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22/05/2013

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Anna Hill hears from scientists warning that 60% of our wildlife species have declined in numbers over recent decades.

The worrying rate of loss of our wildlife. Anna Hill hears from scientists warning that 60% of our wildlife species have declined in numbers over recent decades. This is according to the State of Nature report - a landmark audit of our natural environment by a coalition of wildlife organisations.

Anna Jones revisits her father's sheep farm in Shropshire to hear how he is coping two months after the disastrous spring snow. And Anna Hill visits a plant breeder in Norfolk to hear about the UK's bedding plant industry.

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Emma Weatherill in Bristol.

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