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Farming Today: 29/05/24 - A new National Park for Scotland, horned cattle and biofluorescence

29/05/24 - A new National Park for Scotland, horned cattle and biofluorescence

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 29/05/24 - A new National Park for Scotland, horned cattle and biofluorescence

Arguments hot up around a new National Park for Scotland.

Scotland is to get least one new national park by 2026 - but not everyone wants one in their neck of the woods.

Scotland is to get at least one new national park - due to be designated in 2026. Groups in Tay Forest, Loch Awe, Lochaber, Galloway, and the Borders have now submitted formal bids for the Scottish Government to consider...but not everyone’s keen on the idea. 

Farming traditional native breed cattle with horns, like Gloucester’s and Longhorns, is becoming increasingly difficult because abattoirs don’t have the facilities to deal with those horns. We hear from one farmer who says his herd of 80 longhorns may no longer be viable.

And we head out on a night time, biofluorescence safari to see the natural world in a whole new light.

Presented by Caz Graham
Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons

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