Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Problems with the Basic Payment Scheme, Riding for the Disabled, Cuts to the Common Agricultural Policy
Jake Freestone explains how a mapping error has caused delays to his Basic Payments.
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Farming post-Brexit in England and Northern Ireland, Horse welfare
The plans to bring 'health and harmony' to food and farming policy after Brexit.
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Horticultural visas, Exporting beef to the US, Newmarket races
If plant imports are restricted because of disease, will British growers plug the gap?
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Asda and Sainsbury's merger and its impact on the supply chain, wildlife mapping, potato blight app, rare fritillary count
Does an Asda and Sainsbury's merger mean bad news for farmers but good news for consumers?
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Rural housing for the elderly, Future of farming - consultation, The equine industry
Featuring a discussion about more houses for older people in rural areas.
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Farming Today This Week: Countryside Jobs - The Land Agent
Charlotte Smith is in North Somerset to find out how a land agent can support farm growth.
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Food welfare standards after Brexit, EU vote on neonics, Farm nutritionist
Farming Today debates listeners' views on importing American chlorine-washed chicken.
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Chlorinated Chicken, Milk Tanker Driver, Late Planting of Potatoes
A trade deal with the US could mean chlorinated chicken will hit the UK shelves.
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Ash dieback disease research, agronomists, the American bittern
Anna Hill takes a look at a new study on the spread of ash dieback disease.
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French vote to end vegan 'steak', Farm Office workers, Fly-tipping update
Will the UK follow France and stop vegan and vegetarian products being called 'sausages'?
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Fly-tipping, Rat Catcher, Thermal imaging of calves
There are calls to change the law on fly-tipping. Charlotte Smith finds out why.
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Farming Today This Week - Farm Vets
Charlotte Smith visits Bristol University Vet School to hear what it takes to be a vet.
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Bad Weather Payments, Farm Vets, Farm Inspections
The Scottish government has launched a fund for farmers affected by the recent bad weather
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Recognising mental health issues among isolated farmers, Milk prices, Fish vets at work
Fixed-price milk contracts and mental health advice for farmers in crisis.
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18/04/2018
What does the new EU Waste Framework Directive mean for food waste on farm?
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Rare Breeds Extinction Warning, Farm Vets, Bee Health and Scottish Pigs
Anna Hill hears why five British rare breeds are dangerously close to extinction.
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Farm vets, Venison v lamb - the Brexit effect, Lyme disease in the Outer Hebrides
Sybil Ruscoe hears about the recruitment concerns of farm vets in the face of Brexit.
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Food Labelling
Food labels - what's on them, what do they mean, and how might they change in the future.
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Whether to label non-stunned meat; how green will Brexit be? Late spring for flower producers
How safe will environmental safeguards be after Brexit? Caz Graham discusses.
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Phil Hogan, Raw milk, the Food Standards Agency
EU commissioner for agriculture and rural development Phil Hogan on reforming the CAP.
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Free-range egg labelling, sheep still buried in Beast from the East snow, fodder crisis
Does the 'free-range' label on our eggs tell us enough about how the hens are kept?
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Live exports, Labelling and packing, Deadly Dog faeces
The Government makes a major announcement relating to the export of animals for slaughter.
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Red Tractor Assurance Scheme, Food Labelling, Sheepdog Training
Red Tractor Assurance have introduced a new auditing system. Sybil Ruscoe asks why.
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Farming Today This Week: Goats
Sybil Ruscoe explores the increase in goat farming in the UK.
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Livestock Traceability, Flooding, Goat Milk Soap
George Eustice explains why England needs a new system to improve livestock traceability.
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Rural schools, Defra roadshow, Goat meat
A national conference of teachers claims rural schools aren't getting a fair funding deal.
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Rural ambulance technology, US/China trade tariffs, Dairy goats
New technology is helping to save lives in medical emergencies in remote rural areas.
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Rural Broadband, Sheep Worrying, British Goats and Late Spring
Sybil Ruscoe looks into broadband speeds in isolated rural areas.
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Planting Heartwood Forest
The 600,000th and final tree is planted at the Woodland Trust's Heartwood Forest site.
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Farming Today This Week: Food and Health
Sybil Ruscoe looks at the relationship between farming, food and public health.