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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 07/03/23 - Upland farm incomes; DEFRA net zero policies; Indoor dairy herds.

    Hill farmers face a big drop in income; DEFRA net zero policies; and indoor dairy herds.

  2. 06/03/2023: Dairy, rewilding and neonicitinoids.

    Neonicotinoids are to be used in the UK despite having been banned several years ago.

  3. 04/03/23 Farming Today This Week: Sheep and the Windsor Framework, the Dutch farms facing repossession, more on salad shortages.

    Salad shortages: we hear from European growers visiting the UK.

  4. 03/03/2023 - Belgian tomato growers visit the UK, and can tech solve tail biting?

    We hear from a co-op of 1,000 fruit and salad growers from Belgium.

  5. 02/03/2023 - Pig production and labelling of pork, growing more British fruit and veg

    Producing pork and labelling to show welfare standards, and growing more British produce.

  6. 01/03/2023 - Chicken welfare, Pig medicine, Northern Ireland sheep

    Fast-growing chicken breeds, zinc treatment for pigs, farmers and the Windsor agreement.

  7. 28/02/23 - Northern Ireland Protocol and farming, pig prices, Dutch farms facing closure

    The Northern Ireland Protocol and farming; pig prices; and Dutch farms facing closure.

  8. 27/02/23 - Pork prices, dairy volatility and hoof trimming

    Pig farmers have been losing money on every pig they sell for 2 years.

  9. 25/02/23 Farming Today This Week: Salad Shortages Special

    Bare shelves in supermarkets where salads should be - we ask what's going on.

  10. 24/02/2023 Butcher shortage; Strawberries; Reintroducing wildcats

    UK butcher shortage, all-year-round strawberries, and wildcat reintroduction.

  11. 23/02/23 - Salad grower, Defra secretary at NFU conference, Reintroducing hoverflies

    Tomato grower on salad shortages, Defra secretary at NFU conference, and re-introductions.

  12. 22/02/23 NFU Conference; Defra Minister, Labour leader nd NFU president Minette Batters.

    NFU Conference, Defra minister; Labour leader and NFU president.

  13. 21/02/23 Salad shortages; Wheat disease; Juniper reintroduction

    Salad shortage in supermarkets, disease-resistant wheat and juniper re-introduction.

  14. 20/02/23 - Seasonal worker scheme, species re-introductions and global food trade

    Is the seasonal worker visa scheme failing to work for both workers and operators?

  15. 18/03/23 Farming Today This Week: Seasonal Labour; Environment Agency delays; Space tech used in food and farming; Lambing

    Seasonal labour, delays at Environment Agency, space tech in farming, and lambing.

  16. 17/02/23 - Seasonal workers, Mars rover tech and lambing

    One of the firms that operates the seasonal workers visa scheme has its licence revoked.

  17. 16/02/23 - Monitoring fishing from space, lambing and ammonia emissions

    Using satellites to monitor illegal fishing.

  18. 15/02/23 Environment Agency delays; Meat in space; Seabirds

    Poultry farmer says admin delays are jeopardizing business. Space-grown meat; Seabirds.

  19. 14/02/23 - Scottish agricultural policy reform and monitoring forests from space

    Scottish farmers and crofters want more details on agricultural policy reform.

  20. 13/02/2023 - Shellfish deaths, Mental health, Farming from space

    The government says it has finished investigating the mass die-off of shellfish in 2021.

  21. 11/02/23 Farming Today This Week: Shadow Defra Secretary on the right to roam, chicken manure on the River Wye, peat.

    Farmers and the right to roam in England and Wales.

  22. 10/02/23 - NFU Scotland conference, Peat, Right to roam

    Scottish NFU conference, peat extraction in Somerset, and right to roam in Scotland.

  23. 09/02/23 Right to roam on farms, peat training, pests' genomes.

    Farmers and the right to roam in England and Wales.

  24. 08/02/23 TB vaccine trials; Government reshuffle; Rewetting peatlands

    Next phase in trials of Bovine TB vaccine. Government reshuffle. Rewetting peatland.

  25. 07/02/2023 River pollution and poultry farming; Peat; Eco homes.

    Poultry producer's pledge on river pollution. Growing without peat. Eco homes for locals.

  26. 06/02/23 - Restoring landscapes and growing food; wetlands; peat.

    Restoring landscapes, and how that fits in with growing food.

  27. Farming Today This Week: Environmental Improvement Plan; Fruit growers; Potatoes; Rural Poverty.

    Government targets to improve the environment; potatoes; top fruit; rural poverty.

  28. 03/02/22 Dental deserts, forestry training, PCN resistant potatoes.

    The dental deserts in the UK's rural and coastal towns.

  29. 02/02/2023 Fruit growers; Rural poverty; Record crops

    Apple growers not planting new trees, rural hardship, and record-breaking arable farmer.

  30. 01/02/2023 - Land Use report; Potatoes; Oil central heating.

    Royal Society Land Use Report; help for potato farmers; and rural heating bills.

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