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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 05/03/24 - Fertilising by drone, heritage wheat traits and multiple lambs

    Farming Today discusses the use of drones to apply fertiliser on wet fields.

  2. 04/03/24 Local food for public sector; Rural crime; Lambing

    Why don't councils, schools and hospitals buy more food from local farmers?

  3. 02/03/24 Welsh farmers' protest; UK rivers' health

    Farmers' protests; and the state of UK rivers.

  4. 01/03/24 AI Weather forecasts six weeks in advance; Trout farm; River pollution.

    How AI could help farmers with weather forecasts six weeks ahead.

  5. 29/02/24 Welsh farmers protest at Senedd; Natural flood management; Battery storage plans

    Thousands of farmers protest outside the Welsh Senedd about plans for new subsidies.

  6. 28/02/24 Phone masts in remote areas, river pollution, chalkstreams on farms

    New phone masts in remote areas.

  7. 27/02/24 Pollack fishermen criticise government scheme to help. Pollution on the River Wye. Food systems.

    Pollack fishermen in Cornwall say government package of help won't save their fishery.

  8. 26/02/24 Welsh farmers welcoming a greener farming policy; river pollution and flooding

    Farmers in Wales who support a new green subsidy scheme feel afraid to speak out.

  9. Farming Today This Week 24/02/24 Farmer protests in Wales; Lesley Griffiths; Prime minister at NFU Conference; new NFU president

    Farmer protests in Wales, minister says she's listening. Prime minister at NFU Conference.

  10. 23/02/24 Farmer protests in Wales: Lesley Griffiths; next farming generation; outgoing president of the NFU

    As farmer protests continue in Wales the Rural Affairs Minister tells us she is listening.

  11. 22/02/24 NFU Conference: Political hustings and a new president

    Political hustings at the NFU Conference and a new NFU president.

  12. 21/02/24 NFU Conference: Prime Minister makes a raft of announcements, Minette Batters' farewell speech.

    Food security and supply chains: prime minister makes announcements at NFU Conference.

  13. 20/02/24 Farmer Protests; Prime Minister's funding announcement; Red Tractor; Next generation and family farms.

    Welsh First Minister says it's not up to farmers to decide how subsidy money is spent.

  14. 19/02/2024

    The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

  15. 17/02/24 Farming Today This Week: N.I.'s new minister for agriculture; Farm support in England; Paper work; Green investment.

    Northern Ireland's new agriculture minister, the first in 2 years, what's top of his list?

  16. 16/02/24 Small abattoir closure, farm training courses

    Closure of McIntyre Meats in the Yorkshire Dales.

  17. 15/02/24 Green land investment in Scotland and its impact; Farm diversification businesses.

    Large estates managed for the environment and the impact on rural communities in Scotland.

  18. 14/02/24 Environmental payments to farms - details of the Sustainable Farming Incentive; Lower carbon beef

    More farmers take up payments to farm for nature, but does that mean growing less food?

  19. 13/02/24 Northern Ireland's new DAERA minister; NI farmers' concerns about ammonia regulations; Farm paperwork.

    We speak to Northern Ireland's new agriculture and environment minister.

  20. 12/02/24 Biodiversity Net Gain not ambitious enough, says Wildlife Trusts; the business of farming; Ashdown Forest

    The Wildlife Trusts say the government's Biodiversity Net Gain ambition is too low.

  21. 10/02/24 Farming Today This Week: Protests in Wales; Subsidies in Scotland; Anniversary of cockle pickers tragedy; Working dogs.

    Scottish farmers keep 70% of subsidies but warnings of "huge unrest" about Welsh reforms.

  22. 09/02/2024 NFU Scotland Conference, Cumbrian rainforests, working goats

    Farmers say the Scottish government should return more than £60m of deferred funding.

  23. 08/02/24 Morecambe Bay cockle picking tragedy: changes to the industry 20 years on; new DAERA minister, working horses.

    The Morecambe Bay disaster: we look changes it led to in the rights of migrant workers.

  24. 07/02/2043 Transition to net zero and farmers' concerns, Views on farmer protests, Gun dogs

    Farmers are concerned about the impact on food production of net-zero policies.

  25. 06/02/2024 Rural domestic abuse, Microplastics in soil, Birds of prey to control pests

    Domestic abuse and the impact on its victims in rural communities.

  26. 05/02/2024 Trees burnt after budget cuts, funding crisis in agtech, sheepdog training

    Millions of saplings are being burnt instead of creating new Scottish woodlands.

  27. 03/02/2024 Farming Today This Week : Farmers' Protests in Europe and campaign groups in the UK.

    As farmers blockade cities around Europe, what next for them - and their UK counterparts?

  28. 02/02/24 UK farmer protests? Fish trade with the EU.

    As European farmers continue their protests - what's happening here in the UK?

  29. 01/02/2024 Welsh Sustainable Farming Scheme; Farmland birds; Meat imports and exports.

    Farmers fear Sustainable Farming Scheme will have big impact on jobs and farm incomes.

  30. 31/01/2024 Northern Ireland power sharing government and what it could mean for farmers; Dairy exports; Upland farmers.

    As politicians look set to return to Stormont, what now for farmers in Northern Ireland?

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