Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Oil Seed Rape and the Flea Beetle, Beef hide products, Agricultural skills training
Chemical pesticides are failing to protect oil seed rape from the hungry Flea Beetle.
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Beef and the Environment, Immigration and Bees
Should cattle be fed on grain or grass? Which method has the least environmental impact?
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Chris Packham's wildlife manifesto, Badger cull in Cumbria, Pink straw
Anna Hill asks Chris Packham what his new wildlife manifesto means for farming.
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Report recommends 'meat tax', New scheme to reduce ammonia emissions, Imported bumblebees, Pigeon racing
Livestock production and consumption will have to be cut back, says a pan-European study.
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Gene Editing, Shire Horses, British Beef
Defra responds to a letter from scientists concerned at gene-editing being treated as GMO.
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Farming Today This Week: The Agriculture Bill
Charlotte Smith analyses the biggest shift in farm policy for 50 years.
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Bovine TB and the Badger Cull
Figures are released on the new cases of Bovine TB in the badger cull areas.
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Reaction to the Government's Agriculture Bill
The impact of the government's Agriculture Bill on farmers, wildlife and consumers.
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Agriculture Bill preview, new bovine TB test, farming for bees
There is a sneak preview of the new Agriculture Bill with farm minister George Eustice.
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Red Tractor reform, Honey bees threaten wild bees, Live export of calves to the Middle East
The Red Tractor logo is planning to add on higher standards which farmers can opt to meet.
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Vivergo closing, Farmers at the Cricket, Honey Bees
Two farmers discuss what impact the closure of biofuel producer Vivergo will have on them.
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Farming Today This Week: Beer and Brewing
Charlotte Smith visits the family-run Fuller's Brewery in west London.
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Welsh Farm Payment Row, Seasonal Agricultural Worker Pilot Scheme, Breeding Hops
The Farmers Union of Wales is accused of misleading people over farm payments post-Brexit.
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UK fishing, Meat poultry after Brexit, UK malt, Micro pubs
Preparations are underway for how fishing rules will be enforced post-Brexit.
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Dutch report on reducing agriculture's carbon footprint, drones disturbing wildlife, hop harvest
A Dutch report recommends cutting livestock numbers to meet carbon emissions targets.
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Badger Cull, Price of Food and Craft Beer Using English Hops
British shoppers spend £204 billion on food - why are farmers only seeing 4.5% of that?
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Food price inflation, Beer and brewing, Gorse replacing straw for bedding
Food price inflation compared to other household necessities such as fuel.
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Farming Today This Week: Succession
Sybil Ruscoe meets father and son Martin and James McCurragh to examine farm succession.
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A tribute to environmentalist Peter Melchett, Scottish crofting and 'Bio-plastics'
A tribute is paid to environmental campaigner and organic farmer Peter Melchett.
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30/08/2018
Lorraine Howells is passing her farm in the Rhymney Valley onto farmworker Lee Pritchard.
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Seed potato exports to China, farm succession planning, counting the Manx shearwaters on Skomer
Farmers give a cautious welcome to the announcement of a seed potato trade deal with China
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Maternal care in sheep, A trip to a mussel hatchery in Shetland, The harvest of heritage grains
Just touching noses with her lamb is enough to release oxytocin in a ewe.
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Casting for Recovery
How learning to fly-fish is helping women recovering from breast cancer.
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Farming Today This Week
The battle to control pests on farms including insects, pigeons and rabbits.
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Cruelty by Sheep Shearers, No Deal Brexit Papers and a Stoat-Detecting Dog!
A video shows sheep shearers hitting and kicking sheep.
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Lamb Exports to Saudi Arabia, Welsh Fishermen and a 'No-Deal' Brexit, Controlling Rabbits
Response to reports that non-stunned lamb meat is being exported to Saudi Arabia.
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Sustainable intensification, Dairy prices, Slugs, Roseate terns
Could British farmers learn more from developing countries about sustainable agriculture?
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New Young Farmers' event, county council farms, pigeon pests
Plans for a new Young Farmers' event, following the cancellation of the annual convention.
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Soil biology, Pest control, Bees flourishing
A new project aims to analyse the biology of thousands of soil samples to help grow crops.
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Farming Today This Week: Harvest 2018
Sybil Ruscoe visits a Herefordshire farm to find out how the weather is affecting harvest.