Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Badger cull, Northern Ireland floods, Bats in churches
The badger cull has been extended - the programme hears from all sides of the argument.
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Grant for heritage sheep breeds, Miscanthus, Rural reverend
The future of heritage sheep breeds are boosted with the award of a new grant.
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Flooded farmers in Texas; Rural churches; Goat auction
We hear from the Texan farmers battling against the flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey.
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Rural churches; Salmon fishing in Wales
With congregations declining and bills rising, what is the future for rural churches?
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Scottish community land purchase
Moira Hickey reports on a historic community land purchase in Sutherland, Scotland.
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Farming Today This Week: Harvest 2017
Sybil Ruscoe visits Overbury Estate Farm to see how 2017's harvest is going.
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Fly-tipping, Wet harvest, Badger cull
Why rubbish-dumping on farmland is likely to be particularly bad over a bank holiday.
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Access to land in Wales, Blackcurrants, London sheep
NFU Cymru responds to the Welsh Government's plans to open up more land to the public.
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Farm fires, First-time harvest
Latest figures show a 30% increase in the cost of farm fires. We ask why.
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Hepatitis E in pork, Quinoa harvest, Crop genetics, Floating windfarms
It is reported that thousands may have contracted hepatitis E from imported sausages.
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Harvest overview, Agricultural retail, A play called Cow
Bill Clark at the National Institute of Agricultural Botany with a harvest overview.
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Farming Today This Week: Farming in Scotland
Discussing food and farming in Scotland, at the Lairg summer sheep sale.
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Hydroponics champion, Sustainable Scottish farms, Livestock trade
Sybil Ruscoe speaks to Adam Dixon about his hydroponic growing system.
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New report on Brexit and farming, Volunteer shepherds, Beavers
A new scientific report examines the potential effects of Brexit on farming.
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Dairy farmers speak out in reaction to BBC 1's Countryfile, Scotch whisky, Cotswold Way online
Reaction to BBC 1's Countryfile report on bull calves in dairy herds being shot at birth.
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Contaminated egg scandal, crofting in Scotland
There are concerns about the future of food safety post-Brexit.
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Gamekeeper turned crime-fighter, Scottish agriculture, Grouse shooting
A game-keeper has got so sick of rural crime he's decided to do something about it.
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Farming Today This Week: Salmon farm
Farming Today This Week visits a salmon farm in Scotland.
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CCTV in slaughterhouses, Fisherman training, Smoked salmon
CCTV will be mandatory in slaughterhouses, the government has announced today.
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Egg fraud, Shepherd's guides, Salmon in the River Taff
First eggs and now poultry meat could be affected by use of an insecticide in Europe.
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Small farm decline, insects for aquaculture, egg vending machine
A new report from the CPRE is predicting a bleak future for small farms.
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Soil health, Salmon and river pollution, New varieties of apples and pears
Research warns climate change may lead to an increase in river pollution from fertilisers.
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Salmon Farming, Farm magazine, Lake District Farming Officer
Farming Today takes a look at salmon farming and some of the controversy surrounding it.
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Farming Today This Week: Price of Food
Panellists discuss the price of food in front of an audience at Countryfile Live.
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TB in Cumbria, Trade after Brexit, Dutch Cow cull
With a TB outbreak in Cumbria, David Gregory Kumar asks if it could spread to Scotland.
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Rural crime, Sugar beet factory, Farm shop marketing
The chair of the Rural Crime Network explains how they can help farmers protect livestock.
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The true cost of food, global hop shortage, drone regulation
The true cost of food - should farmers be taxed on their impact on the environment?
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Small Farms Research, Game Fair, Sewage Meadows, Pig Production
A new report in praise of small-scale farming.
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The price of food, TB testing for goats, knowledge of the countryside.
When it comes to the price of food, what's the right balance?
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Farming Today This Week: Wales
Charlotte Smith visits a farm in Monmouthshire who supply pigs for charcuterie.