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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 25/04/23 Payments to improve the environment; water bosses and river pollution; grass trials

    Paying to improve the environment, river pollution, seeds and grass breeding.

  2. 24/04/2023 River damage court case; seed research.

    Farmer jailed for wrecking river; what are implications of the case? Agricultural seeds.

  3. 22/04/23 - Farming Today This Week: delays to tree-planting contracts, new compulsory medical tests for fishermen, land use

    Could new compulsory medical tests for fishermen devastate the inshore fishing fleet?

  4. 21/04/23 Fishermen's health checks; Welsh shellfish industry; River pollution; company rewilding project

    Fishermen health checks; shellfish; farmer jailed for river pollution; company rewilding.

  5. 20/04/23 - Tree-planting delays; tax and land values; insects and waste

    Paperwork blamed for tree-planting delays; tax and land prices; and insects and waste.

  6. 19/04/23 Restocking chickens after avian flu; Dartmoor independent review; community land ownership.

    Restocking after bird flu; review of management of Dartmoor; community land ownership.

  7. 18/04/23 Tree deaths; waste-eating larvae; chickens allowed out; natural capital in Scotland

    Tree deaths and new plantings; chickens released; waste-eating larvae; natural capital.

  8. 17/04/23 New name for national park; rural planning; fishing in Scotland.

    Brecon Beacons national park renamed. Rural planning struggles. Go-fish zones in Scotland.

  9. 15/04/2023

    The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

  10. 14/04/23 - Fly-tipping, sheep on a ferry and Chilean beef farming

    Will government action on fly-tipping make a difference?

  11. 13/04/23 Free range hens; slugs; apples

    Free-range hens will soon be freed as restrictions are eased in England and Wales.

  12. 12/04/23: Oysters; Bird Flu; On Farm Research

    A farmer gives his reaction to a proposed ban on the farming of Pacific Oysters.

  13. 11/04/23 Restoring temperate rainforests, blackcurrant research

    We hear why an insurance company is paying millions to restore a temperate rainforest.

  14. 10/04/23 Maize: friend or foe?

    Sarah Swadling investigates the pros and cons of growing maize.

  15. 08/04/23 Farming Today This Week: Government plan for water; Red Tractor; pigs; eggs and trade deal; Dartmoor camping; skylarks

    New plan for water, Red Tractor, pigs, eggs, Dartmoor camping, skylarks and blackbirds.

  16. 07/04/23 - The UK National Willow Collection

    Sarah Swadling visits the UK's National Willow Collection.

  17. 06/04/2023 Trade deal and battery eggs; Appeal against wild camping ruling; Pork labelling

    UK egg producers say the new trans-Pacific trade deal is bad for the British egg industry.

  18. 05/04/23 Blueprint plans for water; peat restoration; eco labelling

    New government plan for water, wool to restore peatlands and eco-labelling.

  19. 04/04/23 Red Tractor and environmental certification; sky larks

    Red Tractor defends its credentials as a river charity makes a complaint about it.

  20. 03/04/2023 Food labelling and standards, Conservation funding, Peat

    Food labelling, £18 million conservation fund, and the deadline for phasing out peat.

  21. 01/04/2023 Farming Today This Week: Food fraud, farm waste, CPTPP, angry skylark

    A new Trans Pacific Trade Agreement; what will it mean for farmers in the UK?

  22. 31/03/23 Trans-Pacific trade deal; "green day" policies; TB in Wales; SNP cabinet reshuffle; recycling shotgun cartridges

    Trans-Pacific trade deal; net zero plan; TB in Wales; SNP cabinet; recycling cartridges.

  23. 30/03/23 Hunting; new trade deal on horizon; government’s “green day”; food waste.

    Hunt suspended; trade deal; food waste; government policies due on 'green day'.

  24. 29/03/23 Plans to license pheasant releases in Wales; more shellfish testing; micro algae technology.

    Plans to license release of game birds; more shellfish tests; micro-algae technology.

  25. 28/03/23 Environmental reporting; listeria outbreak; agriplastic pollution; recycling farm plastics.

    Environmental reporting; listeria; agricultural plastic pollution; recycling farm plastic.

  26. 27/03/23 - Dartmoor management, farm waste and ammonia emissions

    MPs call for an independent process to balance farming and conservation on Dartmoor.

  27. 25/03/23 Farming Today This Week: cost of producing crab; Pacific oysters; prawn deaths; Precision Breeding Act; Muirburn.

    Cost of producing crab; Pacific oysters; prawn deaths; Precision Breeding Act; Muirburn.

  28. 24/03/23 - Pacific oysters, grouse moor management and precision breeding

    Oyster farms are facing closure, and Scottish grouse moors may have to be licenced.

  29. 23/03/23 - Crab sales, Spanish drought and horticulturists of the future

    The rising costs of selling shellfish.

  30. 22/03/23 Calls for crab quotas; soft shell crabs; oat processing plant.

    Calls to protect crab populations; Soft shell crabs in Northern Ireland; New oat factory.

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