Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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31/05/2012
Three hundred scientists in fourteen countries have sequenced the tomato genome.
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30/05/2012
From cold pressed to hard pressed - olive oil prices collapse in Spain.
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29/05/2012
British farmers are moving into solar power generation thanks to new tariffs.
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28/05/2012
After the anti-GM protests, Charlotte Smith asks where now for genetically modified crops.
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Charlotte Smith meets gold medal winners at the Chelsea Flower Show.
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25/05/2012
France's ban on growing GM Maize is rejected, but it won't be forced to drop the embargo.
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24/05/2012
New multi-million pound funding for bioscience - but how much will be spent on GM crops?
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23/05/2012
A merger of two dairy co-ops could mean better milk prices for some UK dairy farmers.
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22/05/2012
UK trials of GM crops could be in peril after protests over GM wheat, with Anna Hill.
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21/05/2012
Anna Hill hears allegations about cheating in the show ring to help cows win prizes.
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Cashing in on China - how UK farmers could benefit from exporting to the East.
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18/05/2012
How Ireland has cracked the Chinese market for dairy, pork, and seafood.
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17/05/2012
Anna Hill talks to Farming Minister Jim Paice about China's growing market.
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16/05/2012
Multi-million pound supermarket contracts bought with bribes of luxury holidays.
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15/05/2012
The controversial Severn barrage, which MP Peter Hain quit his job to support.
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14/05/2012
Anna Hill hears farmers are being put off building reservoirs, despite the drought.
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Charlotte Smith hears from young farmers and students about a farming career.
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11/05/2012
How growing plants under LEDs could lead to farming in skyscrapers.
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10/05/2012
After a decade of debate, plans for a supermarket adjudicator are finally revealed.
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09/05/2012
Anna Hill meets a family forced to sell their pedigree herd because of milk price cuts.
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08/05/2012
Sarah Swadling discovers why it's just too wet for waders.
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07/05/2012
Moira Hickey is in Skye to find out if crofting has a bright future.
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Is there a future for common land? Sarah Swadling explores an ancient grazing tradition.
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04/05/2012
Farming seaweed - the solution to feeding a growing world population?
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03/05/2012
A new vaccine for Foot and Mouth could prevent a repeat of the disasters of 2001.
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02/05/2012
GM scientists plead with protestors who have pledged to destroy vital trial crops.
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01/05/2012
Caz Graham looks at the tradition of farming common land.
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30/04/2012
Charlotte Smith hears from dairy farmers facing an eight per cent cut in their pay.
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Are farm conservation schemes working for wildlife?
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27/04/2012
Farming Minister Jim Paice explains plans which could cut UK farm subsidies by 20 per cent