Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Ghost fishing gear, Bees and strawberries, Sheep drive, Vintage tractors
A global initiative is trying to get rid of 'ghost fishing gear' littering the sea beds.
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Reduced honey harvest, UKIP on EU withdrawl, Kiwi berries
A reduced honey harvest is reported by Alan Hart of the Bee Farmers' Association.
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Farming Today This Week: Herbs and Spices
Charlotte Smith talks about the growing herb and spice industry.
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McDonalds Fries Go British, EU Farm Aid Update, Herb Growing in Scotland
McDonalds say their fast food fries go 100% British, but will this help potato producers?
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Dual payments for the same land, Rye harvest, Saffron
Dual farm payments: how two people can claim subsidies on the same land at the same time.
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Newts, Joan Bomford, Herbs for skincare
A new approach to newts might make land development easier. Presented by Anna Hill.
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Shadow secretary of state for Defra, Chilli farming, Wild horse contraception
Listeners' questions are put to the new shadow Defra secretary Kerry McCarthy.
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Harvest debate, hops and herbs
The debate over this year's harvest, disease resistant hops and British herbs.
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Harvest 2015
With the 2015 harvest approaching its end, Charlotte Smith hears about this year's wheat.
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Agricultural pollution linked to premature death, Harvest, Scottish lamb
The report into farming and deadly air pollution, harvest in Orkney and Scottish lamb.
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EU aid, Raptors v pigeons, Harvest on social media
EU aid - how much will farmers get? And should we protect raptors, or racing pigeons?
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Inside a modern chicken plant, Reaction to new shadow Defra secretary, Harvest
Inside a modern chicken plant that processes more than a million chickens a week.
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Bumblebees, Exporting grain, Spinach harvest, Gamekeeping
New research shows how bumblebees are stealing pollen and nectar from each other's nests.
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Devolution concern
What could the turmoil in the Northern Irish government mean for farmers there?
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Farming Today This Week: Tupping Time
Charlotte Smith visits Gloucestershire Sheep Fair to gauge the farmers' confidence.
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Badger Cull Rules, Tip Top Tups, Forests of the Future
Rule changes could ease the way for more badger culls to go ahead in England next year.
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Women in dairy, TB research, How to compare rams
At a challenging time for dairy farming, we hear from women aiming to improve the industry
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Rural funding, Apprentice growers, Dairy inquiry and EU intervention
The farming minister fields MPs questions on the dairy crisis.
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Farmers Protest in Brussels, NFU Adam Bedford, Tupping Time
Thousands of European farmers protest outside the European Commission in Brussels.
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Defra Secretary Liz Truss on EU Agriculture summit, Sheep industry developments
Defra's Liz Truss speaks about supporting UK farmers at the EU agriculture summit.
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Farming Today This Week: China
How is UK agriculture getting a slice of the Chinese market?
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Badger Cull confirmed by Defra, Protesting French farmers, Exporting Scottish salmon to China
With the 2015 pilot badger cull confirmed as being underway, what lessons for policing?
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Harvest update, EU emergency agriculture summit, Pork sales to China
The Lincolnshire farmer who's broken two world records for high yields, ahead of the rain.
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Payments for farmers to pull out of the badger cull, Agricultural research in China, Hail destroys apple harvest
Activists are paying farmers £5,000 to pull out of the badger cull.
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Badger cull, HSBC, NZ sheep farmer
There is debate over the badger cull as Sally Challoner hears from both sides.
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Lavender Harvest
Emma Campbell finds out about the lavender harvest at a farm in the Cotswolds.
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Fruit Growing in the UK
Why UK fruit growing is no longer withering on the bough. Presented by Sally Challoner.
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Fruit research, Cheese company, Dorset anti-cull groups
The countryside braces itself for a badger cull.
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Nicola Sturgeon, Orchards, Sea lice, Wet weather
Scottish first minister wants clearer labelling in supermarkets.
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Levy row, Pub library, Cherries
The row over who should have the final say over millions of pounds of farm levy spending.