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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 19/09/20 - Farming Today This Week: Crops for drinks, Banham Poultry, the Agriculture Bill and Open Farm Sunday

    After months of pub closures, there are surpluses of the crops grown to make drinks.

  2. 18/09/20 Lords review the Agriculture Bill, RSPCA on welfare standards of food imports, perry cider, cider lake

    The House of Lords is having its say on the Agriculture Bill, and it has lots to say.

  3. 17/09/20 - Moorland burning ban, pea vodka, harvest 2020 and deep burrowing worms

    What has happened to the promised ban on burning on peat bogs?

  4. 16/09/20 - Nestle's Head of Agriculture, new glasshouse technology and malting barley.

    Does COVID mean big international food companies have to start taking ‘local’ seriously?

  5. 15/09/20 - Compensation for poultry processors, on-farm cider production and global soil study.

    After being closed for two weeks because of COVID, a poultry producer wants compensation.

  6. 14/09/20 - Cider apples left to rot, salmon poaching and straw shortages.

    After months of pub closures, cider apples will be left to rot.

  7. Farming Today This Week: 12/09/20 Badger cull extension, Brexit negotiations, turkey farmers worry about Christmas

    We hear the latest on the badger cull and why turkey farmers are voting against Christmas.

  8. 11/09/20 - Turkey farmers, nitrate credits and automated weeding.

    With social gatherings of more than 6 people banned, turkey farmers worry about Christmas.

  9. 10/09/20 - Organics after Brexit, Robot Milkers and the Royal Highland Show in need

    Organic producers face a cliff edge if we do not get a trade deal with the EU.

  10. 09/09/20 Plumpton College fined over pollution, Robots on soft fruit farms

    An agricultural college has been fined tens of thousands of pounds for polluting a river.

  11. 08/09/20 - The Badger Cull, automated fruit grading, Eu trade negotiations

    The badger cull is getting bigger.

  12. 07/09/20 Fishing Brexit negotiations, snipe, automation in agriculture

    We hear from British and EU fishing representatives on Brexit negotiations.

  13. 05/09/20 Farming Today This Week: Animal feed, The Farming Forum and agri-bashing

    What do we feed to our livestock, and where does it come from?

  14. 04/09/20 Nitrate credits, fall in demand for wild venison, the pigs benefiting from lockdown pub closures

    A new and controversial approach to building in a sensitive area - nitrate credits.

  15. 03/09/20 Covid-19 outbreaks in poultry plants, alternatives to soya feed, Cleeve Common

    How Covid-19 is leading to the culling of hundreds of thousands of chickens.

  16. 02/09/20 AHDB reform, trees more profitable than sheep, silage

    The AHDB which receives £60 million from farmers every year says it will reform.

  17. Escaped salmon, agri-bashing and animal feed

    What will the impact of nearly 50,000 salmon escaping from a Scottish farm be?

  18. Bank Holiday Special: The Farming Forum

    The Farming Forum was started to share conservation agriculture tips - now it's much more.

  19. 29/08/20 Farming Today This Week: Poultry, Red Tractor, Deforestation, Pharrell Williams video

    Sybil Ruscoe takes a look at chicken farming, and asks about welfare issues.

  20. Red Tractor Assurance, Farming Diversity, Chickens in Wales

    Red Tractor says their reputation has been damaged by secret filming at a pig farm.

  21. 27/08/20 Pig welfare, Off-roading, Free range poultry, Mulberry harvest

    Farming Today reports on allegations of mistreatment on a pig farm in Leicestershire.

  22. 26/08/20 – Deforestation regulations, ammonia from poultry farms, the badger cull

    Could new laws force UK businesses to prove their products aren’t linked to deforestation?

  23. 25/08/20 Broiler chickens, Internal market, Fleeces used in gardening

    Are we heading for a constitutional crisis over agricultural trade after Brexit?

  24. 24/08/20 Potato harvest. Poultry farming. Ash dieback in Northern Ireland

    Potatoes to withstand disease and drought; chicken farming; the impact of ash dieback.

  25. 22/08/20 Farming Today This Week: food self-sufficiency, peat restoration, diverse agricultural careers

    The National Farmers' Union says it wants British farming to become more self-sufficient.

  26. 21/08/20 - Produce self-sufficiency in the UK, agricultural law and invasive stink bugs

    The National Farmers' Union wants the UK to become more self-sufficient in produce.

  27. 20/08/20 - Government environmental targets, Information mapping and farming, Happy birthday Moredun

    Defra has published their initial thinking on what their environmental targets should be.

  28. 19/08/20 - Wheat and the weather, Protecting peatlands, livestock buyer, Support for dairy farmers

    The wet spring, a dry summer, and now thunderstorms are making for a challenging harvest.

  29. 18/08/20 - Closure of farm scholarship scheme in Wales, Oats and blockchain, The role of the Agronomist

    The Llyndy Isaf scholarship scheme is going to come to a close after five years.

  30. 17/08/20 Fears over Scottish environment post-Brexit, city farms, non-farming jobs that help farmers

    Charities fear environment will suffer post Brexit, city farms, jobs that help farmers.

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