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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 22/11/22 - A shortage of daffodil pickers, pheasant shooting and tidal power in The Wash

    Cornish flower growers say crop will be left to rot because of a shortage of pickers.

  2. 21/11/22 - National Living Wage, social media incomes and shooting

    A 27% rise in the cost of growing veg leaves some farmers questioning their future.

  3. 19/11/22 Farming Today This Week: Australia trade deal, eggs shortage, "slimmed down" ELMS, tree planting.

    Former Defra boss says the best bit of the deal with Australia is the termination clause.

  4. 18/11/22 - Global methane emissions, Autumn Statement and tree planting

    We need to talk about methane - according to climate experts.

  5. 17/11/22 Egg shortage, 'slimmed down' ELMS, tree planting on farms

    As one supermarket rations its sales, we ask what’s going on with British eggs.

  6. 16/11/22 - George Eustice on trade with Australia, shellfish investigation and resistant elms

    We ask former DEFRA secretary, George Eustice, about the Australia trade deal.

  7. 15/11/22 - Hydropower, NZ trade, COP 27 and forestry apprenticeships

    Is a rise in the cost of applying for small-scale hydro power a 'tax on renewable energy'?

  8. 14/11/22 Indoor grown wheat, new SSSI in Cornwall, tree planting targets

    We hear how wheat grown indoors could help with food security.

  9. 12/11/22 - Farming at COP27, funding for National Parks and the rising cost of food production

    Charlotte Smith looks back at the week's rural news.

  10. 11/11/22 National Parks funding deficit, Food and Farming Awards' 'Future of Farming' winner, anaerobic digester

    National Parks warn they’re being forced to consider job cuts to try to save money.

  11. 10/11/22 Farmers call on supermarkets to pay more for food, Growing biomass for energy, Gravitational battery

    A fruit farmer says supermarkets should buy British fruit, even if imports are cheaper.

  12. 09/11/2022

    The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

  13. 08/11/22 - Farmers selling carbon credits, global farm policy and on-farm wind turbines

    Is the market for carbon credits encouraging farmers to look after their soil better?

  14. 07/11/22 Avian flu housing, COP 27, On-farm energy production

    Caz Graham hears about the challenges for those trying to follow avian flu housing orders.

  15. 05/11/22 Bird flu compensation 'not fit for purpose', rural housing

    We hear calls for a better compensation scheme for farms hit with bird flu.

  16. 04/11/2022 - Rural housing, Welsh house prices, Regenerative agriculture

    Are enough affordable homes being built in the countryside?

  17. 03/11/2022 Bird flu in Scotland, rural homelessness, regenerative farming action plan

    Bird flu lockdown in England - Scottish farmers say their birds should be inside too.

  18. 02/11/2022: The pros and cons of gene editing to combat bird flu, holiday homes and rural housing.

    Might gene editing of farmed birds provide a solution to bird flu?

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 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.

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

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

  23. 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

  24. 26/10/22 - Shellfish deaths, pumpkins and nuts from agroforestry

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

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

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

  26. 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?

  27. 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.

  28. 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.

  29. 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

  30. 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?

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