02/02/2012
Charlotte Smith hears how trees are being planted to save salmon from climate change. And Russia bans live animal exports from the UK as Schmallenberg disease hits British farms.
Charlotte Smith hears how trees are being planted to save salmon from climate change. Summer temperatures in the river Dee are nearing lethal levels for the fish, so 50 miles of its banks will be planted to help cool the water and allow the salmon to thrive.
As the cost of farmland continues to rise Farming Today speaks to a hedge fund which is now targeting British farmland for investment.
And Farming Today hears that Russia is to ban live animal exports from the UK as Schmallenberg disease hits British farms.
Presenter: Charlotte Smith Producer: Melvin Rickarby.
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