Farming Today Episodes Episode guide

A 25-year plan to boost British food, Future farmers, Would you eat seaweed?

Agriculture secretary Elizabeth Truss on her 25-year plan to boost UK food and farming.
Aquaculture around British Isles, Prawn wars, Rural foodbanks

Felicity Evans hears about the 'coastal harvest' from the waters around the UK.
Tolpuddle Martyrs

A look at agricultural workers through the ages at the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival.
Milk crisis, Rewilding, Tolpuddle Martyrs

The latest on the milk crisis and the reintroduction of wolves in Montana.
Glyphosate debate, Lamb prices, Farm safety among older workers

Charlotte Smith debates calls to limit the use of the weedkiller glyphosate.
Defra fines, Hunting ban, Rural farmworkers

Late rural farm payments are costing UK taxpayers millions of pounds in EU fines.
Ramblers Pathwatch, Barn owls, Farmworkers, Hydroponics

The Ramblers launch a new scheme to build up a picture of the country's footpaths.
Agricultural workers, TTIP, Cumbrian uplands

Are farm workers getting a raw deal when it comes to wages, hours and welfare?
Farming Today This Week: Affordable Rural Housing

Charlotte Smith visits a new affordable housing development in the heart of the Cotswolds.
Brandon Lewis, Rural housing, Fell ponies, Wool to China

Rural housing in crisis. The minister in charge responds.
Fox hunting, Livestock event, Rural housing

Moves to amend the 2005 Hunting Act have been met by fierce opposition from campaigners.
Farming in Greece, Housing on Exmoor, Farm payments in Wales.

How people in rural Greece are coping with financial uncertainty.
Rural Housing, Pesticide Ban, Algae Farming

Should rural areas be exempt from the government's right to buy plans?
Neonics ban latest, Badger cull in Northern Ireland, Historic footpaths ruling

The NFU condemns Defra's handling of its call to use pesticide-coated seeds in the UK.
Farming Today This Week: Flowers

Charlotte Smith explores the flower growing industry in the UK.
Calls to help EU dairy industry, Ramblers and historic rights of way, Lavender growing

An EU farming body calls for help for struggling dairy farmers.
OECD on future of farming; North York Moors potash mine; discarded fish in Scotland

OECD predicts the future of farming, and the go-ahead for North York Moors potash mine.
Countryside Stewardship launch, Sugar Beet price drop, Flower Cooperative

A new Countryside Stewardship scheme is launched.
Orkney Farmers Say Worst Spring Ever

Anna Hill presents farming news. Orkney farmers are struggling with cold, wet weather.
Milk price wars, Scottish scallops, Tesco promises

New developments in the supermarket milk price war - will farmers pay for the price cuts?
Farm Vets

Charlotte Smith finds out about the work of farm vets.
GM field trials, Glastonbury Festival waste becomes farm fertiliser

UK GM field trials fail to repel wheat aphids, and Glastonbury waste turns into fertiliser
More Turbulence for the Dairy Industry, Farming Big Data, Giant Hogweed

Sir Jim Paice stands down as chairman of First Milk and there is another milk price cut.
Fracking, TB Testing Vets, Pea Harvest

Is fracking back in the UK? A decision for new sites in Lancashire is due.
Scottish Land, Supermarket Grower, Vets, Cable Theft

Significant changes to land ownership in Scotland are published.
Groceries Code Adjudicator, EFRA Chairman, Vets

A preview of a survey of food producers' experiences with retailers.
Farming Today This Week: Staying in Dairy Farming

Tough times for dairy farming, but who is staying in business, and how are they doing it?
Wind farm subsidies, Europe, Elderflowers, Elton John

The EU agriculture commissioner says that British farmers will lose out from an EU exit.
Beavers in Scotland, Dairy investment, Pink farm bales

Conservationists want beavers reintroduced in Scotland, but farmers foresee problems.
Country-of-Origin Labelling for Dairy Products, Quinoa Farm, Organic Cheese

Cheese labelled from the UK may not be made from UK milk - a minister argues for change.