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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 14/05/24 - Farm to Fork Summit, Welsh holiday homes and a conservation dog

    What will the Farm to Fork Summit mean for farming?

  2. 13/05/2024 - Food exports, rural tourism and new Welsh creamery

    Charlotte Smith hears why British food is still a hard sell.

  3. 11/05/24 Farming Today This Week: Sandeels, funding for robotic pickers, crisis of confidence for farmers, European roadtrip.

    The National Farmers Union says farmer confidence has hit an all-time low.

  4. 10/05/2024 - Seasonal labour, Portuguese rice and growing wasabi

    The government promises five more years of seasonal-worker visas.

  5. 09/05/24 - Regen ag, Iberico pork, OEP water report and tractor factory strike

    Should we pay more for food farmed in an environmentally friendly way?

  6. 08/05/24 - Coast path, carbon sequestration and selling fruit direct

    Walkers protest on the Isle of Wight over a coast path that doesn't follow the coastline.

  7. 07/05/24 UK EU row over sandeels, farmers' collapse in confidence, Bordeaux wine growers in trouble

    Today, the UK and EU row over sandeels.

  8. 06/05/24 Behind the scenes on the Wildland Estate where Scotland's largest landowner is making big changes.

    A billionaire's vision for 80,000 acres in the Cairngorms.

  9. 04/05/24 - Farming Today This Week: Border checks, cider orchards and illegal waste dumping

    Charlotte Smith brings you a round up of the week's food, farming and rural stories.

  10. 03/05/24 Latest badger cull figures, Jeremy Clarkson, sniffing onion disease

    Latest figures from Defra show nearly 20,000 badgers were killed in England last year.

  11. 02/05/2024: Illegal waste dumping; NI veterinary medicines; Natural pesticides

    Illegal waste dumping is under investigation in Kent.

  12. 01/05/25 - Import border checks, local elections and blackgrass

    We report from a border control post on the first day of new checks on food imports.

  13. 30/04/24 - Border checks, global disease monitoring and integrated pest management

    Importers worry new border checks will be unaffordable.

  14. 29/04/24: Cider orchard, Apples, Plant diseases

    A cider orchard is ripped out because of a fall in cider drinking according to the owners.

  15. 27/04/24 Farming Today This Week: illegal fishing, land mines on farmland in Ukraine, universal credits, trees and forestry

    Targeting illegal fishing and the danger of landmines for Ukrainian farmers.

  16. 26/04/2024: Red Tractor, Tree nursery, Universal Credit, Isle of Luing cattle

    Red Tractor scheme's executive has lost the confidence of the National Sheep Association.

  17. 25/04/2024 Illegal fishing, housing estate flock, ash dieback

    How the authorities are targeting illegal fishing.

  18. 24/04/24 - Labour's Rural Crime Strategy, Scottish forestry grants and English deer management

    A new Rural Crime Strategy from the Labour Party.

  19. 23/04/24 - Land mines in Ukraine, trees on farmland and peatland re-wetting

    The Ukrainian farmers risking their lives to produce food.

  20. 22/04/24 Public perception of commercial forestry, the state of UK woodlands, feral pigs in Scotland.

    The public's dislike of commercial forestry is hampering efforts to grow more timber.

  21. 20/04/24 - New Welsh Rural Affairs Cabinet Secretary, unlawful game licences and dairy pollution

    We hear from Wales's new Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs.

  22. 19/04/24 River pollution from dairy farms, new border checks for food, pumpkin diversification

    The problem of river pollution from dairy farms.

  23. 18/04/24 Government admits it broke rules on gamebird releases, vegetable oil harvest down, worm diversification

    Defra admits it failed to follow the rules when allowing gamebirds to be released.

  24. 17/04/24 - Wet weather food impacts, farm microbrewery, tenant farmers and seabird dawn chorus

    After months of rain, what will the long-term impact be on fresh produce supply chains?

  25. 16/04/2024 - New Welsh rural affairs cabinet secretary, River Wye pollution and farm diversification

    We hear from the new cabinet secretary for climate change and rural affairs in Wales.

  26. 15/04/2024 Trail hunting, diversification, climate-resistant hops

    Has farm diversification become a lifeline for British farmers?

  27. 13/04/24 - Farming Today This Week: Changes to flood payments, bird flu in cattle and SSSIs

    Changes are made to the Farming Recovery Fund.

  28. 12/04/24 Financial impact of extreme weather on farms, sustainable pork labelling, upland sheep farming vs conservation.

    Report says extreme weather is costing Welsh farmers millions of pounds a year.

  29. 11/04/24 - Wet weather impacts, farming recovering fund, pigs on straw and farming in space

    The relentless, grim weather is having an impact on farmers' mental health.

  30. 10/04/24 - SSSI designations, flood fund and outdoor pigs

    Who should decide whether a piece of land should have legal environmental protection?

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