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Business Scotland: 03/07/2011

03/07/2011

BBC Radio Scotland - Business Scotland, 03/07/2011

Douglas Fraser focuses on the rural economy at the recent Royal Highland Show.

Douglas Fraser focuses on the rural economy at the recent Royal Highland Show, and Gillian Sharpe finds out how the soaring price of wool has affected sheep farmers.

This week Douglas Fraser focuses in on the rural economy at the recent Royal Highland Show. The head of agricultural services for RBS, Jimmy Mclean, gives his assessment of the value of the rural economy. Ice cream maker Maitland Mackie tells how he has become a renewable energy evangelist. And with the price of wool at a 25 year high, Gillian Sharpe finds out how that is affecting sheep farmers.

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