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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 27/12/22 - Forty Farms

    A portrait in pictures of 40 Cumbrian farms at a time of major change to UK farming.

  2. 26/12/22 - Kingdom Forge Blacksmiths & Brewery

    Step into the Brundish countryside to explore the UK's only licensed forge

  3. 24/12/22 - Farming Today This Week: Fishing quotas, game birds and avian flu and soil sampling

    Are fishing quotas protecting fish stocks?

  4. 23/12/2022: Water quality, pigs, potatoes and Christmas trees

    Potatoes at record low prices: good news for consumers, but farmers fear it devalues them.

  5. 22/12/2022 Fish stocks; Community Bus; Land sparing or land sharing?

    Fish quotas criticised. Mobile food bank on community bus. Land sharing or sparing?

  6. 21/12/2022 Fishing quotas; Farming in Ukraine; Young Farmers at Christmas.

    Fishing quotas for 2023. How farmers are coping in Ukraine. Young Farmers at Christmas.

  7. 20/12/2022 Environmental targets, Soil sampling, Farm shopping

    Government publishes environmental targets. On-farm soil sampling. Christmas shopping.

  8. 19/12/22 Defra report on risk of pheasants spreading bird flu, Christmas meat boxes

    Defra report says pheasants increase bird flu the risks to wild birds.

  9. 17/12/2022 Farming Today This Week; Visas for seasonal labour; Glyphosate; Cheese.

    45,000 visas for seasonal workers; Plans to ban Glyphosate on Guernsey; cheese industry.

  10. 16/12/22 - Labour shortages, farmhouse cheese and phosphorous

    We hear fresh pleas for more clarity on seasonal workers.

  11. 15/12/22 - ELMs, rolling in the frost, Guernsey glyphosate ban and cheese making

    ‘Bold decisive action’ needed on England’s farm payment schemes.

  12. 13/12/2022 Migration and farming; artisan cheese

    Migration Advisory Committee report. Cheese made in the remotest of places.

  13. 13/12/2022 Land Use report; Avian flu; Cheese exports

    A Lords report calls for a Land Use Commission. Plus avian flu and cheese exports.

  14. 12/12/22 - Natural flood management, mounted police volunteers and cheese trading

    A trial of Natural Flood Management finds it works - but is it just a way of saving money?

  15. 10/12/22 Farming Today This Week; abattoirs and the challenges the sector faces.

    Abattoirs; big hi-tech plants; small local slaughter houses; slaughtering fish.

  16. 09/12/22 - Rural mental health services, animal welfare at slaughter, salmon stunning facilities

    A new report finds rural mental health services need urgent improvement.

  17. 08/12/22 - Holiday lets register, ABP abattoir, Grimsby fish processing and cold weather jobs

    Will a register for short-term holiday lets mean more affordable homes in the countryside?

  18. 07/12/2022 Defra minister questioned by MPs; COP15; abattoir labour.

    New Defra secretary answers questions from MPs. COP15. Abattoir labour.

  19. 06/12/2022 Devolved powers and rural communities. Small abattoirs

    Would devolved powers be good news for rural communities? Plus small abattoirs.

  20. 05/12/2022 Farm Soil Carbon Code; abattoirs; new road plans

    New code for measuring carbon, abattoirs and plans to dual the A1 in rural Northumberland.

  21. 03/12/22 Farming Today This Week: cost of food production, turkeys and avian flu, Rural Payments Agency strike, horses.

    Where's the money? We discuss how much farmers make from the food we buy.

  22. 02/12/2022 - Cost of food production, free-range turkeys, equine stud

    The cost of food production, falling turkey sales, and an IVF clinic for horses.

  23. 01/12/22 - Rural Payments Agency strikes, farriers

    Rural Payments Agency staff look set to strike at a crucial time for farmers.

  24. 30/11/2022 Avian flu and turkeys, forestry, conservation grazing.

    Turkey farmers and avian flu, planting resilient forests, ponies for conservation grazing.

  25. 29/22/2022 Pigs; dwarf wheat; Clydesdale horses

    100s of Filipino butchers help tackle UK labour shortage; dwarf wheat; Clydesdale horses.

  26. 28/11/2022: The application of science in farming, food in Wales and equine business

    A new report calls for a national body to deliver science more efficiently to farmers.

  27. 26/11/22 - The eggs shortage, seasonal workers and game shooting

    As the egg shortage continues, will government intervention help?

  28. 25/11/2022: Grouse shooting, forestry and farming in Greenland

    The pros and cons of the field sport of grouse shooting in Scotland.

  29. 24/11/22 - Charlotte Smith speaks to the farming minister, Mark Spencer

    Farming minister, Mark Spencer, has 'robust conversations' with retailers about eggs.

  30. 23/11/22 - Support for egg farmers, concerns around shooting and sheep on a boat!

    Should the government intervene in the egg market, after supermarkets restrict sales?

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