Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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The future of farm chemicals
With questions marks over two major farming chemicals, does the industry need to re-think?
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Livestock emissions, Argentine farmers tackle climate change, Glyphosate vote, Lynx escape.
Agricultural researchers address farming's carbon hoof print and how to reduce it.
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Bovine TB in slurry, Brexit Trade Bill, climate change pests, blind walks
New science shows cattle slurry can contain infectious bovine TB organisms.
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Bovine TB, Agroforestry, Fishing post-Brexit
A vet, a dairy farm and a badger welfare campaigner come together to address bovine TB.
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Climate change and farming at 'COP 23'; a farm turning eggs into liquid; and a new UK charter for trees
Climate change and farming, turning eggs into liquid and a new UK charter for trees.
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Trade after Brexit
A discussion programme exploring international trade for farmers after Brexit.
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NFU Cymru 2017 Conference, Planning for Post-Brexit Trade, Tagging Skylarks
Farming businesses prepare for life outside the EU and Welsh warnings on a no-deal Brexit.
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Agricultural policy options post-Brexit; US trade and 'chlorinated chicken'; Northern Ireland potato crisis
What agricultural policy options are open to the UK once we leave the EU?
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Bird crime, World dairy summit, Exporting haggis
Figures from the RSPB show that at least 81 birds of prey were illegally killed in 2016.
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Sea Lice in Farmed Salmon, Post-Brexit Trade, Hedge Laying
New figures show farmed salmon in Scotland have unacceptably high levels of sea lice.
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Trade after Brexit, Illegal fishing, and Pumpkins
David Gregory-Kumar asks how UK farmers will trade with the world after Brexit.
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Farming Today This Week: Autumn Harvest
Autumn harvest including apples, walnuts, crab apples and wild mushroom foraging.
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Farm antibiotics, Harvest Home and rethinking UK agriculture
Caz Graham asks if more can be done to cut antibiotic use in livestock.
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Two Sisters chicken processor, glyphosate licensing, Scottish 'tattie holidays'
The owner of the Two Sisters chicken processor appears before a parliamentary inquiry.
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British produce in supermarkets, apple storage, coppicing, 2 Sisters inquiry, glyphosate vote
It's the season for autumnal UK produce, so why are some retailers importing squash?
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Rise in veterinary certifications for trade post-Brexit, walnut harvest, game shooting
Brexit could mean three times the workload for vets to sign off trade certificates.
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Milk and health, The Welsh Dairy Show and crab apples
Charlotte Smith finds out if milk is a healthy and ethical source of iodine.
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Global Agriculture
What are the biggest challenges and opportunities facing the world's farmers?
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France and glyphosate, Slurry in Northern Ireland, Agricultural biodiversity
French farmers threaten legal action over the future of glyphosate.
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Africa's farming revolution, NFU plan for post-Brexit agriculture policy, Black Mountains grant
In Africa, an agricultural revolution is placing new emphasis on domestic food production.
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US secretary of agriculture, EFRA Committee reports, haricot beans
US secretary of agriculture Sonny Perdue shares his take on the future of world farming.
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No trade deal post-Brexit, climate report, forest management, slurry spreading restrictions in Scotland
With a 'no deal' Brexit, could farmers just 'grow more'?
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The President of the World Farmer's Organisation Theo de Jager interviewed on the UN's World Food Day
The President of the World Farmer's Organisation reflects on the G7 Agriculture talks.
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Farming Today This Week: Deer
As the rutting season gets underway, Lucy Taylor visits Woburn Abbey Deer Park and Farm.
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Import quotas to the UK, 100th birthday of the Co-operative Party, Deer & dogs and oilseed rape
A new agreement between the EU and UK on post-Brexit import quotas is signed.
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HS2 compulsory purchase, British Nutrition Foundation conference, Venison sales
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
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Food security, deer in Scotland, sustainable pesticide usage, tagging salmon
The 2017 Global Food Security Index says Brexit poses an extreme risk to UK food security.
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Tourism growth, deer collisions, youth agriculture summit, cherry farming
New figures show a significant rise in tourism to cities and the countryside.
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Agricultural land purchases, tree diseases, deer
As private investors increasingly buy up agricultural land, what's the future for farmers?
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Farming Today This Week: Wine
Charlotte Smith visits a vineyard in Kent to find out about wine production in the UK.