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    10/07/26 Calls to ban bottom trawling to protect dolphins, Wimbledon strawberries

    Calls for wider bans on bottom trawling to protect dolphins and porpoises.

  2. 09/07/26 Growing crops in a mine, scallop fishing, RHS Badminton

    Farming underground - scientists grow crops in a mine a km beneath the earth's surface.

  3. 08/07/2026 Environment Agency agriculture & water report, fishing visas, animal health

    Inspections up, but serious pollution incidents not declining says new report.

  4. 07/07/2026 Rehydrating dry grain, fishing resilience, school farm visits.

    Rewetting very dry grain - will that become a thing, and is it a good idea?

  5. 06/07/2026 Commoners can apply for government schemes, fishing, fertiliser

    Computer that said no, now says yes! Commoners can apply for agri-environment schemes.

  6. 04/07/26 Farming Today This Week: Groundswell regenerative agriculture, the Environment Secretary on the 25 year Farming Roadmap

    What will the government's new 25-year Farming Roadmap mean for farmers?

  7. 03/07/2026 Farming roadmap, food security, protecting soils

    What will the farming roadmap mean for farmers? We ask the secretary of state.

  8. 02/07/26 Groundswell Regenerative Agriculture 2026

    Ten years of the regenerative farming festival Groundswell.

  9. 01/07/2026 Muirburn, grain that's too dry, intercropping

    New code for controlled burning of moorland is delayed.

  10. 30/06/26 Scottish organic farmed salmon, soil health, water management

    Scottish organic farmed salmon, soil health, water management.

  11. 29/06/26 Water resilience on farms, rural place names, soil

    Calls for more government action to protect water supplies for farming.

  12. 27/06/26: Farming in the heat, England's Farming Roadmap, global agritourism.

    Farming in a heatwave and a 25-year vision for agriculture in England.

  13. 26/06/26 NI to miss its environmental targets, farming in the heatwave, farm campsite

    Northern Ireland's government is warned it'll miss environmental targets

  14. 25/06/2026 The Farming Roadmap, emissions from agriculture, pigs in the heat

    A landmark day for English farmers? The government's Farming Roadmap is launched.

  15. 24/06/2026 Agritourism - Aberdeen hosts the first global conference of its kind

    Global agritourism: how producers around the world are inviting visitors onto their farms.

  16. 23/06/2026: Fighting wildfires, training sheep shearers, from hill farm to heritage events

    Specialist wildfire firefighting teams are being introduced in England and Wales.

  17. 22/06/26 Agri-tourism, Scottish abattoir costs, seaweed cattle feed to reduce methane

    Why more farmers are opening their gates to the public.

  18. 20/06/26 - Royal Highland Show, Scottish farming policy and South West octopus bloom

    Caz Graham has the week's top rural stories - including a trip to the Royal Highland Show.

  19. 19/06/26 The Royal Highland Show and Scottish Government plans to cap prices on some essential foods.

    Scottish government plans to cap prices on some foods in supermarket - who'll pay?

  20. 18/06/26 Change of Defra Farming Minister, Scottish greening policy, connected agri-tech

    We hear why the farming industry really doesn’t like ministerial churn

  21. 17/06/26 Abattoir charges, pheasants and insects, Scottish farming with nature.

    The abattoirs overcharged for official inspections.

  22. 16/06/26 Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy

    Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy.

  23. 15/06/26 Octopus bloom, Scottish organic farming

    Octopus bloom in the south west, organic farming in Scotland.

  24. 13/06/26 Farming Today This Week

    Budget revealed for farm environmental payments - but is it enough?

  25. 12/06/26 Sustainable Farming Incentive, Cereal farming in Cumbria

    Sustainable Farming Incentive budget, growing cereals in Cumbria.

  26. 11/06/26 Cereals 2026

    The National Farmers' Union calls for government support with the price of fertiliser.

  27. 10/06/26 New bovine TB strategy for England, cereals

    Getting rid of Bovine TB - a new strategy says cattle vaccination is the answer.

  28. 09/06/26 Flood funding, cattle cull, cereals

    £50 million to help Somerset farming communities deal with growing threat of floods.

  29. 08/06/26 Brown or white eggs? The outlook for cereal farmers

    The big egg debate: brown or white?

  30. 06/06/26 - Farming Today This Week: Dartmoor ponies, water voles and land-based jobs

    Could new upland grazing rules mean the loss of Dartmoor ponies?

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