Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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04/10/2012
The skills shortage facing farmers and artisan food producers.
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03/10/2012
Attack of the killer shrimps - they could be coming to a river near you!
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02/10/2012
Hollow potatoes and mouldy wheat - Anna Hill on how the wet weather has hit crop quality.
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01/10/2012
Charlotte Smith reveals the finalists for the BBC Farmer of the Year award 2012.
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The future is bright for Britain's sheep farmers, discovers Charlotte Smith.
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28/09/2012
Charlotte Smith investigates how new EU rules might affect UK abattoirs.
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27/09/2012
A cull of thousands of geese on Orkney raises objections from animal rights campaigners.
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26/09/2012
The RSPCA calls for 'Badger Friendly' labels on dairy products.
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25/09/2012
After the wettest summer in 100 years, torrential rain again batters the UK.
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24/09/2012
The National Sheep Association says that 2013 will be a good year for the industry.
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Charlotte Smith discusses the impending badger cull pilot in Gloucestershire.
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21/09/2012
Farmers in the Peak District call for off-road users to be banned from green lanes.
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20/09/2012
How pig paternity tests are being used to fight meat mislabelling in Ireland.
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19/09/2012
Agriculture Minister David Heath says the government is committed to the badger cull.
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18/09/2012
A provisional licence to cull badgers is issued in Gloucestershire.
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17/09/2012
Queen guitarist Brian May warns badger culling will mean 'civil war' in the countryside.
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Organic food sales are falling. Charlotte Smith considers the future for organic farming.
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14/09/2012
As a major dairy announces a price rise for farmers, Charlotte Smith asks if it will last.
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13/09/2012
A new government plan to improve life and business in the countryside is unveiled.
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12/09/2012
A drought in Spain means less olive oil will be produced this year.
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11/09/2012
Warnings of a tough winter ahead for livestock farmers if they don't act over animal feed.
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10/09/2012
Scottish salmon farms are accused of spreading pollution on the sea bed.
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After a summer of protests, blockades and summits the voluntary milk code is agreed.
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07/09/2012
Rice exports from India are threatened after a poor monsoon. With Charlotte Smith.
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06/09/2012
Charlotte Smith discusses the new order at DEFRA and what it might mean for rural Britain.
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05/09/2012
Robin Markwell presents from Livestock 2012 and investigates the future for dairy.
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04/09/2012
A voluntary code for dairy farmers and processors is agreed after a year of negotiations.
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03/09/2012
Much of the UK's wheat harvest has been delayed because of the summer's wet conditions.
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Caz Graham investigates how farming co-operatives work in the UK, Europe and globally.
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31/08/2012
Eleventh-hour negotiations on a new fairness code between farmers and milk processors.