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	Podcast:		Farming Today
	Episode:		07/08/2024: Oilseed rape, Sea lettuce in Jersey, Timber
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:13:41
	Publish Date:		2024-08-07 05:00:00
	Description:		This year the UK is growing less oilseed rape than it has for 30 years, it has become too expensive and risky for many farmers to use it as a crop. Clearing up a green, smelly carpet of seaweed known as sea lettuce from the beaches of Jersey. And we import more than 80% of the wood we use in this country, and there are calls for far more of that to be home grown. Presented by Charlotte Smith Produced by Alun Beach
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