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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 11/07/20 - Green recovery

    Sybil Ruscoe speaks to Ben Goldsmith about potential new jobs and the green recovery.

  2. 10/07/20 Price cuts for Tesco suppliers, lost grasslands, anaerobic digester

    Small producers and farmers face a price cut from Tesco.

  3. 09/07/20 - Green recovery and the budget, Rock dust and soil, clean river swimming

    Responses to the Chancellor's announcements for a green recovery.

  4. 08/07/20 - EU/UK fishing negotiations, Planting trees and hedgerows on farmland, Reversing insect decline

    Informal talks are underway to try and negotiate post-Brexit EU and UK fishing rights.

  5. 07/07/20 - Trade between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, Green recovery and food, Lavender farm

    Concerns have been raised about future trade between Northern Ireland the rest of the UK.

  6. 06/07/20 - Rural housing for key workers, Sustainable fruit farm, Green recovery

    There is a call for more affordable housing for key workers in rural areas.

  7. 04/07/20 Farming Today This Week: tourism after lockdown, nature recovery, sounds of the world's forests

    We catch up on preparations as rural Britain braces for lockdown easing.

  8. 03/07/20 - Escape to the country, Frozen soft fruits, Money for Northern Irish farmers

    Businesses are getting ready as rural tourism opens up in England and Northern Ireland.

  9. 02/07/20 - Scrutinising the Green Recovery Fund, Nature Recovery Networks, Blueberries

    The government has announced £40m for Green Recovery but some don't think it's enough.

  10. 01/07/20 - Food supply post-Covid, Build build build in the countryside, Pick your own strawberries

    Neil Parish MP tells Anna Hill how the UK's food supply might change in the future.

  11. 30/06/20 - Trade and Agriculture Commission, Sugar labelling row, Pick your own fruit

    A new Trade and Agriculture Commission has been announced to advise on future trade deals.

  12. 29/06/20 Settlements for Roundup weedkiller cancer claims, tourism post-lockdown, soft fruits

    Bayer is to pay out £8.8bn to settle Roundup weedkiller cancer claims.

  13. 27/06/20 - Rethink: Food and farming after coronavirus

    Charlotte Smith asks what the coronavirus pandemic can teach us about our food systems.

  14. 26/06/20 A royal re-thinking of food and farming with Prince Charles

    Could a transformation of our food systems be a lasting legacy of coronavirus?

  15. 25/06/20 - Rethink: Ertharin Cousin on the cracks in our food systems

    Ertharin Cousin discusses how coronavirus has exposed the cracks in our food systems.

  16. 24/06/20 - Rethink: Tim Worstall on farming and free trade

    Tim Worstall discusses farming and free trade, as part of BBC Radio's Rethink Week.

  17. 23/06/20 - Rethink: Barbara Bray MBE on nutrition and food systems

    Barbara Bray discusses the importance of nutrition, as part of BBC Radio's Rethink Week.

  18. 22/06/20 - Rethink: Dr David Nabarro on the future of our food systems

    David Nabarro explores the future of our food systems, as part of BBC Radio's Rethink Week

  19. 20/06/20 Farming Today This Week: Trade talks, NFU petition, Rural racism, Flowers

    How welcome are Black or Asian families in rural Britain?

  20. 19/06/20 - Live exports in Scotland, Unlicensed killing of mountain hares, Orchids, Biopesticides

    A legal challenge is being launched over the live export of calves from Scotland.

  21. 18/06/20 - Illegal gang masters, Village halls, Helpline for farmers, Bees for flowers

    With demand for fruit and veg pickers growing there is a greater risk of exploitation.

  22. 17/06/20: Minette Batters, Welsh tourism, Chamomile

    Minette Batters and Anna Hill discuss UK trade, the Agriculture Bill and food standards.

  23. 16/06/20 - Neonicotinoids in salmon farming, Online flower sales, Shearing alpacas

    A new process to remove sea-lice from farmed salmon using Neonicotinoids has been trialled

  24. 15/06/20 Tree planting targets missed, Scottish offshore wind farms, flowers

    Across the UK the targets for the number of trees to be planted last year were missed.

  25. 13/06/20 - BAME representation in farming, cereals, and Peter Crouch (sort of)

    Dee Woods and Sinead Fenton talk about being people of colour working in agriculture.

  26. 12/06/20 Scottish rural tourism re-opening, robotics on farms, organic no till, Kitemark for food

    Rural tourism businesses in Scotland are preparing to re-open on the 15th of July.

  27. 11/06/20: Cereals goes virtual, The Lords debate the Agriculture Bill

    Charlotte Smith reports on the twists and turns of the Agriculture Bill.

  28. 10/06/20: Peatland carbon sequestration, Rural primary school, Pesticide reduction in arable

    A new report says restoring peatlands could compensate for carbon emissions in farming.

  29. 09/06/20: Maize trials, racism in rural industries, pesticides and trade deals

    Concerns have been raised about how trade deals might change pesticide use in the UK.

  30. 08/06/2020 Small Abattoirs - Protected Marine Areas - Cereals

    Parts of the UK coastal waters should be designated as Highly Protected Marine Areas.

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