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Scottish Land, Supermarket Grower, Vets, Cable Theft

Presented by Anna Hill. Featuring news of the publication of significant changes to land ownership in Scotland, which will affect landowners and farmers.

The latest publication in the Scottish Land reform act comes out later today. Its a huge matter for both estate owners and tenant farmers as its estimated that 432 individuals own half the land in Scotland, this is mostly on large rural estates. Glenn Campbell from 成人快手 Scotland, says that Land reform aims to redress the balance and give more power to rural communities to buy and decide what they want to do with land, and that it will mean one of the biggest shake ups in Scottish land ownership for hundreds of years
A farmer who grows for a large UK supermarket tells Anna Hill that he feels completely alone. HE thinks that the Grocery Code Adjudicator should be doing more to help those at the bottom of the supermarket supply chain
Scotland has seen a spike in recent months in the theft of live overhead power wires from remote farm locations which is putting human lives and livestock at risk. Nancy Nicolson talks to Farmer Alan Robertson about the destruction he found on his farm
The president of the British Equine Veterinary Association Andrew Harrison, dears there will not be enough jobs to go round for veterinary graduated. Emma Campbell went to meet him at Three Counties Equine hospital near Tewkesbury. He is concerned about the amount of debt that students will put themselves in without jobs to show for it.
Presenter Anna Hill. Producer Ruth Sanderson.

13 minutes

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  • Tue 23 Jun 2015 05:45

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