20/08/2024: Methane emissions; tourism; AI in farming
A university study shows feeding willow to cattle in the outdoors along with their usual diet of grass can reduce methane emissions significantly.
A university study shows that feeding willow to cattle in the outdoors along with their usual diet of grass can reduce methane emissions significantly.
For many tourism is a vital industry but it is one which can come at a cost.
On one hand, bolstering economic growth, on the other draining life out of a community, with second homes and holiday lets pricing out locals.
And AI or Artificial Intelligence is used in so many aspects of our lives now, and it is also being used more and more to help produce our food on the farm.
Presented by Anna Hill
Produced by Alun Beach
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- Tue 20 Aug 202405:45BBC Radio 4
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