Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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21/03/22 No more free range eggs, lamb industry update
As of today, no more free range eggs on our shelves.
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19/03/22 - Inflation, food security, seasonal labour and badger culling
Will the rising cost of farm inputs impact UK food production?
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18/03/22 Clarity on seasonal workers' pay, Defra Secretary on food security, ducks
Clarity from confusion as government departments finally agree on seasonal workers pay.
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17/03/22 - Land use, nature recovery and duck feathers
Do we need a strategy for land use?
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16/03/22 - Food security, animal sentience and organic duck eggs
What will rising input costs mean for UK food security?
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15/03/22 - Red Tractor standards, Gressingham ducks, inflated costs and farming mental health
Should Red Tractor be doing more to encourage farmers to cut pesticide use?
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14/03/22 Pigs, AHDB, Ducks
Soaring grain and gas prices are another blow for pig farmers. Plus the AHDB consultation.
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12/03/22 - Farming Today This Week: Wheat prices and food security, Catch App, NI Protocol
We follow the impact of increased wheat prices through the food chain.
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11/03/22 Food prices and food security, NI eels, fertiliser prices soaring
The RSPB says farmers' calls for a re-think on food security are "shameless opportunism"
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10/03/22 - Record wheat prices, NI Climate Bill, freight crossing the Irish Sea
Record wheat prices but few farmers are celebrating.
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09/03/22 - Low carbon agriculture, NI Protocol negotiations and Dai Jones Llanilar
Should the war in Ukraine change the way we farm?
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08/03/22 - The Catch App, replacing wheat from Ukraine and the NI Protocol
Irish farmers are being asked to grow more cereals amid concerns about global wheat supply
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07/03/22 - Welsh port facilities, the NI Protocol and sheep's milk vodka
Will UK ports and EU food suppliers be ready for new import checks in July?
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05/03/22 Farming Today This Week: New Zealand trade deal, cannabis farm in the Irish Sea, farming in Ukraine
Farming and war - we speak to a farmer in Ukraine.
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04/03/20 - Farming in Ukraine, the future of horticulture and milk contracts
Sybil Ruscoe speaks to a farmer in Ukraine.
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03/03/22 - Isle of Man medicinal cannabis, QR codes for walkers and "community supported agriculture".
We find out about plans for a medicinal cannabis farm on the Isle of Man.
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02/03/22 - Early asparagus harvest, storm damage and wildlife, new potato body and returning yellowhammers.
How has one farmer started harvesting asparagus nearly 2 months early?
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01/03/22 - Trade deal with New Zealand, aid for Ukraine and the singing dairy worker
What does the new New Zealand Trade Deal mean for farmers?
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28/02/2022 Vet shortages, 5G dairy, Belfast food producers
Vet shortages, hi-tech dairy herd, and artisan food producers in Belfast.
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26/02/2022 - Farming Today This Week: ELMs, seasonal worker pay, Ukraine conflict
We look into the controversy around how much seasonal workers will have to be paid.
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25/02/22 Ukraine War; Storm Damage; Flooding
Global impact of war in Ukraine. The aftermath of Storm Arwen. Flood plain communities.
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24/02/2022 Farming Rules for Water and rising farm costs
News from the National Farmers' Union conference.
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23/02/2022 NFU Conference - Pig industry and fertiliser prices
News from the National Farmers' Union conference.
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22/02/2022 - Growing maize for AD, young farmers and storm damage on farms
Does growing maize for anaerobic digesters make environmental sense?
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21/02/22 Future of Farming, ELMs payments, and Scotland's forests
All this week on Farming Today we’re talking about what the future of farming looks like.
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19/02/22 Farming Today This Week: Storms, sea eagles and bees or beets
The row in Dorset about farmers, eagles and policing, plus other news from this week.
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18/02/22 GM plants and rare breeds
Proposed changes to legislation around GM crops
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17/02/22 The row in Dorset about farmers, eagles and policing
Following the deaths of two sea eagles, MP Chris Loder says they are not welcome in Dorset
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16/02/22 Poor mental health in farming; rare breeds Cotswold Lion sheep and Eriskay ponies
Sybil Ruscoe is in the lambing shed with Cotswold Lion sheep, an 'at risk' rare breed.
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15/02/22 Neonicotinoids, rare breed moiled cattle, best practice maize growing
The question of whether to use chemicals that harm bees on Britain's sugar beet.