Insect pollinators can provide an economic benefit to many farm crops. For example, they are said to increase yields of oil seed rape by approximately 20% and of field beans by approximately 40%.
Agricultural Ecologist, Lorna Cole chats to Prestonhall's Farm Manager, Bill Gray, to hear how the farm is working towards improving pollinator habitats as a means of increasing crop productivity.
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