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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 02/08/21 - Tackling water pollution from farms, Sheep week begins

    Charlotte Smith hears about plans to tackle water pollution from farms.

  2. 31/07/21 Farming Today This Week: Small farms, sustainable food labeling, Orkney water shortage

    We investigate the future of small farms in the brave new world of post-Brexit agriculture

  3. 30/07/21 - Small Abattoirs, Scottish small farms

    An abattoir in Machynlleth is preparing to shut its doors after decades of business.

  4. 29/07/21 Should the smallest farms be eligible for ELMS farm payments? Light recipes for plants.

    Should farms under 5 hectares be eligible for the Government's new environmental funding?

  5. 28/07/21 - Sustainable beef and dairy, Welsh tea, Isles of Scilly farm

    Anna Hill hears about a new way of measuring sustainability in beef and dairy production.

  6. 27/07/21 - Shortage on the shelves, Hot Air Balloons and livestock, Small farm diversification

    Food distribution problems could get even worse in the autumn. Anna Hill presents.

  7. 26/07/21 Small farms, Non-viable farm businesses, Water shortage.

    Small farms; Farm businesses that may not be viable in the future; Orkney water shortage.

  8. 24/07/21 - Mussels, Meadows and Livestock Scares

    Caz Graham speaks to a conservation grazer who says meadows can provide a viable income.

  9. 23/07/21 - New field sports coalition, Upland meadows, Seed demand

    A new coalition of shooting and fishing organisations launches at The Game Fair.

  10. 22/07/21 - Food standards, Exporting mussels, Wildflower meadows, Paramotor landings

    Caz Graham speaks to Jim Moseley from Red Tractor about their new standards for farmers.

  11. 21/07/21 - Badger cull in Northern Ireland, Crop diversification, Water Meadows

    A badger cull could be introduced into Northern Ireland to help stop Bovine TB.

  12. 20/07/21 - Free farming advice, A meadow nature reserve, Wild verges

    Money is available to give farmers access to advice about moving into the ELMS scheme.

  13. 19/07/21 Wildflower meadows, giant sequoias, UN report to preserve and protect nature

    97% of UK wildflower meadows have disappeared over the last 100 years.

  14. 17/07/21 - National Food Strategy and Agricultural Shows

    Charlotte Smith asks the farming industry what they make of the National Food Strategy.

  15. 16/07/21 Farm vet shortage, showy sheep, woodland crofts

    Warnings of a shortage of farm vets which is leaving some farmers without cover.

  16. 15/07/21 - National Food Strategy, the Great Yorkshire Show

    Charlotte Smith asks what the farming industry makes of the National Food Strategy.

  17. 14/07/21 - Carbon neutral chedder, Eradicating scab in sheep, Kent agriculture show

    A dairy in Somerset has started producing the first carbon-neutral chedder cheese.

  18. 13/07/23 - Rising food prices, Global food security, Agriculture no-show

    Food prices could rise by more than ten percent owing to worker shortages.

  19. 12/07/21 Farm deaths; agricultural shows; animal feed

    Farm deaths up on last year; New EU rules on animal feed; The shows must go on!

  20. 10/07/21 Farming Today This Week: birds, pigs, cages, predators and Thomas Hardy

    Farmland birds are in long term decline, hit largely by changes in the way we farm.

  21. 09/07/21 - Seed potatoes, feeding farmland birds, pea harvest

    The government has decided that seed potatoes can no longer be imported from the EU.

  22. 08/07/21 - New payments for soil, A farm haven for birds, Rewilding the Estate

    Farmers have been told what they will be paid to improve their soils. Anna Hill presents.

  23. 07/07/21 - Bovine TB vaccination trial, South Downs 'renaturing', Turtle Doves

    A government farm trial is being run where cattle are vaccinated against Bovine TB.

  24. 06/07/21: Predators and farmland birds, Stone curlew, Farm vending machine

    Some say predators need to be controlled to help the conservation of ground-nesting birds.

  25. 05/07/21 Banning caged animal farming; farmland birds.

    Europe moves to ban cages in farming. Farmland birds - a mixed picture.

  26. 03/07/21 - Farming Today This Week: The Sustainable Farming Incentive, the future of arable, the OEP and sugar prices.

    The Highlights from from Cereals 2021.

  27. 02/07/21 The new Office for Environmental Protection, sugar beet prices, green fertilisers

    The Office for Environmental Protection is launched and its chair says it will have teeth.

  28. 01/07/21 Cereals 2021

    Anna Hill visits Cereals 2021 event - in a flat, windy field to talk crops and politics.

  29. 30/06/21 - The 25 Year Environment Plan, barley for Welsh whisky, harvesting elderflowers and Farming for the Future.

    Are the government’s environmental policies "toothless"?

  30. 29/06/21 - An eco-label for food, living mulch and the design of farm buildings

    A new eco-labelling system for food.

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