Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
-
27/09/22 - Defra announce a 'rapid review' to farm policy, new Welsh Agriculture Bill, berry wine in Scotland
Will the government return to paying money per hectare instead of for environmental goals?
-
26/09/22: Reservoir Opposition, Farmers Abused, UK Wine
Plans to create a new reservoir on farmland in Lincolnshire receives strong opposition.
-
24/09/22 Farming Today This Week: cost-of-living crisis in rural areas; reaction to "mini budget"
Spiralling fuel costs and their impact on rural communities - at work and home.
-
23/09/2022: Care in the Countryside, EU Laws and Plant Health
Rural care workers are calling for help in meeting fuel costs so they can afford to work.
-
22/09/2022: Rural Energy Relief, Charles as King on the Countryside
Rural business owners give their reaction to the government's Energy Bill Relief Scheme.
-
21/09/22: Living off grid, sustainable agritech, oil seed rape research
What life is like for those living without mains electricity.
-
20/09/22 Cost of living in rural areas; farmers still unable to export breeding animals to the EU.
Nearly two years after Brexit, farmers still can't export breeding animals to EU.
-
19/09/22 Farming Today marks the Queen's funeral from Windsor
Today we mark the Queen’s funeral with a special programme from Windsor.
-
17/09/22 Farming Today This Week: Food Inflation, Organic Milk, Goats
British food producers under pressure despite food prices rising at a rapid rate.
-
16/09/2022: The Value of Food, Conservation Goats and Bird Flu
How can food producers earn a living while inflation soars and input costs rise?
-
15/09/22 Organic Milk, Rare Breed Goats, Grazing to Arable
Concerns for organic dairy as input costs rise faster than price of milk.
-
14/09/22 Regimental Goat, Pork Plant closure, UK Quinoa
Why and how one goat took centre stage at the parades for King Charles III in Cardiff.
-
13/09/22 Farm Land Investment, Apple Harvest, Semi-Wild Goats
US farm land investment company floats on the London Stock Exchange.
-
12/09/2022 Rising Farm Costs and Goats
Rising costs are forcing farmers to reduce the amount of food they can produce.
-
10/09/22 Farming Today This Week: Tribute to the Queen, 'a countrywoman at heart'; the role of insects in farming.
We look back at the Queen’s life, and in particular her passion for all things rural.
-
09/09/22 The Queen & the Countryside
A look back at the Queen’s life, and in particular her passion for all things rural
-
08/09/2022 Farmers' reactions to the new Defra secretary of state, Westmorland Show, beneficial insects
Who is Ranil Jayawardena and what hopes do farmers have for his time at Defra?
-
07/09/22 Decreasing Food Production, Farm Payments, Edible Insects
As costs rise, a farmer tells us why he is taking half his land out of food production.
-
06/09/22 Levelling Up Fund, Farm costs, 'Light' Pesticide
A £110m fund has been announced dedicated to 'levelling up' rural England.
-
05/08/22 Insects, British Soya, New Prime Minister
Farming Today embarks on a week of programmes looking at insects.
-
03/09/22 Farming Today This Week: Right to roam, price of milk, small abattoir closes, bovine TB
We discuss TB in cattle and the efforts to control it.
-
02/09/2022 Dairy price, TB Cattle Vaccine, Fleece to Hanger
Farmers are being paid more for milk, but are they making any more money?
-
01/09/2022: Welfare labelling, Lateral flow TB test, Wildflower meadows
The government promises to move on with plans to introduce mandatory welfare labelling.
-
31/08/22 Badger TB Vaccination; Small Abattoir shuts, Right to Roam
How vaccinating badgers for TB is being used to tackle the disease in cattle.
-
30/08/22 - Sea lice, harvest robot, farming in peat, bovine TB
Sea lice control, peat ban, harvest robots, bovine TB.
-
29.08.2022 Soldiering On: from fighting to farming
The ex-army major who returned to his family farm after being medically discharged.
-
Farming Today This Week 27/08/22: Cost of Food; Grain Trade; Land Use
From farm to fork: We investigate what's causing food prices to rise.
-
26/08/22 - Fertiliser, food prices, reviving a Scottish island
Fertiliser and carbon dioxide, food prices, reviving farming on a Scottish island.
-
25/08/2022 Grain Trade, Organic Grazing, Rent a Robot
Should grain companies making profits while food prices rise face a windfall tax?
-
24/08/22 Methane Emissions, Hay Yields, Cost of Food
Call for evidence on how much new kinds of livestock feed can reduce methane emissions.