Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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10/05/2022 - Subsidies, the cost of rural living and spring veg
The Liberal Democrats say the government needs to replace the new farming subsidy system.
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09/05/22 - Pig farmers selling up, spring veg and Dumfries House
We hear from pig farmers selling up because of increased costs.
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07/05/2022 EFRA committee, Farm security, Agricultural machinery show LAMMA
What next for EFRA after resignation of its chair Neil Parish? Farm machinery show LAMMA.
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05/05/2022 - Farm Machinery and LAMMA
We're at LAMMA, the farm machinery show.
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04/05/22 - Lump Sum Exit Scheme, native crayfish, UFU elections and electric tractors
Is there a loophole in the Government’s Lump Sum Exit Scheme?
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03/05/2022 Illegal dredging, new farmers' group, lettuce harvester.
Campaigners want tougher fines for illegal dredging. New farmers' coop. Lettuce harvester.
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Old Knowledge, New Innovations: The farming scholars taking on the world
International Nuffield Farm Scholars visit the UK.
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Delays to import checks, global vegetable oil shortage and farmers fighting pollution
Import checks on goods coming from the EU have been delayed again.
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29/04/22 - import checks, biosolids and George Eustice on agroforestry and American animal welfare
The government announces a delay to import checks on goods from the EU coming to the UK.
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28/04/22 - Global vegetable oil shortages, Wildlife Trusts strategy and drought in Scotland
A global shortage of vegetable oil is leading to soaring oilseed rape prices here.
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27/04/22 - NI whistleblower, anti-fungal resistance and preventing water pollution
Failures in Northern Ireland's system for tracing livestock movements.
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26/04/22 - Money for farming, avian flu restrictions to be lifted and keeping rivers clean
Could a delay to ELMS lead to farming budgets being cut in the future?
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25/04/22 - Natural History GCSE and farming, Kendal College and water
Will the new Natural History GCSE include farming?
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23/04/22 Farming Today This Week: Egg prices, growing in glasshouses, tree disease and a tribute
To help manage rising costs, should retailers increase the price of free-range eggs?
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22/04/22 - Unprecedented inflation for farmers
Caz Graham hears how farmers are being hit by unprecedented inflation on input costs
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21/04/22 - Tree health, glasshouses, egg prices, fishing and conservation
Will new rules on sourcing mean more home-grown trees?
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20/04/22 - Free range egg producers, glasshouses and the National Food Strategy
Free range egg producers say their businesses are at risk due to rising costs.
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19/4/22 - Pig industry, glasshouses, SFI payments and farm diversification
With pig prices up and the backlog easing, is the pig industry starting to recover?
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The Fife farm building a local food network
Nancy Nicolson visits the Fife farm helping to build a local food network.
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16/04/22 - Farming Today This Week: TAC report, Scottish land sales, getting in and out of farming
Have fears about the impact of the UK’s Free Trade Deal with Australia been 'overblown'?
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Farming with no farm
Anna Hill finds out how a Suffolk couple are managing to farm, without a farm.
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14/04/22 - Australia trade deal, Lump Sum Exit scheme, new entrants and tractor driving
The Trade and Agricultural Commission's response to the UK-Australia trade deal.
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13/04/2022 - Scottish land sales, fuel costs for fishers and food graduate schemes
More than 60% of estate sales in Scotland last year were made behind closed doors.
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12/04/22 - Queues at Dover, Lump Sum Exit Scheme, new entrants to farming
Lorries full of chilled meat are sitting in the queues at Dover for days.
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11/04/22 - Women in ag, flytipping and new entrants
A farm discussion group has voted to retain a ban on women.
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09/04/22 Farming Today This Week: IPCC report, labour shortages, carbon offsetting, leaving farming
The role agriculture can play in tackling climate change.
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08/04/22 - Farming in Ukraine, global food supply, milk prices and leaving farming
Charlotte Smith speaks to a farmer in Ukraine.
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07/04/22 The future of farming in Wales and Lump Sum Exit payments
The future of farming in Wales.
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06/04/22 Scotland’s plans for nature, farm vet shortages and labour shortages
MP's criticise how the government is addressing labour shortages.
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05/04/22 IPCC climate report and succession planning
Mitigating climate change report and leaving farming.