19/09/23 Farming Today This Week: Petrol prices in rural areas, River Wye pollution, hedgerows
The price of petrol in rural areas: supermarkets charge up to 15p more per litre if you live in the countryside.
The price of petrol in rural areas: supermarkets charge up to 15p more per litre if you live in the countryside.
The Climate Change Committee has called for a 40% increase in hedgerows in the UK by 2050 to help tackle global heating. Defra says it wants to create or restore 45 thousand miles of hedges in England by 2050, and is asking farmers how it can support them to achieve that goal. It鈥檚 a far cry from the post-war farming policies that led to hundreds of thousands of miles of hedges being ripped out.
And can the River Wye look forward to a cleaner future?
Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton.
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