Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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05/04/2012
Flying horses - the international competitors making their way to the Olympics.
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04/04/2012
How the love of British offal overseas has helped generate 2.3 billion for the economy.
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03/04/2012
Caz Graham hears the scale of the deluge needed to replenish water supplies across England
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02/04/2012
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Charlotte Smith.
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Charlotte Smith investigates the work to try to save the UK rarest breeds of farm animals.
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30/03/2012
Chefs and rare breed meat - is it about more than the name and the price tag?
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29/03/2012
The GM wheat which scares off aphids by smell, being trialled by UK scientists.
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28/03/2012
Anna Hill hears about a severe outbreak of foot and mouth in Egypt.
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27/03/2012
Thousands of billy goat kids are destroyed at birth as a by-product of the milk industry.
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26/03/2012
Can farming heritage really shape farming future? And, measuring the speed of grass.
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Empty fields - farmers decide not to grow crops because of the drought.
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23/03/2012
The strict rules on selling unpasteurised milk in England are being reviewed.
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22/03/2012
How stressed strawberries could help growers to cut water use by a third.
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21/03/2012
Badgers to be vaccinated in Wales in an attempt to battle bovine TB. With Anna Hill.
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20/03/2012
Combating campylobacter - what poultry farmers need to do to reduce this deadly bacterium.
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19/03/2012
Alien Invaders: Charlotte Smith hears the killer shrimp has arrived in the Norfolk Broads.
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In the busiest week of the year for florists, could the UK grow more flowers?
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16/03/2012
Troublesome beavers - how escaped animals are causing problems for Scottish farmers.
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15/03/2012
UK beef could be sprayed with a natural acid to kill E. Coli bacteria.
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14/03/2012
How the battery cage ban is eating into bakers' profits.
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13/03/2012
How hi-tech horticulture powered by LEDs could bring rose growing back to Britain.
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12/03/2012
Saying it with British flowers, and the problems farmers still have with Chinese lanterns.
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Schmallenberg - the science behind the spread of this new virus. With Charlotte Smith.
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09/03/2012
Straw wars see farmers and power companies competing for limited stocks.
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08/03/2012
Vets want clearer labelling on meat produced by halal and kosher slaughter.
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07/03/2012
How farmers can avoid the new Schmallenberg virus by changing when they lamb.
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06/03/2012
Anna Hill hears about Fabio, the record-breaking bull, bought for £126,000.
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05/03/2012
Scientists hope injecting midges will help give them answers about a new livestock disease
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Caz Graham asks if growing food could be the key to the UK's economic growth.
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02/03/2012
Grow our own - the need for more UK fruit and veg growers. Presented by Anna Hill.