Sally Challoner.

13 minutes

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Thu 3 Mar 2016 05:45

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  • Thu 3 Mar 2016 05:45

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