Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Remote Island Farmer
The farm advisor heading out to work on the world's most remote inhabited island.
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The £1 Farm
Vernon Harwood meets the new tenant who'll pay £1 a year for a farm in North Wales.
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Farming Chaplain
Sybil Ruscoe meets the Rev Canon Eileen Davies, a farmer and vicar in west Wales.
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Music from bees; Dormouse monitoring; Milk stands calendar
The music that bees make! And monitoring the hazel dormouse.
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Farming Today This Week: Farm-made Christmas Gifts
Caz Graham takes a look at some festive gifts all made on farms.
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Council farms, bird flu update, Sloe Gin made on farm
The Tenant Farmers Association calls for county councils to keep their farm estates.
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Turkey labour, Fishing at Christmas, Gifts made on farm
Why a shortage of seasonal workers post-Brexit could mean more expensive turkeys next year
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Asparagus, Christmas poultry auctions and handmade festive gifts.
Asparagus from the Vale of Evesham gains EU protected food status after a 4-year campaign.
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Geese, pigs in blankets and mistletoe
Has the WHO report on the cancer risks of eating bacon affected our shopping habits?
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British fishing fleet and Brexit, Badger cull figures, Farm-made Christmas gifts
England is to apply for TB-free status for half the country.
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Farming Today This Week: Hunting
Charlotte Smith investigates the continuing controversy over hunting.
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Sheep farming at Christmas, the Quorn Hunt, and bovine TB
A badger cull is being proposed in Northern Ireland to reduce TB in cattle.
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Fishing quotas, Christmas hampers and hunt monitoring
Fishing quotas have been set for the year ahead but what does the future hold post Brexit?
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Schmallenberg appears, Spruce Bugs and trail hunting with Basset hounds
Schmallenberg virus has been reported in Wales and the west of England.
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Why bees buzz, Toon Beef, Homeopathy in livestock, The hunting debate continues
Why do bees buzz? A new study looks at how neonicotinoids affect the behaviour of bees.
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Could Squid and Chips Be on the Menu? Also the Countryside Alliance on Hunting
Farming Today tackles one of the countryside's most divisive issues - hunting.
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Farming Today This Week: Weather
Charlotte Smith is at the Wallingford Monitoring Station in Oxfordshire.
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Renewable energy in Scotland's Western Isles; sheep farmers respond to PETA's anti-wool campaign.
Will wind energy still pay its way in rural areas despite Westminster's cut in subsidies?
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Avian flu arrives in Europe
Avian flu arrives in mainland Europe, leading to lock-down among poultry farmers.
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Deforestation in England, Possible sprout shortage, Women in NFUS, Farming in high hills
The Woodland Trust fears that England is slipping towards becoming deforested.
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Security alpacas, Tackling nitrogen pollution and 12 months on since the Cumbria floods
A global initiative is launched to tackle nitrogen pollution.
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Technology, Bees, Our obsession with the weather
How do farmers prepare for the worst conditions that are thrown at them?
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Farming Today This Week: Pig industry, research at Leeds University's farm
Charlotte Smith visits Leeds University's Pig Research Farm, receiving new investment.
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The ancient art of letter-writing and Britain's oldest breed of pig
Will the Rural Payments Agency make their payments to farmers on time?
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Christmas Trees, Pig Welfare and can Britain be food self-sufficient?
Can Britain ever be food self-sufficient?
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Pig exports post-Brexit, New Scottish salmon hatchery, Dairy Crest research
Brexit, sterling and pork exports: Anna Hill hears the outlook for UK pork producers.
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The Welsh meat industry needs the single market, says marketing group chairman
Welsh lamb producers say a hard Brexit could spell disaster for the industry.
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Tenant farmer evicted on Isle of Arran; pig industry survey; bee research
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Charlotte Smith.
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Farming Today This Week - Innovation in British alcohol
The story of ground-breaking British alcohol from milk vodka to ant gin.
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Lord Plumb on farming's future, Nuffield Scholars conference, Ant gin, Juniper crop
Veteran statesman of UK farming Lord Henry Plumb reflects on the industry's future.