Main content

Farming Today Episodes

  1. 26/12/2023 - The Rainforest Barge

    A specially-designed barge is helping to save a Scottish rainforest.

  2. 25/12/23 - Christmas Trees

    Home of a million Christmas trees.

  3. 23/12/23 Farming Today This Week: Welsh and Scottish rural budget cuts, Dental deserts, Agricultural hiphop, The Archers' comedy

    Cuts to the rural affairs budgets and the hip-hop singer who's championing farming.

  4. 22/12/2023

    The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

  5. 21/12/23 Cuts to agriculture budgets in Scotland and Wales, The Archers' comedy night, Operation turtle dove

    Farmers' reaction to cuts to the rural affairs budgets in Wales and Scotland.

  6. 20/12/23 Rural dentists, swede harvest, mistletoe auction

    Dental services in rural areas.

  7. 19/12/23 AHDB levy increase, food waste, edible festive wreaths

    The AHDB is set to increase the levy they charge. Why is the rise justified?

  8. 18/12/23 Welsh magpie row, Christmas farm experience, review into fresh produce sector

    Come the new year, it'll be an offence for farmers in Wales to kill or take a magpie.

  9. 16/12/23 Farming Today This Week: Dartmoor review; Community deer stalking; Rare breeds; Drones to spray nematodes; Minecraft.

    Independent review into the management of grazing on Dartmoor.

  10. 15/12/2023 Farmers' concerns over 30by30, community deer stalking, rare Welsh pigs

    The government launches plan to protect 30% of land in England for the environment by 2030

  11. 14/12/2023 Dartmoor review; Winter veg; Small abattoir fund; Rare breeds farm

    Independent review into farming and environmental management on Dartmoor.

  12. 13/12/23 Food and farming at COP28; Ecology out of kilter; Suffolk Punch horses

    Climate summit progress with food and farming pledges.

  13. 12/12/23 Bluetongue; Treetop nematodes; Rare breed sheep

    Drones used to drop microscope worms or nematodes and kill insects that attack trees.

  14. 11/12/23 Sugar row; Minecraft and conservation; Rare breeds.

    Sugar talks break down; Minecraft and conservation; Rare breeds and their future.

  15. 09/12/23 Farming Today This Week: COP28 food and agriculture; Food as a public good; Snow

    Today, food, farming and climate diplomacy.

  16. 08/12/23 Food security report; Bluefin tuna; Young farmers at COP28

    New report says food security is a public good and farmers should be paid accordingly.

  17. 07/12/23 Funding for African crops at COP28; Bluetongue virus in cattle; Care farm.

    New $50 million initiative launched at COP28 to develop more resilient crops in Africa.

  18. 06/12/23 Cost of food and climate change; Police off-road motorbikes.

    How climate change is putting up the cost of food for consumers and producers.

  19. 05/12/23 COP28 and agriculture; Vertical farming; Migrant worker wages; Farmers snowed under.

    COP28 and reducing emissions from food and farming. Farmers in the snow.

  20. 04/12/23 COP28 food and farming, pollock, wet crops

    Today food, farming and climate diplomacy.

  21. 02/12/23 - Rural housing, Landscape Recovery schemes and DEFRA food attaches

    The CPRE says the shortage of rural affordable housing is acute and overlooked.

  22. 01/12/23 British baked beans, Cotswolds landscape recovery scheme, raising beef on the South Ayrshire coast

    Baked beans on our toast could soon be British-grown.

  23. 30/11/23 AI predictions for agriculture, Dorset landscape recovery scheme, agri-tech

    Can ChatGPT really predict how reducing meat consumption will affect farming?

  24. 29/11/23 - National Parks and National Forests, Landscape Recovery along the River Axe and replacing Glastir

    Will we ever meet the UK's tree planting targets?

  25. 28/11/23 - Swine flu in a human, a rural housing crisis and Brecklands landscape recovery

    A human has caught swine flu.

  26. 27/11/23 - Commercial forestry, Landscape Recovery in the Lakes and UK food attaches

    The UK has planted 13,000 hectares of trees this year - less than half of the target.

  27. 25/11/23 Farming Today This Week: Regenerative farming

    Regen ag is seen by some as the future of farming; we discuss the hope and the hype.

  28. 24/11/23 - Pond restoration, Kelvin Fletcher goes farming and regenerative flour

    We report on plans to revitalise ponds and pondlife.

  29. 23/11/2023 - Autumn statement and glyphosate v ploughing

    Was there anything in the chancellor’s autumn statement for farms and the countryside?

  30. 22/11/23 - Soft fruit growers contracting, Hollywood meets regen ag and the 'new' AONBs

    Berry growers warn they'll have stop farming if they don't get paid enough for their fruit

  2. 1
  3. …
  4. 25
  5. 26
  6. 27
  7. 28
  8. 29
  9. …
  10. 200