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Farming Today Episodes

  1. Defra secretary appointment

    Tony Juniper and Meurig Raymond comment as Liz Truss is reappointed Defra secretary.

  2. General Election and Farming, VE Day

    Anna Hill asks what effect the general election result will have on farming.

  3. Small Farms

    Anna Hill meets an innovative community of small holders on the Somerset and Devon border.

  4. US Bird Flu; Michael Eavis Wins Dairy Prize; UK's Largest Single Grain Export; Crofting

    Twenty-one million birds have been killed as the USA tries to halt a bird flu epidemic.

  5. Antibiotics, Rural Education, Small Farms

    How to protect antibiotic effectiveness in humans by giving less to chickens.

  6. Rural Payments Agency Latest; First Milk Changes; Puppy Farms in Wales

    The latest on the Rural Payments Agency, as farmers try applying for EU farm subsidies.

  7. Bunny Guinness's Smallholding

    Anna Hill meets the garden designer Bunny Guinness on her eight-acre smallholding.

  8. Farming Today Debate: Farming - the Next Generation

    Charlotte Smith hosts a special debate about the next generation of agricultural workers.

  9. Food and Farming Awards, Offshore Wind Power, Aphid Repellents, Farm Safety

    Charlotte Smith announces the winner of the Countryfile Farming Hero Award.

  10. Fracking and National Parks, The Moo Shoe, Teaching Farm Safety

    Why most of Britain's National Parks are unsuitable for fracking. With Charlotte Smith.

  11. Surviving a Cow Attack, Solar Farm Theft, Asparagus Picking

    The farmer who sustained devastating injuries when attacked by a cow. With Sybil Ruscoe.

  12. Horsemeat, Farm Safety, Community Pubs, Dartmoor Ponies

    Horsemeat is back in the news, as police clamp down on illegal meat trading in Europe.

  13. Potash Mine, Fishing Row

    Plans for a huge potash mine have cleared their first planning hurdle.

  14. Farming Today This Week: Countryfile Farming Hero Robert Bertram

    Charlotte Smith visits Northumberland, and a shepherd who saved his neighbour's life.

  15. Rural Housing Shortage, GM Animal Feed in Europe

    The European proposal uniting both those for and against GM food in condemnation.

  16. Neonicotinoids: new research

    New research into controversial neonicotinoid seed treatments.

  17. Rural Payments Agency Faces Disgruntled Farmers, Healthcare in Rural Areas, Democratic Unionist Party Manifesto

    The head of the Rural Payments Agency faces disgruntled farmers.

  18. Badger Cull Methods in Question, SNP Manifesto, Broadband Problems in the Cairngorms

    Shooting a free running badger is inhumane says the British Veterinary Association.

  19. Election concerns of migrant workers in East Anglia; sheep DNA in old manuscripts

    East European migrant workers in East Anglia tell Anna Hill their pre-election concerns.

  20. Farming Today This Week: Countryfile Farming Hero Finalist - Joan Bomford

    Charlotte Smith meets a lady who started to farm during WW2 and is still going strong.

  21. Poldark's Scything Technique, Dog Attack on Cows, Grass Fires, Plaid Cymru Manifesto

    Eight cows have been put down after a 'horrific' dog attack in Anglesey.

  22. Asda mislabel NZ lamb as British; Lib Dem and Ukip manifestos

    The Scottish sheep farmer who bought British lamb, only to find it was from New Zealand.

  23. Conservative Manifesto, Anchovy and Chips, Herdy Shepherd, Rural Broadband

    Presented by Anna Hill. Includes a rural analysis of the Conservative party manifesto.

  24. Labour Manifesto, Cow Attacks, the History of the Chicken, the Scilly Shrew

    The rural analysis of the Labour Party manifesto.

  25. Stressed Pigs, One Man and His Shires, Sugar

    Scientists have found stressful conditions can trigger illness in pigs. With Sybil Ruscoe.

  26. Farming Today This Week

    Charlotte Smith meets a teenager running the family farm since his father's recent death.

  27. Cod Stocks, Young Farmers, Milk in 2020, Beef Backlog

    A backlog of unsold Scottish beef means farmers cannot sell their cattle for weeks.

  28. English or New Zealand lamb at Easter; Young crofters in Scotland

    Why a drought in New Zealand is leading to more lamb from the New World in UK shops.

  29. Invading Wheat Rust, Young Flockmaster, Sheep Worrying, Watercress

    How a strain of plant disease from the Himalayas could threaten UK wheat yields.

  30. Dairy prices, Young farmers, Food tourism, Red squirrels

    Another fall in the value of dairy commodities - just what farmers don't want to hear.

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