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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		19/06/20 - Live exports in Scotland, Unlicensed killing of mountain hares, Orchids, Biopesticides
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:13:25
	Publish Date:		2020-06-19 00:00:00
	Description:		Charlotte Smith speaks to Peter Stevenson from Compassion in World Farming about their legal challenge to the Scottish Government over the live export of calves, and why those calves could be used in beef production in the UK. The Scottish Parliament has voted to to ban the unlicensed killing of mountain hares to protect grouse and young plants and trees and the shooting of seals to protect fish farms. BBC’s Scotland environment correspondent Kevin Keane has the details. How do you post an Orchid? In the grand finale to flower week Beatrice Fenton has been to meet a grower who has had to answer that question when lockdown forced him to switch from supplying supermarkets to online sales. George Eustice is looking at the regulatory framework around biopesticides but Nick Mole from Pesticide Action Network says that although they want a move away from synthetic pesticides side-stepping existing regulation may not be the best approach. Producer: Toby Field
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