Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Data Farming
Data is already changing the way we farm...but what does the future hold?
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20/12/19: Licensing grouse moors; Using data to kill weeds, Cob nuts
Charlotte Smith asks what the Werritty report means for the management of grouse moors.
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19/12/19: Rural mobile phone signal, Broiler sensors, Reindeer, Fish quotas.
A Norfolk farmer describes how the lack of mobile phone signal could have cost his life.
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18/12/19 New study on bovine TB, Digital platform for farm data, Turkey farm
Defra has no immediate plans to change advice for farmers on TB following a new report.
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17/12/19: Modern slavery; Data in agriculture; Xmas tree farm; Post-election lobbying
Anna Hill finds out how anglers are helping to combat slavery and people trafficking.
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16/12/19: Election results and farming
Charlotte Smith asks what the election result will mean for farming and the environment.
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This Year's Weather
After a year of extreme weather, how are farmers faring?
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12/12/19: Bird flu, Dark sky park, Forest bathing, Forage Aid
A new outbreak of bird flu in Suffolk has led to 27,000 chickens being culled.
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11/12/19 Green lanes, insect farms, wet weather
We hear the dispute over access in the Lake District.
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10/12/19 New report finds shoppers don't believe the labelling on their food
Report shows a quarter of people surveyed don't trust organic certification.
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09/12/19: Wet weather farming, Oats, Inclusivity in the countryside
James Peck tells Charlotte Smith about the impact the wet weather is having on farmers.
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Rural Manifestos
Our expert panel interrogate the manifestos from the major political parties.
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06/12/19: Bovine TB, Northern Ireland manifestos, Fishing manifestos
Dr Iain McGill tells Charlotte Smith why culling badgers is not controlling Bovine TB.
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05/12/19 Farmers at climate change summit, Lib Dem and Brexit Party manifestos
The NFU beef farmer at UN summit - COP 25, manifestos from the Lib Dems and Brexit Party.
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04/12/19 Tree planting, SNP and Plaid Cymru election manifestos, weather delays crops
Tree planting pledges from all parties. Will farmers have to give up their land?
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03/12/19 Labour and Green Party manifestos, invasive crayfish
Today we hear from Labour and the Green party on their rural policies.
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02/12/19: Conservative farming manifesto; Scottish women in agriculture; Marina Gibson, fishing influencer
A new report from the Scottish government says change is needed to help women in farming.
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Farming Today This Week: Energy
Charlotte Smith finds out about the production of energy on farms.
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29/11/19 Trade talks and food and farming, rural voters in Scotland, anaerobic digestion plant
Agri-food in leaked US trade talk papers; rural voters in Dumfries; energy from muck
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28/11/19: Bovine TB vaccine; Welsh election opinions; Solar farms
Could a new vaccine help control TB in cattle? Charlotte Smith finds out.
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27/11/19 Election issues for Northern Irish farmers, straw-power, weevil research
We hear what farming issues are being discussed in Northern Ireland.
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26/11/19 Election special on immigration
Our election special on immigration comes from Boston in Lincolnshire.
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25/11/19: Producing energy on farm, The farm counting its carbon, Scottish milk
Charlotte Smith speaks to Peter Tyldesley from the Centre for Alternative Technology.
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Farming Today This Week
Charlotte Smith is on a farm in Hertfordshire to talk about beef production.
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22/11/19: American beef and the U.K.
Anna Hill asks if American beef could appear on our supermarket shelves in the future.
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21/11/19 Getting out of beef and into dairy, alternative mulches, farm recycling, rural transport
Farmer sells beef cattle to start dairy herd; new mulches; farm recycling; rural transport
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20/11/19 Wet weather consequences, Grass-fed beef, Cheese training course
Farmers are having to change their cropping plans because of the wet weather.
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19/11/2019 Rural services, Intensive beef production
This morning we focus on rural services. Charlotte Smith visits a GP surgery.
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18/11/19: The environmental impact of beef, Orkney ferries and livestock transport, Worms and plastic
Sybil Ruscoe and Professor Don Broome discuss the environmental impact of beef production.
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Farming Today This Week: Fish Farming
Sybil Ruscoe asks whether aquaculture is a viable way to feed a growing population.