Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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05/06/26 Dartmoor ponies, upland economics, Open Farm Sunday
Today
Fears that Dartmoor may lose its iconic ponies.
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04/06/26 High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged abattoirs, hydropower funding, upland farmer groups
Yesterday
A victory for abattoirs as High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged them
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03/06/26 EU trade agreement, peat restoration and water voles, Scottish uplands
Wednesday
EU alignment - farmers says it's hard to get ready for the change without more detail.
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02/06/26 Rural skills gap, upland farming in Wales, Future Countryside.
Tuesday
Jobs in farming, fishing and forestry are not being filled because of a "skills squeeze".
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01/06/26 Cost of wildfires, methane from sheep, upland farming
Monday
Mega wildfires - UK is the latest member of a club no one wants to join.
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30/05/26 - Farming Today This Week: pig supply chain problems, hot weather impacts and singing farmers
Last Saturday
Charlotte Smith looks at the biggest rural stories of the week.
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29/05/26 Water abstraction, food inflation, local food systems.
Last Friday
Will the record breaking heat hit farmers irrigation plans this summer?
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28/05/26 Rural crime, restoring signposts, Welsh food project
Last Thursday
Rural crime - how countryside communities working together foiled organised criminals.
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27/05/26 Heatwave and water shortages - the impact on farming, Scottish farm co-operative.
Wed 27 May 2026
How are livestock farmers keeping their animals cool in the heat?
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26/05/26 Mounting pressure for Scottish pig farmers, funding for rural churches, selling farm produce at markets
Tue 26 May 2026
Pig farmers in Scotland say 10% of their national herd has gone to waste.
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23/05/26 Farming Today This Week: red diesel, Gulf trade deal, Climate Change Committee report, regen tenancies, flowers.
Sat 23 May 2026
We ask what the latest government cost of living measures mean for farmers.
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22/05/2026 Gulf trade deal, tax cut on red diesel, cuts to tariffs on food imports, flowers, farmers going out of business
Fri 22 May 2026
We ask what the latest government cost of living measures mean for farmers.
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21/05/26 Drought report, impact of Middle East war on berry growers, farm flower garden.
Thu 21 May 2026
New report from House of Lords warns taps could run dry if we don't manage water better.
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20/05/26 Climate Change Committee report, EU alignment, flower grower hub.
Wed 20 May 2026
What does the latest Climate Change Committee report mean for farmers?
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19/05/26 Pollution from moorland burning, Duchy of Cornwall regen tenancies, tulips.
Tue 19 May 2026
Moorland management - to burn or not to burn?
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18/05/26: Grow more British flowers, new hands at the wheel of Red Tractor, hare coursing crackdown
Mon 18 May 2026
A call for more British flower growers to set up in business to meet blooming demand.
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16/05/26 Farming Today This Week: too many pigs, new strategy to tackle animal disease, call for caged eggs ban, Balmoral Show
Sat 16 May 2026
Too many pigs, not enough space: farmers struggling to sell their livestock
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15/05/2026 Balmoral Show, Northern Ireland
Fri 15 May 2026
A celebration of Northern Ireland's food and farming at the Balmoral Show.
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14/05/26 New strategy to combat pig disease, farming issues in the King's Speech, sepsis risk for farmers
Thu 14 May 2026
New strategies for tackling African Swine Fever.
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13/05/26 Pig supply, Northumberland National Park, profitability of farms in Northern Ireland
Wed 13 May 2026
Some farmers lose supermarket contracts as the pig supply chain takes a downturn.
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12/05/26 Farming in Wales after Senedd elections; mapping soils in Northern Ireland; new national plant health centre
Tue 12 May 2026
What will a new Welsh government mean for agriculture?
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11/05/26: Cage eggs ban call, University vineyard, Environment watchdog on NI water quality
Mon 11 May 2026
The UK's environment watchdog says Northern Ireland needs to improve water quality policy.
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09/05/26 Wool prices, Sounds from above and below the ground
Sat 9 May 2026
The price of wool and the sounds of the countryside.
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04/05/26 Neolithic Farming and Feasting
Mon 4 May 2026
What Neolithic people on the Isle of Lewis foraged and ate.
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02/05/26 Dry April, Agroforestry, Giant greenhouse
Sat 2 May 2026
Dry spring, agroforestry, giant greenhouse.
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29/04/26 Giant greenhouse, silvohorticulture, Scottish election
Wed 29 Apr 2026
Giant greenhouse, silvohorticulture, Scottish election.
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18/04/26 Farming Today This Week: Uplands report, national parks, impact of the middle east conflict on farms, waste crime
Sat 18 Apr 2026
A new report explores the ways the uplands can flourish.
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14/04/2026 Plastic costs, carbon tax, National Parks
Tue 14 Apr 2026
Plastic costs, carbon tax, National Parks celebration.
