25/10/21 - Scottish beavers, pumpkins and grass seeds

Farming Today

• Episode: 25/10/21 - Scottish beavers, pumpkins and grass seeds
• Website: Farming Today
• Feed URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q/episodes/downloads.rss
• Duration: 00:11:15
• Published: 2021-10-25 07:00

Scotland’s wildlife agency has been ordered to stop issuing licences to cull beavers without first giving its reasons in writing. A judge ruled that NatureScot had unlawfully issued licences in the past - upholding complaints from the rewilding charity Trees for Life. It argued that too many culls were being allowed rather than looking at alternatives, like re-homing beavers. Beavers have been re-introduced in some areas of the UK and are popular, but in others where they’ve escaped into the wild or been re-introduced illegally farmers say they cause a lot of damage. So what next for Scottish beavers? We visit a farm in Staffordshire where pumpkins have become big business. And this week we’re focusing on grass - what its good for, what its bad for and how farmers use of it is changing. We start by hearing from DLF - the world's largest producer and distributor of grass seeds. Presented by Charlotte Smith Produced by Heather Simons