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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 18/09/25: Drought/downpour, rural crime gang jailed, bus services

    Drought will officially stretch into the autumn but rain is the next farming challenge.

  2. 17/09/25: Rivers in National Parks, Rural Post Offices, Economics of Fishing.

    A new report claims rivers in National Parks need better protection against pollution.

  3. 16/09/25: US-UK dairy trade? Health services in rural areas.

    UK farmers warn opening the market to US dairy imports could put our industry at risk.

  4. 15/09/25 Cheesemakers unhappy with US trade deal, less money for rural services, fishing industry fears ban on bottom trawling

    British cheesemakers say they’ve got a raw deal on export tariffs to the US

  5. 13/09/25: Farmland Birds, Wild Summit, Illegal Meat

    The 'chirr' of the nightjar the 'crex crex' of the corncrake: We focus on farmland birds.

  6. 12/09/2025

    The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

  7. 11/09/2025 Corn belt farmers, seeds for future forests, bioacoustics

    American farmers and Trump's trade tariffs.

  8. 10/09/25: A reset for farming and government? Licences to burn peatland, Corncrakes on Lewis

    Could the reshuffle be an opportunity to reset relations between farmers and government?

  9. 09/09/25: More school meals using more British produce? The Nightjars of Cannock Chase

    Could extending free school meals create an opportunity for British growers?

  10. 08/09/25: Biosecurity at the borders, Forage Aid grants, farmland birds.

    MPs give their verdict on the fight against illegal meat imports to the UK.

  11. 06/09/25 Farming Today This Week: Bovine TB strategy review, rural racism, algal blooms, short straw

    Report calls for more urgency and a bigger budget to tackle TB in cattle in England.

  12. 05/09/2025: Short straw, party conference season, helpful insects

    Straw is in short supply, increasing livestock farmers costs this winter.

  13. 04/09/2025 New bovine TB strategy review, Welsh meat promotion reform

    Report calls for more urgency and a bigger budget to tackle TB in cattle in England.

  14. 03/09/25 Lough Neagh blue green algae, feed mill, Unst Show

    People living around Lough Neagh say the pollution is worse than ever after this summer.

  15. 02/09/25 Rural racism, dairy prices, pulses for animal feed.

    Rural racism is often unreported and has a profound impact on victims, says new report.

  16. 01/09/2025 Concerns about winter animal feed, working with pesticides and health risks, surveying the fishing fleet

    Concern is growing about a shortage of fodder this winter.

  17. Farming Today This Week: EU border checks; impact of pig & poultry farms; pollinators; off-grid farms connected

    EU checks for food exports to last 'til 2027, impact of pig & poultry farms, pollinators.

  18. 29/08/2025 Pig and poultry pollution, Highland sheep shearing, moth pollinators

    Pig and poultry pollution, Highland sheep shearing and alternative pollinators.

  19. 28/08/25 'Disappointment' from food industry as minister says EU export checks to last until 2027, bee insemination

    Costly border checks and paperwork for British food exporters will last until 2027.

  20. 27/08/25 Water scarcity, Scottish harvest, grazing for butterflies

    Water shortages in Scotland and the impact on farmers.

  21. 26/08/25 Countryside Code, pollinators, fruit farm bees.

    The Countryside Code - how's it working?

  22. 25/08/2015 - Summer at the Shielings

    Crofters' memories of working, playing and praying on the moors during the summer months

  23. 23/08/25 Farming Today This Week: early apples, bioethanol industry in trouble, rise in avian flu

    Why some apples are early, the collapse of UK bioethanol production and a rise in bird flu

  24. 22/08/25 Bird flu, high-tech lettuce growing, early apples, aftermath of wildfires

    Summer spread of bird flu through gulls.

  25. 21/08/25 Bird flu and game birds, bluetongue, peat-free salad trials, David Richardson remembered

    New rules for shoots in England to help prevent bird flu.

  26. 20/08/2025 Funding for rural councils, spinach, bioethanol

    Will rural councils lose out when big changes to local authority funding are introduced?

  27. 19/08/2025 Bluetongue restrictions in Wales, border checks, fertiliser trials, nighthawking

    Changes to bluetongue restrictions in Wales.

  28. 18/08/2025: Crop prices, frozen trees, the UK salad industry

    Does a tough autumn lie ahead for UK arable farmers?

  29. 16/08/25 Farming Today This Week: shooting licenses restricted, pig supply chain rules, carcass balance

    Salted pig's trotter? Brains on toast? Why the carcass balance is important to farmers.

  30. 15/08/25: Rural buses, feeding lions, Inheritance tax analysis

    MPs say 'ambitious action' is needed to improve bus services in rural England.

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