Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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US Trade; 2 Sisters Meat Processor; Birds in Shetland; Rural Housing
On day two of Donald Trump's UK visit, Farming Today talks to a US trade negotiator.
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Farm Inspections Review, Community Land Trusts, Monsanto Court Case, Barley Harvest
Dame Glenys Stacey reveals the results of the Farm Inspection and Regulation Review.
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Free Range Hens, Drought in Northern Ireland, Rural Housing, PYO strawberries
Free range egg producers want derogation from an RSPCA rule on perches due in next month.
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Welsh agricultural Brexit, Vineyards in the heatwave, Rural housing, Great Yorkshire Show
Welsh farmers are promised their own separate subsidy system, post-Brexit.
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Badger cull review. Has Nessie lost her appeal? Rural housing overview
A judicial review begins into the badger cull, led by ecologist Tom Langton.
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Farming Today This Week: Soft Fruit
Farming Today This Week comes from a fruit farm in Herefordshire.
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Saddleworth Moor fire, Cabinet away day, calf killed by dog poo bag
James Crowther explains fires on the moors around Saddleworth almost cost him his living.
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Sky lantern festival, Dairy and the drought, Nuffield lecture on healthy food, Robot fruit picker
Calls for a sky lantern festival to be cancelled because of fire risk in the dry weather.
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Global agricultural trade, migrant workers, drought and potatoes, phosphate research
A UN backed global agricultural report says trade is essential for continued food security
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Malting barley for beer, black grass and an agriculture adviser in Tristan da Cunha
A new seed variety is enabling farmers to grow more malting barley for beer.
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Soft Fruit, Carbon Dioxide Shortage and Konik Horses
Charlotte Smith asks who will pick British soft fruit after Brexit?
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Farming Today This Week: National Parks
Charlotte Smith considers what the future might hold for England's national parks.
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Farming in the heatwave, Pea harvest, Loch Lomond and Broadband
Caz Graham asks if crops will fail due to the heatwave.
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Beef exports, Wild Fires, Lake District National Park and Bumblebees
Beef exports to China, moorland fires, lakeland fell footpaths and urban bumblebees.
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27/06/2018
Heathrow farmer, potato irrigation, animal welfare post-Brexit, 4x4s in national parks.
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26/06/18: CO2 shortage and pig production, Minette Batters, Microchipping horses
Anna Hill finds out how CO2 shortages in Scotland are affecting pig production.
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National parks, Care school, Welsh water pollution
National Parks are nearly 70 years old - what is their future?
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Farming Today This Week: Flowers
Charlotte Smith is at Blenheim Palace Flower Show to learn about the UK's flower industry.
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CO2 shortage, Cow deaths, Flower foraging
There's a CO2 shortage and it could affect chicken supplies by the end of this week.
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GE pigs, Funding for farming in Scotland, Countryside Stewardship scheme payments
Gene edited pigs which are immune to a virus have been bred at The Roslin Institute.
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Farming and the Brexit dividend, tree tsar, commercial flower growers
Will there be any money for farming left after the Brexit dividend is handed out?
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19/06/2018
Countryside Stewardship Scheme delays, bees and agrochemical research, wildflowers.
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Welsh Farming, Brexit Competition, Glass Milk Bottles and British Flowers.
Charlotte Smith asks why Welsh farmers are being given £3 million of tax-payers' money.
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Farming Today This Week: Robotics in Farming
Charlotte Smith finds out about some of the ways in which robotics is changing farming.
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Food labels, Cauliflower pickers, Wolves and Shark tagging
Charlotte Smith asks what the words 'traditional' and 'natural' on food labels really mean
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Gove grilled by EFRA, Future Food winner announced, Cereals 2018
Michael Gove has announced that an agriculture bill will be published by the end of July.
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13/06/18: UK mammals under threat; Robotic weeders; Rural theatre; Fishing lobby
A new report estimates that one in five of the UK's mammal species are now under threat.
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Defenceless sweet veg, Soft fruit pickers, County farms
Farmers are growing sweeter veg, but it's leaving them vulnerable to pests.
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Post-Brexit trade, Getting outside, Robotics on farms
How will future trade policy affect food prices and food standards?
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Farming Today This Week: Pastures and Meadows
Charlotte Smith finds out about how 'smart grass' might change the way cattle are fed.