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03/09/19 Land ownership, Scottish forestry, invasive oysters

One of the country's biggest farming enterprises is sold. And land ownership for forestry.

One of the country's biggest farming enterprises, Strutt and Parker Farms, has just changed hands for a reported £200 million pounds.
It's been sold to a new private company backed by European investors put together by Belport, a company specialising in the acquisition and management of farms and estate.
In Scotland, rather than hill land being sold for grazing sheep there's a growing trend for upland areas to be bought for tree planting. That's largely due to attractive grants and the Scottish Government's ambitious woodland targets.
Kent Wildlife Trust has started a control programme of invasive Pacific oysters at selected sites across north Kent.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

14 minutes

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  • Tue 3 Sep 2019 05:45

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