Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Gangmasters, Predators, Badgers
The Gangmasters Licensing Authority holds its first national conference.
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Farming Today This Week: Rare Breeds
Charlotte Smith finds out about rare breeds of farm animals at Bicton College in Devon.
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TB drop, rare-breed beef, biofuels, ancient wheat
A Gloucestershire vet has conducted his own analysis of the impact of the badger cull.
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The farming priorities of five political parties, GMO report
Five political parties at the NFU Conference explain their priorities for farming.
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NFU Conference in Birmingham
Anna Hill discusses farm volatility, the theme of this year's NFU conference.
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Potatoes, Pesticide Amnesty, Food Self-Sustainability, Rare Breeds
Potato growers feel the pinch as supply outstrips demand. Presented by Anna Hill.
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Global dairy, rare breed, unaffordable rural housing
A glimmer of hope for UK dairy farmers as global markets start to improve.
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Farming Today This Week: Soil
Anna Hill looks at the precious resource of soil.
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Neonics in Soil, Rural Payments Agency
A discussion on whether neonicotinoid pesticides can persist in the soil for years.
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Beef Code, Precision Ploughing, Common Land, Vehicle Wrist Tags
A voluntary beef code is introduced in a bid to bring stability to the market.
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Milk Quotas, Crofting, Biodiversity, Methane
Warnings that the end of milk quotas in April will mean more bad news for farmers.
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Soil
Old fashioned crop rotation as a way to save soils.
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Sheep Thefts, Trees, Soil
Farming Today hears from a farmer in Wales who has been targeted by sheep rustlers.
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Water Management
Charlotte Smith visits a farm in Somerset that has installed a £1.5m water recycling plant
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Milk Prices, Fracking, LED-Grown Tomatoes
A dairy farmer in Staffordshire says he could be paid just 13 pence per litre for his milk
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Dairy Summit; Scottish Dairy; Sheep Carcasses
Farming minister George Eustice on the 'dairy summit' with NFU, banks and producers.
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Processed Meat Labelling; Bee Numbers; New President of Scottish NFU
MEPs vote on whether or not to label processed meat with its country of origin.
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Flood Defence Money, Flood-Tolerant Barley, Red Squirrels
Scientists have developed a new strain of barley to withstand long-term waterlogging.
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Agriculture and Water Pollution, Wheat Leaf Blotch, Open Farm Sunday
Can UK farmers improve their stewardship of water as a natural resource?
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Farming Today This Week: Lambing
As lambing gathers pace, Charlotte Smith looks at the prospects for sheep farming in 2015.
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Scottish Dairy, Upland Lambing, Bird Flu Research
An action plan for Scottish dairy farmers, but a further price cut for Muller suppliers.
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Irish Dairy Technology Centre; Farm Suicides; Sheep Footrot
Why the Irish government is putting over 25 million euro in the country's dairy industry.
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04/02/2015
The price of organic milk has gone up in the shops, but what are farmers getting for it?
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Abattoir investigation, Rural Broadband, Hare Coursing.
A halal abattoir is under investigation by the Food Standards Agency.
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Red Tractor, Nitrogen, Lambing
The Red Tractor group propose a change to their beef assurance scheme.
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Dairy Industry
Anna Hill meets a dairy farmer diversifying into bottling his own milk.
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GM fish food, First Milk boss, fines for unfair supermarkets?
Supermarkets that treat suppliers unfairly could be fined millions.
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Fracking, Dairy
A fracking moratorium is announced for Scotland until more research has been carried out.
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Scottish Tenant Rights, TB Testing, Welsh Hill Farmers, Vegan Views on the Milk Industry
Anna Hill hears about reform proposals aimed at revitalising tenant farming in Scotland.
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European Milk, Scottish land, rural Anglicans
The farming minister claims that better times are ahead for farmers.