Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Farming Today This Week: Farms, wildlife and nature improvement areas
Charlotte Smith visits a 10,000-hectare nature improvement area farmed for wildlife.
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Somerset Levels Evacuation, Farming and Wildlife
Floodwaters force some farmers to remove their livestock from the Somerset Levels.
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Planning regulations, Managing land for wildlife, Halal farm
Should we manage our countryside for food or for wildlife? We ask the NFU and the RSPB.
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05/02/2014
African Swine Fever, and what it could mean for Britain's pig herds. With Anna Hill.
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Floods, farming and wildlife
Should farmers change how they farm the Somerset Levels to reduce the impact of flooding?
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Farm profits, Bird counting, Gigha farm tenancy
English dairy farm profits are forecast to almost double this year.
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Farming Today This Week: Breakfast
From oats to eggs, where does your breakfast come from? Anna Hill investigates.
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Somerset Levels Flooding, Tidal Surge Damage, Breakfast Eggs
Somerset Levels farmers look to Holland for flood control inspiration.
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Plant science, porridge, agroforestry and oysters
A leading plant science group says a skills shortage could damage British agriculture.
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Slaughter labelling, Schmallenberg
Should meat slaughtered under Kosher and Halal rules be specifically labelled?
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Flooding, ancient farming, black pudding
Will farmers take legal action as flooding continues on the Somerset Levels?
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Apples, Eggs, Breakfast
The wet weather is causing major problems for the UK's apple producers.
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Farming Today This Week: Soil
Soil - why is it so important? Charlotte Smith does the science bit.
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Fat cows, soil, and badger cull
Britain's cows are too fat, and overeating could cause complications with calving.
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23/01/2014
Charlotte Smith looks at two separate summits on bee health and pesticide regulation.
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22/01/2014
As farm income in Wales falls by a third, can farmers learn to become more resilient?
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21/01/2014
Big farming - bad or beautiful? Anna Hill hears from both sides of the debate.
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20/01/2014
Farmers in a Northumbrian valley are demanding to be connected to mains electricity.
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Farming Today This Week
Charlotte Smith visits a small family farm in Warwickshire run by a father and his son.
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17/01/2014
It's only January, but is it already spring? Nature seems to think so.
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16/01/2014
How succession planning can help family farms bolster their business for the future.
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15/01/2014
A badge of honour for more British foods as Europe gives them protected status.
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14/01/2014
A year on from the horsemeat scandal, has anything changed?
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13/01/2014
Is the government taking too long to reduce the red tape around livestock movement rules?
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Farming Today This Week
Charlotte Smith looks at the business and entrepreneurial aspects of farming.
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10/01/2014
Claims that the European Union could push British farmers into a new Dark Age.
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09/01/2014
A new report calls for a change in the relationship between landowners and farmers.
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08/01/2014
Anna Hill presents a special edition from the Oxford Farming Conference.
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07/01/2014
Could UK livestock farmers earn more if they acted like New Zealanders?
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06/01/2014
Could the countryside take the hit as farmers in Northern Ireland get more funding?