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Farming Today Episodes

  1. Farming Today This Week: EU legislation and Brexit

    Charlotte Smith discusses agriculture and legislation post-Brexit.

  2. Agriculture in the US Election; National Trust's Tenants; Social Farming

    What might become of the UK pig farming industry after Brexit - will EU laws be kept?

  3. Environment Secretary, Water regulations, Rural crime, Bernard Matthews sale

    Environment secretary Andrea Leadsom is questioned on post-Brexit agricultural policy.

  4. New plan for bovine TB in Wales, the future of farm subsidies, Groceries Code Adjudicator, Museum of English Rural Life

    A 'refreshed' approach to bovine TB is announced in Wales. Will it mean culling?

  5. 'Hard' Brexit will drive up food prices, says Nick Clegg

    Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg warns a 'hard' Brexit will push up food prices.

  6. Brexit, Battery storage barns and Peasemeal

    The next big thing for farm diversification - energy storage barns.

  7. Farming Today This Week - The ecology and economy of UK woodlands

    As the Government pledges more tree planting, what is the state of Britain's woodlands?

  8. World Food Day, Wild ferrets, Sheep vs trees, Shortage of vets

    The British Veterinary Association is warning of a shortage of rural vets.

  9. Submarine Put Trawler at Risk, Yellow Rust in Wheat & the Gene Bank for Herdwick Sheep

    The Royal Navy apologises to trawlermen they put at risk. Yellow rust is on the increase.

  10. Bananas, Willow for Electricity, Environment Post-Brexit, Block Calving

    Scientists ask how vulnerable is Britain's favourite fruit - the banana.

  11. Fishing in British waters, Ash dieback disease, Olive harvesting

    With a look at a new report into fishing in Britain's Exclusive Economic Zone.

  12. Harvest 2016 results, Tree planting, Russians buying Guernsey ice cream

    The first results of harvest 2016 are in, and wheat yields are down 12 per cent.

  13. Farming Today This Week: Farm workers in a pre and post Brexit Britain

    Farm workers past and present across the UK. Presented by Sybil Ruscoe.

  14. Bernard Matthews suppliers, Dairy industry, Agricultural Wages Boards

    Former suppliers to Bernard Matthews say they're losing out in the sale of the company.

  15. European farmers' future, Cheese exports to USA, Driverless tractor

    Meat processors warn of business closures if they're unable to recruit post-Brexit.

  16. The future of farm subsidies, badger cull saboteurs, antibiotic resistance in the dairy industry

    The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Anna Hill.

  17. 04/10/2016

    Andrea Leadsom addresses the Tory Party Conference on the future of agriculture.

  18. Is a pilot project involving 'pulse fishing' operated by Dutch fishermen 'annihilating' fish stocks?

    Electronic pulse fishing by Dutch boats raises concerns over fish stocks.

  19. Farming Today This Week: Livestock Reproduction

    Charlotte Smith visits a South Devon bull stud exporting cattle semen worldwide.

  20. The ethics of editing animal genes, a new study on bovine TB and a new rural chaplain for farmers in the south east

    Charlotte Smith discusses the ethics of genome editing and the latest study on bovine TB.

  21. Pig semen, a bee map, crofting row and delays in subsidy payments

    Exploring the growing pig semen exporting business for UK agriculture.

  22. Flood prevention scheme, Livestock breeding, HS2 update

    How uphill schemes to 'slow the flow' are helping cut water bills.

  23. Shadow environment secretary, Ram sale, Scottish land reform

    Shadow environment secretary Rachael Maskell on Labour plans to help agricultural workers.

  24. Livestock breeding, White Park cattle, Terra Madre and willow coffins

    Charlotte Smith discovers how different farm livestock are bred commercially in the UK.

  25. Farming Today This Week: Educating the Next Generation

    Charlotte Smith meets some future farmers at an agricultural college near Gloucester.

  26. Neonicotinoids, hedgelaying and cider apprenticeships

    Do neonicotinoids kill bees? The hedge-laying season begins.

  27. Farm fires, Protein in wheat, Radio 4 Poetry Day

    There's been a rise in the cost of insurance claims for fires on farms.

  28. Asian hornet invasion, UN summit on antibiotic resistance, agricultural education

    Yet another threat to honey bees - an Asian hornet invasion.

  29. Late apple harvest, Cox's orange pippin revival, Agricultural education

    A wet spring has delayed the year's apple harvest.

  30. Does the new system of cattle grading at abbatoirs give a fair price for farmers? Plus fly tipping

    Charlotte Smith looks at criticism of a new cattle-grading system used by abbatoirs.

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