Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Wheat Genome, Fishing Quotas, Willow Bats
Wheat genome, Fishing quotas and harvest of willow for cricket bats.
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AHDB Dairy Campaign, Harvest Fires, Lamb Prices
More money has been announced to support a campaign promoting UK dairy.
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Call to ban using CO2 to slaughter pigs, Farmers in the nude, Barcodes on meat
There has been a call to to ban using CO2 to stun pigs before slaughter.
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Reaction to the US court ruling that glyphosate causes cancer
With reaction to the US court ruling that the weedkiller glyphosate causes cancer.
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Harvest 2018, Heritage grains, Tackling poaching
Sybil Ruscoe finds out about harvest 2018 and hears food prices will 'inevitably' rise.
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Farming Today This Week: Rivers
What's being done to protect our rivers from pollution, overuse and climate change?
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Ash dieback in Yorkshire, Sea lice in Salmon, Cooling the River Ribble
The tree disease ash dieback has been found in the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
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Small abattoirs, Community river restoration, Foraging for blackberries
There's a call for action to help small abattoirs in the face of mounting closures.
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Protected food names post-Brexit, earth worms, winberries, drying rivers
Concerns about the future of British protected food names in Europe post-Brexit.
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Long-term consequences of the heatwave, pullet farming, agricultural pollution in Scottish rivers
A look at the long-term consequences of extreme heat and water shortages on UK farming.
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Crops for fuel, Sheepdog trials, Health of our rivers
Crops for fuel, sheepdog trials, and the health of our rivers.
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Farming Today This Week - 04/08/2018: On Farm Production
First British Charcuterie Awards from Countryfile Live in the grounds of Blenheim Palace.
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Tracking Wildfires, Making Slurry Safe, Sheep Rearing for Fashion
Tracking wildfires by satellite, making slurry safe, and sheep rearing for fashion.
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The Return of the Hen Harrier?
Hen harriers have had their most successful breeding season in a decade, but is it enough?
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'Cool' business brings young people back to rural areas
Farmers are culling cows early as the dry weather causes fodder shortages.
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Red Tractor Trouble
The Red Tractor label defends its practice of warning farmers before they come to inspect.
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New research says young people are the key to thriving rural communities
New research says a lack of adequate services means rural areas are losing young people.
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Farming Today This Week: Rural Tourism
Anna Jones visits a farm in Somerset which has developed a range of holiday accommodation.
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Scientists react to the EU's decision to ban gene-edited crops
Many scientists express shock at the EU court's decision to ban gene-edited crops.
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A Freedom of Information request has released in error the names of farms involved in a badger cull in Wales
An animal rights group has published details of farmers taking part in a badger cull.
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Michael Gove on the Environment Bill, Modern Rural Slavery, Farm Stay Holidays
Michael Gove gives more detaisl of what will be in the government's Environment Bill.
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The Environment Bill Audited, Official Vets Shortage, Deer Park
The Environmental Audit Select Committee reports on the government's environment bill.
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Fish rescue, Crop irrigation, Rural tourism
Thousands of fish are having to be rescued because their habitat is drying up.
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Farming Today This Week: Intensive Farming
Caz Graham hosts a discussion on intensive livestock farming with a panel of experts.
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Northern Ireland Brexit Reaction, Environment Bill, Intensive Farming and Consumer Habits
Ivor Ferguson from the Ulster Farmers' Union reacts to Theresa May's Brexit proposals.
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Cell-Cultured Meat, Intensive Dairy Production, Mink Eradication
The world is beginning to take lab-grown meat seriously - are the Brits on board too?
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Intensive Beef Farming,TB Testing in Wales, Farming Advice from New Zealand
Anna Hill examines whether the newspaper claim that a farm is intensively farmed is true.
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Wildfires, Dairy and Brexit, Fodder Shortage
Farmers plough through crops to stop a large fire spreading further across fields.
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Agriculture workers shortage, Intensive farming, Little terns on Chesil Beach
A shortage of migrant labour has left one farmer staring at a field of rotting fruit.
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Farming Today This Week: Rural Housing
Steffan Messenger visits a solar housing project which provides affordable homes.