Country Focus

Feb 01 2025 5 ep. 27 mins 5.3k

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Programme serving everyone living in the countryside and tackling the issues affecting them. With rural, farming and environmental news

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Animal Diseases and Greyhound Racing

Feb 01 2025 27 mins

An all-Wales Avian Influenza Prevention Zone is introduced in Wales, requiring all keepers of poultry and other captive birds to practice good biosecurity and vigilance to protect their flocks. As the disease spreads among birds, a human case of the H5N1 virus has occured but the UK Health Security Agency says the risk to the public remains very low. We talk to the Head of the Sci

Mud and the village Eisteddfod

Jan 25 2025 27 mins

Farmers protest in a "National Day of Unity" over farm Inheritance Tax but with much change and uncertainty what are their concerns? I join the FUW's Farmhouse Breakfast week in the SeneddMud - we hear how Welsh mud and silt could make a sizeable contribution in the sequestration of carbon - but are we overlooking it's benefits in our quest to tackle global warming?Protecting histo

Foot and Mouth and Community Arts

Jan 18 2025 27 mins

An outbreak of Foot and mouth disease in Germany brings import bans and calls for farmers to be vigilant. We speak to the Chief Vet for Wales.Signs of spring - have you spotted any yet? The Field Studies council would love to hear from you - details below.Ahead of the RSPB's Garden Birdwatch (Jan 24th-26th) for our bird of "conservation concern" in Wales we hear how the humble hous

Floodplain Meadows

Jan 11 2025 27 mins

Floodplain meadows are a beautiful and natural landscapes that are found alongside rivers on larger flat areas that dry out sufficiently in the summer, through well drained soils. However their value goes way beyond their beauty and wildlife - the many benefits we get include storing floodwaters, keeping soil and nutrients out of rivers and helping to protect water quality. A proje

The Red Lady of Paviland

Jan 04 2025 27 mins

In 1823, geologists investigating mammoth remains in Gower found a partial human skeleton, bones heavily stained with red ochre and surrounded a wealth of grave goods including shell beads and carved ivory. Two hundred years on, Tourism Swansea Bay is exploring new ways of the celebrating the legacy of this important find, what came to be known as the Red Lady of Paviland. The proj