Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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31/05/2022 - A Memorandum of Understanding with the state of Indiana, Mexico trade deal and vertical farming
What will a Memorandum of Understanding with the state of Indiana mean for farmers?
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30/05/22 Peat fires; Soil workshop; Farming and climate change.
Allegations of illegal peat burning. Soil workshops. Climate change and future farming.
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Farming Today This Week: Chelsea Flower Show
We're at the Chelsea Flower Show hearing about the business of flower growing in the UK.
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27/05/22 New EFRA Committe chair; Flowers; Sugar Beet; Puffins.
A new chair for the EFRA select committee; Bio-dynamic flowers; Sugar Beet; Puffin count.
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26/04/2022 - Dairy prices, Scottish flowers, Efra chair
The price UK farmers receive for their milk is higher than ever before.
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25/05/22 - New Zealand trade deal, rural social care, sunflowers and a tribute to Caroline Drummond
Visiting New Zealand trade reps say UK farmers have nothing to fear from their exports.
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24/05/22 - Gene editing, palm oil in dairy cow feed and growing lavender
Gene editing means tomato plants can produce vitamin D. Is it an opportunity for farmers?
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23/05/22 - Ukrainian Farmers, Community Supported Agriculture, Hothouse flowers
Ukrainian farmers face huge problems because of the war.
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21/05/22 - Farming Today This Week: The vet shortage, dead shellfish, biodiversity and county shows.
There is a shortage of vets in the UK - what's the problem, and how do you fix it?
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Badger cull, Shellfish protest, Veterinary chaplain
Badger cull disputed figures; shellfish protest; veterinary chaplain.
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19/05/2022 – the impact of the Northern Ireland protocol and vet shortages
Farmers and food businesses in Northern Ireland's concerns over changes to the Protocol.
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18/05/2022 - dairy emissions, vet training, biodiversity audit and Weevil release
Rising costs have prompted the dairy industry to delay reducing carbon emissions.
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17/05/22 - vets' mental health, global wheat prices and oilseed rape
Mental health challenges for the veterinary sector.
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16/05/22 Water quality; vet shortage; Northumberland show
Government responds to water quality recommendations. Northumberland Show. Vet Shortages.
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14/05/22 - The cost-of-living crisis, Seasonal worker conditions, Horseshoe bats
What does the cost-of-living crisis mean for food and farming?
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13/05/22 Tree disease lab, New green tech hub for growers, The hungry gap
New lab to fight tree disease. Big research hub opens in Kent. The hungry gap.
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12/05/22 - seasonal worker exploitation, environmental watchdog report, fish foodbank and Balmoral show
The exploitation of seasonal workers on UK farms.
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11/05/2022 – free range eggs, the interim EFRA chair, Horseshoe bats and asparagus
Free range egg producers call on retailers to resolve the cost of production crisis.
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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?