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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 27/03/25 Chancellor's spring statement, pullets, nitrogen inquiry.

    The chancellor's spring statement - what's in it for the rural economy?

  2. 26/03/25 Red Tractor responds to farm assurance review, Efra inquiry into border checks, colony eggs

    Red Tractor promises change after farm assurance review.

  3. 25/03/25 Bird flu in sheep, free-range eggs, restoring lost ponds

    First case of avian flu found in a sheep.

  4. 24/3/25 National pesticides action plan, egg week overview, forced rhubarb

    Government sets new target to reduce pesticide use by 10% over next five years.

  5. 22/03/25 - Farming Today This Week: Hare coursing, Fairness in food supply chain, Covid's legacy on farms, Biosecurity

    Farmers fear the rise in violent encounters with illegal hare coursers.

  6. 21/03/25 New National Forest, Biosecurity at the border, farming medicinal cannabis.

    A new National Forest for England, the first in 30 years.

  7. 20/03/25 - Fairness in the supply chain, biosecurity measures to prevent a livestock epidemic

    Are biosecurity measures good enough to prevent another major epidemic in farm livestock?

  8. 19/03/25 - Rural pubs, avian flu biosecurity and nurdles on beaches

    Concern for the future of rural pubs after government fund closes.

  9. 18/03/25 - Hare coursing, xylella and soil microplastics

    Farmers fear the rise in violent encounters with illegal hare coursers.

  10. 17/03/25 Covid anniversary and its legacy on farms. Biosecurity and keeping diseases at bay.

    What did the farming and food industry learn from the Covid lockdowns?

  11. 15/03/25 - Farming Today This Week: The closure of SFI, foot and mouth disease and agricultural drones

    The SFI has been closed - we hear from farmers, environmentalists and the farming minister

  12. 14/03/25 - Farming Minister on closing the environmental farming scheme

    The Farming Minister says closing environmental farming scheme is a sign of its success.

  13. 13/03/25 Farmers react to environmental scheme closure

    The government halts applications to a major environmental farming scheme.

  14. 12/03/25 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill and an agricultural drone contractor

    What will the Planning and Infrastructure Bill mean for rural communities?

  15. 11/03/25 - Foot and Mouth Disease in Hungary and agricultural contractors

    Are UK border controls good enough to keep UK farmers safe from foot and mouth disease?

  16. 10/03/25 - Lead shot and agricultural contractors

    The phase-out of lead shot and why it doesn't seem to be happening.

  17. 08/03/25 Farming Today This Week: Impact of US tariffs on global agri-trade, Sir James Dyson, supply chains, cost of bird flu

    Trump's trade tariffs: what do they mean for world trade and us?

  18. 07/03/25 - Rural connectivity, farmers co-ops and farming on an island

    The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

  19. 06/03/2025 - What do Trump's tariffs mean for global agri-trade?, James Dyson's farm, sustainable potatoes

    American farmers are being urged to produce more by their president.

  20. 05/03/2025 - Pig supply chain, blossom watch and a charity farm for women

    Will new rules for the pig supply chain make it fairer for farmers?

  21. 04/03/25 - The cost of avian flu, apple supply chain and soy-free dairy cow feed

    The hidden costs of clearing up after being culled out with avian flu.

  22. 03/03/25 - Solar farms on tenant farms, the wisdom of retired fishermen and supply chain fairness

    A warning for tenant farmers as a Yorkshire solar farm gets the go-ahead.

  23. 01/03/25 - Farming Today This Week: NFU Conference, Climate Change Committee report, bulbs for methane, beavers, ploughing.

    NFU Conference, Climate Change Committee report, bulbs for methane, beavers, ploughing.

  24. 28/02/25 - Trade rules, native bulbs and high beef and lamb prices

    Would trade rules allow the UK to ban the import of food produced to lower standards?

  25. 27/02/25 Climate Change Committee report, daffodil bulbs to reduce methane, illegal waste.

    Climate Change Committee calls for a transformation in agriculture.

  26. 26/02/25 - NFU Conference 2025: Inheritance tax, technology funding, farm profitability

    Charlotte Smith reports from the NFU Conference in London.

  27. 25/02/25 - Land classification, UK grown tulips and driverless tractors

    Why land classification in England is decades out of date, according to a new report.

  28. 24/02/25 Avian flu vaccines; bulb growing in Cornwall

    Avian flu - the on farm impact and the science of vaccines, and Cornish daffodil picking.

  29. 22/02/25 - Farming Today This Week: Peat and climate change, bottom trawling, inheritance tax

    Charlotte Smith brings you the week's rural news.

  30. 21/02/25 Solar wildlife, Scottish land use strategy, regenerative agriculture.

    Solar farms managed for nature prove better for birds than intensive arable report says.

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