11/11/2011
Why sunshine plus traffic and industrial fumes equals smaller European wheat crops. Charlotte Smith also discusses the increasing problem of illegal hare coursing in Lincolnshire.
Up to thirteen per cent of the European wheat crop could be lost to ozone pollution, according to a new report from the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Wales. Charlotte Smith discusses the increasing problem of illegal hare coursing in Lincolnshire. Police in Lincolnshire say last year more than a thousand illegal coursing incidents were reported to them. And, scientists believe they have found the genetic key to allow farmers to breed more TB resistant dairy cows.
Presented by Charlotte Smith.
Produced by Sarah Swadling.
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