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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 19/04/21 Soil, Rural tourism, Potatoes

    Why and how we should care for soils. Rural tourism. Tough times for potato growers.

  2. Farming Today This Week 17/04/21 - 100 Days of Brexit, breeding calmer cows and a new market for wool

    Charlotte Smith checks up on food and farming businesses as the Brexit dust settles.

  3. 16/04/21 Peak District turns 70. Dealing with visitors to Scottish countryside. Welsh fishermen. The stink beetle pest.

    National Park's 70, Scottish rural visitors, bugs tackle bugs, Brexit and Welsh fishermen.

  4. Net zero farming, Brexit and cheese exports, Livestock near misses

    Farmers need to take action now to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

  5. 14/04/2021 - Volatile farm incomes, live animal exports to the EU, the state of our woodlands

    Extreme weather and global commodity trading mean farmers could see more volatile incomes.

  6. 13/04/21 - UK Trade and Business Commission, Exports to the EU, Selling brown wool

    A new independent commission is set up to suggest practical solutions to trade frictions.

  7. 12/04/21 The 'Brains of Brexit' Shanker Singham, pubs re-opening, greening landfill

    100 days since the end of the Brexit transition period - how has it done so far?

  8. 10/04/21 - Farming Today This Week: Dogs in the countryside, wetland rewilding and spring on the farm

    Should dogs have to be kept on the lead at all times in the countryside?

  9. 09/04/21 Dogs' impact on countryside, peat free gardening, French farmer protests

    Should dogs be kept on leads in the countryside?

  10. 08/04/21 - Wild flower theft, Spring drilling and tidal wetland creation

    8,000 wild bluebell bulbs have been illegally dug up in a wood in Norfolk.

  11. 07/04/21: Riding schools in lockdown, rural businesses and lambing

    Riding schools say they are being left behind as lockdowns ease.

  12. 06/04/21 Protecting National Parks; Farming Apps; Shows and No Shows; Smallholder spring.

    Protecting National Parks; agricultural shows; farming apps; new smallholder beginnings.

  13. 05/04/21 Flower farmers

    Flower producers diversify under lockdown - demand for British-grown blooms has risen.

  14. 03/04/21 Farming Today This Week: farm finance, new Countryside Code, how will tree planting change the British countryside?

    How will the new scheme rewarding farmers with public money for public goods work?

  15. 02/04/31: Cheese Producers in Lockdown

    As restaurants closed in lockdown, fine cheese producers went online to sell their wares.

  16. 01/04/21 - Countryside Code, ELMS and robotic mowers

    A new Countryside Code after 70 years...

  17. Chilled food exports at risk, tree planting, adapting to sustainable farming

    Chilled food sold to the EU will need new vet checks, which could make the trade unviable.

  18. 30/03/21 Rural Proofing, Farm Loans, Log Bank

    The cost of living in the countryside, from bounce back loans to rural proofing.

  19. 29/03/21 Mussel farm legal action against Defra; Reopening the countryside; Agricultural finances

    Mussel farmer's legal action against Defra; Rural areas re-open to visitors; Agri-finances

  20. 27/03/21 Farming Today This Week: plans to ban lead shot, weeds are winning, pandemic and the food chain

    The government is to phase out the use of lead shot, to protect wildlife and nature.

  21. 26/01/21 Problems with pork exports to China and Europe, Pandemic impact on milk and venison.

    Problems with pork exports to China and Europe; Pandemic's affect on dairy and venison.

  22. 25/03/21 Plans to ban lead shot; escape to the country and the impact on rural services

    The government plans to ban lead shot to protect nature.

  23. 24/03/21: Weeds winning over crops, the future of the AHDB, direct lobster sales

    New research shows weeds are winning over crops.

  24. 23/03/21 Lords report on post-Brexit trade, native oyster restoration, bottlenosed dolphins, wedding venues challenged by Covid

    Lords count the cost of continuing trade delays for agriculture and food, post-.

  25. 22/03/21 Covid's impact on food and farming; Rural buses; Pop-up campsites.

    The impact of Covid on food and farming; Report into rural buses; Pop-up campsites.

  26. 20/03/21 Farming Today This Week: Litter picking, food fraud, pigs getting fatter

    Today marks the spring equinox and time for spring cleaning - outside as well as in.

  27. 19/03/21 Dog attacks; Hare shooting; Hungry gap.

    Preventing livestock worrying. Could changes to shooting rules protect hares? Hungry gap.

  28. 18/03/21 The ongoing problem of fat pigs, storing cabbages, US trade deal and UK agriculture

    The ongoing problem of fat pigs - pig farmers call for more help from retailers.

  29. 17/03/21 Reductions in cod catches, lamb and beef prices buoyant, hungry gap imports, AHDB horticulture levy

    The UK strikes its first post-Brexit fishing deal with the EU and Norway.

  30. 16/03/21 I'm a Celebrity's invasive crayfish, food fraud post-Brexit, cucumbers in glasshouses

    Are we more at risk from food crime as a result of leaving the EU? And illegal crayfish.

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