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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 05/04/21 Flower farmers

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

  2. 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?

  3. 02/04/31: Cheese Producers in Lockdown

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

  4. 01/04/21 - Countryside Code, ELMS and robotic mowers

    A new Countryside Code after 70 years...

  5. 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.

  6. 30/03/21 Rural Proofing, Farm Loans, Log Bank

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

  7. 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

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 24/03/21: Weeds winning over crops, the future of the AHDB, direct lobster sales

    New research shows weeds are winning over crops.

  12. 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-.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 19/03/21 Dog attacks; Hare shooting; Hungry gap.

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

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

  19. Import inspection issues, the hunger gap, New oat drink factory

    UK producers are being disadvantaged by a delay in food and live animal inspections.

  20. 13/03/21 Farming Today This Week: good news for Welsh tourism, money and public goods, labour shortages, lynx and wolves

    Some good news for farms with holiday cottages in Wales.

  21. 12/03/21 Lynx and rewilding; Shellfish; Online bull auction.

    Task force to look at reintroducing lynx & wolves; Shellfish exports; Online bull auction.

  22. 11/03/21 Sustainable Farming Initiative, sustainable beef

    We discuss a new scheme to pay English farmers for sustainable farming.

  23. 10/03/21 Labour shortage risks exploitation, tree planting, beef data

    Is a labour shortage in the fields putting workers at risk?

  24. 09/03/21 Food standards in trade deals, rural tourism, artificial insemination

    We discuss 'equivalence' in food production for future trade deals.

  25. 08/03/21 Hare coursing; Zero carbon supermarket suppliers; Beef

    Hare coursing survey, supermarket sets net zero targets for farm suppliers, beef industry.

  26. Farming Today This Week: Gene editing, chicken microbiome, horse milk

    The pros and cons of gene editing in plants and animals.

  27. 05/03/03: Slurry ban; Bioethanol in petrol; Gene-edited tomatoes; Councils rewilding

    The Welsh Parliament has voted to uphold strict new rules on spreading slurry.

  28. 04/03/21: Budget support for rural businesses, chicken microbiome, gene editing in developing countries

    The budget is getting a mixed reception from rural groups.

  29. 03/03/21: Gene editing consultation, gene edited livestock, horse milk

    Campaigners question the way the public consultation on gene editing is being run.

  30. 02/03/21: Trade and Agriculture Commission report, genetic editing burnt toast, plans for agricultural shows

    Could gene-editing make your burnt toast safer?

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