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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 27/11/2025 Budget and inheritance tax, farmer protest

    Farmers protest in London as the chancellor delivers her budget.

  2. 26/11/25 Planning bill and environmental protections, livestock genetics, robotic dairy.

    Conservationists accuse the government of turning its back on nature in new planning bill.

  3. 25/11/25 University agriculture courses, bird flu in Wales, dairy farm succession.

    The University of Nottingham plans to close its agriculture courses.

  4. 24/11/25: Dairy rollercoaster, English farm business incomes, Isle of Man vets

    Trouble ahead as the dairy farming rollercoaster heads downwards?

  5. 22/11/25 Farming Today This Week: Defra Secretary on agri-environment schemes, farm business income, COP, prison farm

    England's biggest agri-environment scheme to be relaunched next year.

  6. 21/11/25 Defra secretary at CLA conference, farm business income, COP and agriculture, prison farm.

    England's biggest agri-environment scheme to be relaunched next year says Defra secretary.

  7. 20/11/25 Food & Farming Award winner, maltings closures, farming in Brazil, oysters.

    A fall in demand for whiskey hits maltsters.

  8. 19/11/25 Antibiotic resistance, rice straw, Food & Farming Awards winner

    Animals and antibiotics - new report shows a fall in use of antibiotics for livestock.

  9. 18/11/25 Inheritance Tax a year on from farmers' rally, soy in animal feed, lanolin protein

    Farmers appeal to MPs to think again about Inheritance Tax, a year after London rally.

  10. 17/11/25 Rise in wool price, getting out of dairy, fish farming

    Wool prices reach a nine year high, but still don't cover the cost of shearing the sheep.

  11. 15/11/25 EFRA questions, report on farming in Wales, drought, potato harvest, mushrooms, truffles, cider

    Lessons learned: the DEFRA Secretary on the Sustainable Farming Incentive.

  12. 14/11/25 Drought warnings, farmers at COP 30, woodland mushrooms, veg grown in Senegal

    More warnings of drought in England, despite the rain.

  13. 13/11/25 MPs call for inheritance tax impact assessment in Wales, mycelium as insulation, Guernsey cider

    MPs call for farm inheritance tax to be halted, without impact assessment in Wales

  14. 12/11/25 EFRA questions, pig farm planning permission, truffles, potatoes

    The latest DEFRA Secretary has her first grilling by MPs on the EFRA select committee.

  15. 11/11/25 Fishing action plan, Scottish farming fund, farmers' arthritis, mushrooms

    A new action plan for fishing is launched by MPs.

  16. 10/11/2025: Family farms, 'Aginflation', mushroom growing in NI

    What could the future hold for family farms?

  17. 08/11/25 Farming Today This Week: Bird flu, low farmer confidence, Millennium Seed Bank, food security

    Poultry farmers warned this may be one of the worst years for avian flu.

  18. 07/11/2025: Bird flu warning, Wrinkled Crinkled Crumpled Cress, low farmer confidence

    Poultry farmers are warned this winter could be among the worst for Avian Flu.

  19. 06/11/25 Millennium Seed Bank - how wild seeds can help agriculture and landscape restoration.

    Behind the scenes with plant experts as Kew's Millennium Seed Bank marks 25 years.

  20. 05/11/25 Preparedness for animal disease, bird flu housing order, seeds, oat genome.

    How ready are we for a major outbreak of animal disease? MPs say we're not ready enough.

  21. 04/11/25 Seasonal workers, seed merchant, farm profitability.

    Visa numbers for next year's seasonal workers announced.

  22. 03/11/2025: Food security, no confidence in DAERA, where seeds start

    A group of MPs warn that almost a quarter of current UK farmland could be lost by 2050.

  23. 01/11/2025: Drought, invasive species, waste

    Drought prediction, invasive species, and waste as organised crime.

  24. 31/10/25: Pumpkin growers' nightmare. Drought to continue into 2026? UK Carbon budget. Invasive species

    Why Halloween pumpkin growers have been having nightmares this year.

  25. 30/10/25: An uncomfortable transition? The buzz about Asian hornets. Cosmic ray neutrons and soil moisture

    The boss of one of the UK's biggest farming companies says a painful transition is ahead.

  26. 29/10/25 Scottish Land Reform Bill, bird flu housing order, Himalayan Basalm, historic farming landscapes.

    Scotland's controversial Land Reform Bill.

  27. 28/10/2025 Waste crime inquiry, beaver release, zebra mussels

    Organised crime gangs dump millions of tonnes of waste with impunity says Lords inquiry.

  28. 27/10/25 Energy costs for salad growers, carrots, invasive species.

    Salad growers warn price hikes for electricity could drive producers out of the sector.

  29. 25/10/25: Beer and cider from land to glass

    We explore the journey from land to glass for beer, cider and perry.

  30. 24/10/2025 Fishing fund and Scottish fishers. DNA of cider apples. Cornish centenarian farmer.

    Scottish fishing industry furious at allocation of new fishing and coastal fund.

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