Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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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.
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The Autumn Statement, Food Price Rises and Cider-making
What does the Autumn Statement mean for British farmers?
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Rural Broadband, Bread Beer, Organic Farming in the USA
Funding for faster broadband is expected to be announced, will rural areas miss out?
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DEFRA bovine TB report, Boar contraceptive, Milk vodka
A report from DEFRA points to cattle movement as a cause of the transfer of Bovine TB.
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Rural housing crisis, British alcohol industry, Spraying drones
Rural landowners could play a crucial role in solving England's rural housing crisis.
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Farming Today This Week: Food Safety
Charlotte Smith looks into the safety of the food we buy.
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Photosynthesis, Green gas, Food forensics
Pioneering research into photosynthesis, and a new green gas mill to produce biomethane.
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Dairy Farmers Threaten to go on Strike, Preventing Campylobacter, Robotic Strawberry Picking
Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland threaten to strike over low farm gate prices.
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National Trust criticised by tenant hill farmer, High Commissioner of New Zealand offers talks about British agriculture
A Lake District tenant farmer says the National Trust has little interest in hill farmers.
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Medics call for a ban on the mass use of antibiotics on farm, food crime, EU supermarket adjudicators
A group of medical professionals says farmers must stop routine mass use of antibiotics.
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Second home ownership, Food safety, Worm research
Second-homes court ruling says keep new-build houses for locals.
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Farming Today This Week: Agritech and Farm Gadgets
Charlotte Smith visits Rothamsted Research to hear about the farm gadgets of the future.
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Environmental cost of agriculture, Farming technology, Seed potato industry
Would a tax on meat and dairy help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
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Trump win reaction, Space technology in farming, Briefing on Brexit
What a President Donald Trump could mean for agriculture in the UK.
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Scottish exports post-Brexit, Northern Ireland farm payments, Solar tags for livestock
Is Scotland's food and drink export industry at risk post-Brexit?
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Farm gadgets, Essex salt marsh, COP 22 and climate change, Badger cull
Farm gadgets are in the spotlight during Agri-Tech Week in the East of England.
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Farming Today This Week: Farming and Food Marketing
Who's leading the changes in food consumption, shoppers, supermarkets, or the farmers?
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Rural Payments, Going to Farm in Tristan da Cunha, Country of Origin Labelling
Farming Today hears from a farmer about to leave for one of the world's most remote places
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Farming minister, Agri-Tech summit, All-Ireland talks, Online food hubs
Farming minister George Eustice on post-Brexit agricultural policy.
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Food fraud, Country-of-origin labelling, Flood report
The food industry is being advised to step up its game to combat food fraud.
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Scallop fishing, Tesco, Waitrose, Forestry in Scotland
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Anna Hill.
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Pumpkin farming, Food marketing
We meet a farmer who grows 4 million pumpkins for Halloween - is it wasted food?
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Farming Today This Week: Crop science and research
The techniques, technologies and research that goes into developing the crops we grow.
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Farm mapping for subsidy payments, sale of Herefordshire Council farms and ancient plants
Farm mapping for subsidy payments, sale of Herefordshire Council farms and ancient plants.
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GM research, British Sugar and traditional working horses.
Should the UK Government approve GM crops after Brexit?
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Environment Protection Post-Brexit, Tenant Farmers Association and Apple Pressing
Environment secretary admits some environmental laws may be scrapped post-Brexit.
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OECD Report, Northern Irish Farming Plan, Crop Science
An OECD report says subsidies are skewing global agricultural trade.
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Young Farmers call for funding, Growing food for heart health, The case for Crop Science
Young farmers call for funding as a means of getting a foothold in the industry.