Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Jo Staley from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology discusses why hedgerow management is important and when is the best time to cut a hedge.

Part of our AgZero+ series of guides to sustainable farming. Find out more and get involved via agzeroplus.org.uk

See our news about Land Cover Plus Hedgerows map for England: ceh.ac.uk/press/high-tech-aerial-mapping-reveals-englands-hedgerow-landscape

00:00 Introduction to the video series
00:27 Let's talk hedges
00:48 Why we should improve hedgerow management
01:40 Advice on hedgerow cutting
02:45 Overcut hedge
03:07: Incremental trimming
04:20: Carbon storage in hedges

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