Farming Today Episodes Episode guide

Rural journeys to hospital

Emma Campbell asks how cuts to rural bus services affect patients travelling to hospital.
The Cost of Farming, Welsh Shellfish, Scottish Barley and Farm Buildings.

Anna Hill asks how farmers can balance the books as agricultural costs rise.
Healthier food, UK Free Trade Fears and Suckling Pigs.

Anna Hill asks who should be responsible for making sure the food we eat is healthier.
Funding for Welsh Abattoirs, Dog Attacks on Sheep, Flexitarianism

Dog owners are warned to control their pets as farmers feel the impact of sheep worrying.
Food and health, Neonicotinoids, Bird-friendly farming

How could British farming help improve the health of the nation?
Farming Today This Week: One year until Brexit

With one year to go until Brexit, Sybil Ruscoe asks how agriculture will be affected.
Small farms, Bayer-Monsanto deal, Post-Brexit trade

Can small and medium-sized farms survive the brave new world of post-Brexit Britain?
Rural Communities, Brexit and the Environment, Environment Agency Fees

Should Defra's rural affairs remit be given to other government departments?
Outdoor bred pork, Devolved nations count down to Brexit, British wool for carpets

Co-op raises its welfare standards for all its own-label pork.
Brexit and UK fishing policy

Fishing for Leave's Aaron Brown on why the Brexit transitional agreement is a betrayal.
Brexit, Robot workers and Toad Watch

Sybil Ruscoe asks if UK farming is ready for Brexit.
Farming Today This Week - Spring

Sybil Ruscoe visits a sheep and daffodil farm at the foot of the Black Mountains.
Amoco Cadiz 40 years on, Ancient Woodland and a Swaledale survivor

Forty years after the Amoco Cadiz oil disaster, Caz Graham asks if it could happen again.
Trade with Russia, the Kiplingcoates Derby, Storm Damage and Nurseries

Sybil Ruscoe asks how farming is affected by the diplomatic row with Russia.
Religious slaughter, Food names, and Pink-footed geese

A new method of stunning animals in abattoirs is being tested.
Welfare food labelling, spring planting

One sausage producer explains why it is changing its labels.
Spring calving, badger cull, animal pain relief, pulse fishing

A fresh approach to livestock pain relief - and the debate over fishing with electricity.
Environment schemes on farms

Sybil Ruscoe explores the future of agri-environment schemes.
Food labelling, agri-environment schemes. Co-Op investigation, EU fishing proposal

How much more can and should food labelling tell us about animal welfare?
Gene Editing, Agri-Environment Schemes in Wales and an Exhibition About Women in Farming

A new survey asks whether the public will accept food which has been genetically edited.
Scottish environmental schemes, Soil snowdrifts, Neonicotinoids

A look at a Scottish scheme that aims to encourage farmers to look after the environment.
06/03/2018

The Red Tractor label keeps up food welfare standards - but are they high enough?
Agri-Environment Schemes and Brexit Latest

Charlotte Smith looks at the success of agri-environment schemes and how they're changing.
Farming Today This Week: Pig Week

Charlotte Smith rounds off Farming Today's week on a Yorkshire pig farm.
Pig Week - Day 5

Charlotte Smith finds out how snow's affecting the East Yorkshire pig farm she's at.
Pig Week - Day 4

Charlotte Smith finds out about the lifecycle of a commercial pig.
Pig Week - Day 3

Anna Hill talks to the Morgan family about disease control and antibiotics on the farm.
Pig Week, Day 2

Anna Hill looks into the issues surrounding welfare on pig farms.
Pig Week

Farming Today kicks off a full week of programmes broadcast from a pig farm in Yorkshire.
Farming Today This Week: Small Farms

Do small farms have a future in the UK? Charlotte Smith finds out.