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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		01/08/2024: Rural crime; Anaerobic digestion; Dairy farms
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:13:45
	Publish Date:		2024-08-01 05:00:00
	Description:		The latest figures out today from the insurers NFU Mutual put the cost of rural crime at just under 53 million pounds last year - up from 50 million in 2022. The renewable energy options open to farmers are various, and the one that would seem to be tailor made for agriculture is anaerobic digestion - or AD. This is the process where silage and slurry are processed in a sealed tank to produce gas that is then used as a fuel to power the farm and possibly put energy back into the grid. And according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board - AHDB - 440 farmers got out of dairy between April 2023 and this April. However the total number of dairy cows is about the same - suggesting that the trend towards bigger farms continues - there are now 7,130 dairy farms in England, Scotland and Wales. Presented by Charlotte Smith Produced by Alun Beach
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