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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 19/07/22 - Sustainability of animal feed, poultry feed processing, the Royal Welsh agricultural show

    40% of UK arable land is used to grow animal feed - the WWF says the system must change.

  2. 18/07/2022 - Farm heat safety, zero fertilizer, livestock feed

    Advice for farmers on keeping themselves and their animals safe in the extreme heat.

  3. 16/07/22 Farming Today This Week: harvest fires, the price of butter, EU/NZ trade deal

    Will British farmers lose out as the EU has struck a better trade deal with New Zealand?

  4. 15/07/2022 - Pig industry consultation; Milk testing; Robotic weeding

    Defra launches a UK-wide look at the pig industry supply chain.

  5. 14/07/22 - Heatwave's impact on rivers, mental health in rural areas, milk float dairy

    The heatwave's impact on our rivers as low levels and warm water put wildlife at risk.

  6. 13/07/22 - EU/NZ trade deal, Biodiversity crisis report, Raw milk dairy

    Will British farmers lose out, as the EU has struck better trade deal with New Zealand?

  7. 12/07/22 - Dry crops and field fires, low emission slurry, on-farm dairy processor

    High temperatures, dry crops and working machinery: a recipe for field fires.

  8. 11/07/22 - Milk price; Wild boar; Curlews

    Wild boar problems in Scotland; dairy overview; saving curlews.

  9. 09/07/2022 Food security; Ukraine harvest; Welsh subsidies; Rural Tourism

    UN report on global food security; harvest in Ukraine; Welsh subsidies; rural tourism.

  10. 08/07/2022 - Ukrainian grain crisis, Island tourism, school soil project

    Ukrainian grain crisis; island tourism issues; school soil project.

  11. 07/07/22 - Food security report, young people see farming as 'outdated', farm campsite tourism

    United Nations report explores the impact of Covid and the war in Ukraine on food security

  12. 06/07/22 Wales' farm support scheme, alternatives to pesticides, tourism damaging the Isle of Skye

    Welsh farmers will have to ensure 10% woodland cover to get subsidies.

  13. How would Labour handle the challenges farmers face today? Food waste up 60%. Chillingham cattle

    Staff shortages, trade deals, high input costs - how would Labour solve farmers' problems?

  14. 04/07/2022 - Trade Commission, Highland deer, Rural tourism

    The Trade and Agriculture Committee report, Highland deer, and rural tourism.

  15. 02/07/22 - Farming Today This Week: the shape of the soft fruit sector

    Charlotte Smith is on a fruit farm in Kent.

  16. 01/07/22 - The 'environmental fruit-print'

    Charlotte Smith investigates the environmental footprint of fruit.

  17. 30/06/22 - A shortage of labour in the fruit sector

    Charlotte Smith is on a fruit farm in Kent, finding out about a shortage of labour.

  18. 29/06/22 - The future of fruit

    Anna Hill is on a fruit farm in Kent, looking at what the future holds.

  19. 28/06/22 - The increasing cost of fruit production

    Anna Hill is on a fruit farm in Kent, finding out why production costs are soaring.

  20. 27/06/22 - Week on a Fruit Farm; fertiliser prices

    Week on a fruit farm and fertiliser costs.

  21. 25/06/22 - Farming Today This Week: farm labour, regenerative farming and avian flu

    Does the government understand farm labour shortages?

  22. 24/06/22 - Labour Shortages, Bird Flu, Pollution Fine

    Labour shortages, Bird flu, Pollution fine.

  23. 23/06/22 - Groundswell 2022

    Groundswell 2022 - what is regenerative agriculture?

  24. 22/6/22 - Surplus food, legumes and slug-resistant wheat

    Is taking surplus produce from farms an answer to food poverty and reducing food waste?

  25. 21/06/22 - Farming Rules for Water, legumes for cattle, red clover for sheep

    The rules on muck spreading change again.

  26. Bird Flu Consortium launched

    Consortium launched to tackle largest ever bird flu outbreak.

  27. 18/06/22 National Food Strategy; Scottish Salmon.

    Reaction to the government's food strategy; salmon, wild and farmed.

  28. 17/6/22 - Scottish Good Food Nation bill, salmon and rising farming costs

    Two food strategies in a week; we look at Scotland's Good Food Nation bill.

  29. 16/6/22 - Seasonal workers and salmon farming

    The government's brought in 10,000 new visas to ease labour shortages, but is it enough?

  30. 15/6/22 - Regenerative farming, wild salmon and seabird deaths

    Could regenerative farming feed the UK?

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