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Farming Today: Wales shooting ban, Mechanical Kelp Harvesting, Youth in the countryside

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24/09/2018

Wales shooting ban, Mechanical Kelp Harvesting, Youth in the countryside

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, Wales shooting ban, Mechanical Kelp Harvesting, Youth in the countryside

National Resources Wales has banned the shooting of pheasants on public land.

National Resources Wales has banned shooting pheasants on public land.  Charlotte Smith gets reaction from Animal Aid and the British Association of Shooting & Conservation.

National Resources Wales has banned the shooting of pheasants on public land.  Charlotte Smith gets reaction from Fiona Pereira from Animal Aid who's delighted with the decision, and Ian Danby from The British Association of Shooting & Conservation who feels that the democratic process has been ignored.

There is a growing concern for about plans to allow a company to mechanically harvest seaweed on the West Coast of Scotland.  Iain Macinnes has been to find out more.

All this week Farming Today is asking what it mean to be young in rural areas?  Charlotte speaks to Sarah Skerratt from Scotland's Rural College about what a survey into the issue found.

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