Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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09/06/2010
Amid calls for a cull of urban foxes, the programme hears that numbers are in decline.
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08/06/2010
Anna Hill hears how advances in plant genetics could help eliminate mildew.
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07/06/2010
Genetically modified potatoes will be planted in Norfolk this week. Caz Graham reports.
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Water Consumption During Summer
Caz Graham visits a Shropshire potato farm to investigate the importance of water.
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04/06/2010
What can farmers do to keep our beaches clean? Caz Graham reports.
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03/06/2010
A rallying call for 'citizen scientists' and how much water does a herd of 400 cows drink?
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02/06/2010
There are fears that the planned badger cull in West Wales could lead to direct action.
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01/06/2010
The Environment Agency defends itself over not dredging Cumbrian rivers before the floods.
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31/05/2010
Caz Graham meets farmers in Cumbria, still struggling six months after record floods.
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Farming Today This Week - Migrant Workers
Charlotte Smith hears why foreign graduates are picking fruit and veg in British fields.
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28/05/2010
Why vaccination against TB in cattle is at least five years away.
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27/05/2010
For the first time in years wool prices are increasing.
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26/05/2010
Landowners are urged to give up land to help new farmers get a foot on the ladder.
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25/05/2010
DEFRA faces cuts of 162 million pounds. Anna Hill reveals where the axe is falling.
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24/05/2010
Bee keepers say winter colony losses are still too high.
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Cuts, Culls and Coalitions
Charlotte Smith examines the new government's rural budget and its plan to cull badgers.
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21/05/2010
A cull of badgers is announced in England. Charlotte Smith hears reaction to the news.
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20/05/2010
Charlotte Smith hears why farmers are herding sheep through brain scanners.
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19/05/2010
On the eve of the Devon County Show, how do agricultural events remain relevant?
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18/05/2010
East Anglia's farmers may keep lambs in polytunnels, to protect them from birds of prey.
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17/05/2010
Charlotte Smith examines DEFRA's £3 billion budget, and looks where cuts might fall.
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Farming Today This Week
Charlotte Smith looks at the balance between growing food and supporting wildlife.
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14/05/2010
Farm subsidies now cost each taxpayer 70 pounds per year. Charlotte Smith reports.
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13/05/2010
Advice for the new government on how to improve farming and rural life.
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12/05/2010
Research indicates that sea eagles are not a threat to Scottish lambs.
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11/05/2010
Four million workers left agriculture in the EU between 2000 and 2009.
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10/05/2010
Farmers are told to reduce their use of slug pellets or the pesticide will be banned.
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Farming Today This Week
Charlotte Smith meets farmers rushing to get crops in the ground as the weather warms up.
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06/05/2010
The rush is on to get the season's vegetables sown after the long harsh winter.
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05/05/2010
A record year for asparagus sales is expected as the first spears of the crop appear.