Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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23/08/22 - Carbon neutral meat processing, labour costs, river pollution
Carbon neutral meat processing, labour costs in farming, river pollution report.
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22/08/2022
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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20/08/22 Farming Today This Week: Fishing bans, Seasonal labour and Sheep farming
Caz Graham reflects on the biggest farming stories from the past week.
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19/08/22 Eco food labelling, sheep on drought resistant lucerne, farm shop closes
An eco-label on food to tell us how environmentally friendly it is - could it really work?
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18/08/22 Rules relaxed to help farmers feed livestock in drought, sheep in the uplands.
Land set aside for nature to be cut or grazed early to help feed livestock in the drought.
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17/08/33 - A prototype land use framework, seasonal farm safety, rare breed sheep
A prototype framework for land use in England, and farm safety advice after a viral video.
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16/08/22 Seasonal workers, Sheep's milk cheese, Drought support
Investigation into claims migrant workers took on £5000 of debt to pick British fruit.
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15/08/22 Broccoli crop at risk after water abstraction ban; thin pasture for cows; sheep
Farmers in Fife in Scotland are banned from taking river water to irrigate their crops.
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13/08/22 Farming Today This Week: Crop fires, Livestock welfare, Rydal Show
How are farmers and their animals coping with the sweltering temperatures?
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12/08/22 - Livestock welfare in extreme hot weather, Rydal Country Show, Glorious 12th: start of grouse shooting season
Calls for the government to legislate on livestock welfare in extreme hot weather.
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Poor mobile coverage, New Zealand trade deal, Blackcurrant harvest
Poor rural mobile signal delays 999 emergency call for crop fire.
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10/08/22 - Combine harvester fires, soil science, pea harvest
Fires in farm machinery are up by 35%. Caz Graham finds out why.
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09/08/2022 Deer management, Harvest weather, Protein ice-cream
Caz Graham finds out about government plans for a review of deer management.
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08/08/2022 - Reservoirs, Vertical farming, Harvest
Reservoirs, vertical farming, and harvest 2022.
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06/08/22 Farming Today This Week: Farm tenants, Veg growers, Seasonal worker folk song
Veg growers warn the sector is under pressure because of labour and water shortages.
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05/08/2022 - Veg growers, rural crime, gooseberries
Vegetable growing costs, rural crime, gooseberries.
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Farm Payment extension, Short farm tenancies, Seasonal worker folk song
Farms in 'higher level' environmental schemes can keep claiming for five years.
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03/08/2022 - Soil Health, Tenant Farmers, Dry Farms
Calls to change the way soil health is measured, plus how dry weather is affecting crops.
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02/08/2022 - Tenant farmers, Agri-environment study, Carbon-neutral eggs
A 10-year study into whether environmental schemes affect farm yields is published.
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01/08/22 - Robots on farms, Tenant farmers
Charlotte Smith finds out about a review of farming robots, and discusses tenant farming.
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30/07/22 Farming Today This Week: Global food crisis, sea eagles, dry weather
We hear about dry fields in both the UK and Italy.
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29/07/22 - Sea eagles, Dutch farmers' protest
Sea eagles and Dutch farmers' protest.
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28/07/2022 Music for pigs; drought in Italy; weir demolition
Growing rice in a drought; and music, for pigs
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27/07/22 - Australian farmers and global food crisis; UK water shortage; "Pint-sized Farmer"
Anna Hill finds out how extreme weather in Australia is affecting the global food crisis.
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26/07/22 - Global food crisis; Drought in Eastern England; Vineyard workers
How politics affects the global food crisis. The possibility of drought in East Anglia.
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25/7/2022 - Beavers, Rabbit farm, Global food crisis
Beaver protection. Global food crisis. Rabbit farming.
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23/07/22 Farming Today This Week: Australian trade deal, farm accidents, livestock feed
A farmer talks about a tractor accident which cost his nephew his life.
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22/7/22 - Farm safety; insects as animal feed; new trade campaign group
Farm safety, insects as animal feed, new trade campaign group launched.
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21/07/2022 No parliamentary scrutiny for the Australia trade deal, Dairy feed
No parliamentary scrutiny for Australia trade deal - what does that mean for future deals?
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20/07/2022 EU seeks to restrict crops grown using harmful pesticides, decline in trust in food, homegrown feed
'Hand grenade’ thrown into trade deals: EU seeks to ban food grown with banned pesticides.