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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 01/11/2022: Bird flu, farm waste, nature recovery targets and rural housing.

    All farmed birds in England including those kept in back yards are to be confined indoors.

  2. 31/10/22 Bird flu compensation 'not fit for purpose', rural housing, Gloucester cattle

    Calls for a better compensation scheme for farms hit by avian flu.

  3. 29/10/2022: Farming Today This Week: New Environment Secretary, shellfish, pollution, bird flu, nuts, seeds and pumpkins

    ELMS is safe says new environment secretary Therese Coffey.

  4. 28/10/22 Red Tractor scheme 'a farce', growing hemp, agroforestry

    The Red Tractor farm assurance scheme dismissed as 'a farce'.

  5. 27/10/2022 Livestock farms polluting local rivers, a new Defra secretary, chia seeds

    Farmers are taking a calculated business risk not to invest to stop pollution, says report

  6. 26/10/22 - Shellfish deaths, pumpkins and nuts from agroforestry

    What killed the shellfish off England's North East Coast?

  7. Avian flu vaccines, Hodmedods, BVD in Northern Ireland

    Why aren't poultry flocks being vaccinated against avian flu?

  8. 24/10/22 - River Wye pollution, sugar beet campaign and UK seed and nut production

    What's gone wrong along the River Wye and what's the solution?

  9. 22/10/22 Farming Today This Week: Bird flu, education and political uncertainty.

    We reflect on what political turmoil means for farmers trying to plan their businesses.

  10. 21/10/22 - Farm planning with politics in turmoil, a BBC Food and Farming Award finalist and education through farming

    The perils of planning a farming business as the politics changes around you.

  11. 20/10/22 Flytipping, game birds and avian flu, schools visiting farms

    MPs say flytipping has in effect been made legal by government's inability to deal with it

  12. 19/10/22 - 'Sexing up' farming, a "Landuse Framework" and dying trout

    Does farming need to be 'sexed up' to encourage a wider group of people into the industry?

  13. 18/10/22 - Avian flu, Christmas turkeys and teaching kids about farming

    3.5 million birds culled because of avian flu - farmers want more action on vaccination.

  14. 17/10/22 Avian flu in wild birds, lab grown meat, agricultural colleges

    Should the government be doing more on bird flu in wild birds?

  15. 15/10/22 Avian flu, Tenant Farmers, International trade

    Impact of avian flu lockdown; tenant farmers report; international trade.

  16. 14/10/22 Bird flu threatens free range production, tenant farmer report, grain trade, farm film diversification

    Today, the impact of the bird flu lockdown.

  17. 13/10/22 High tech horticulture, Spanish veg, Ground source heat pump

    Growing Britain's growing: the Environment Secretary has been to Holland.

  18. 12/10/22 - Gene editing, rural cost of living, fertiliser

    Public dialogue on genome editing, rural cost of living, and global fertiliser production.

  19. 11/10/2022: Cheese Exports, Lamb to the US and Rural Unrest

    Rural organisations such as the CPRE want more consultation on issues such as planning.

  20. 10/10/22 - Pollution rules delayed, International Trade.

    Delays to the introduction of rules aimed to reduce agricultural pollution in Wales.

  21. 08/10/22 - Conservative party conference, seasonal workers, log bank, potatoes

    The home secretary tells farmers they should work harder to find pickers.

  22. 07/10/22 Farm Payments, Net Zero spuds, Seed Potato exports

    The government is being urged to bring back direct payments to save small farms in England

  23. 06/10/2022 Calls for more visas to pick veg, log bank, potatoes

    The home secretary says farmers should work harder to find local pickers.

  24. 05/10/22 Potatoes with less ploughing, Leaf Assurance Scheme, Hare Coursing

    Can potatoes be grown with less ploughing and soil disturbance?

  25. 04/10/2022: Conservative Party Conference, Trade Deals, Potato Harvest

    The new Defra secretary Ranil Jayawardena addresses the Conservative Party Conference.

  26. 03/10/2022: Avian Flu vaccine, Crab Deaths and Potatoes

    The UK could start vaccinating flocks against bird flu given the severity of avian flu.

  27. 01/10/22 Farming Today This Week: Reaction to Defra's "rapid review" of farm policy

    Will the government return to paying money per hectare instead of for environmental goals?

  28. 30/09/2022: Scottish Rural Visas, English Vineyard, Flea Beetles and Pesticide Legislation

    The Scottish Government wants bespoke rural visas to attract foreign workers.

  29. 29/09/22 Bird Flu, On-shore wind, Wine tourism

    More bird flu outbreaks and more restrictions.

  30. 28/09/2022 Elms "rapid review", wine exports

    A "rapid review" of farming policy - what might that mean? Exporting English wine.

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