Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Farming Tour election tour - Scotland, Wales, NI
Anna Hill visits Scotland's Rural College and talks to staff and students.
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Election Tour - Future of Subsidies
Farming Today is at a Midlands livestock auction to hear farmers' election thoughts.
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Election Special: Migrant labour, trade and environment
Anna Hill visits a veg grower in East Anglia as part of Farming Today's pre-election tour.
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Rural services
Farming Today starts a week of pre-election programmes, beginning with rural services.
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Farming Today This Week: Gloucester Farmers' Market
Sybil Ruscoe visits Gloucester Farmers' Market to ask how easy it is to sell direct.
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Wildlife footage in court, Scottish Forestry and food by subscription
Why RSPB Scotland is frustrated at the way wildlife crime is dealt with in court.
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Insects as Food, First-time Voters, Glyphosate; Veg Boxes
A new report suggests that insects and plants could replace half the meat in our diet.
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Small business funding, Montagu's harriers, Young farmers in Northern Ireland
After Brexit, what happens to the funding that rural businesses currently get from the EU?
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Raven attacks on lambs, Food Assembly, Crops for bio-mass benefit the brown hare
Reports of flocks of raven targeting very young lambs and killing them are growing.
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Alternative food networks; Water buffalo; Reservoirs on farms
Charlotte Smith speaks to Mike Goodman about the rise of Alternative Food Networks.
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Farming Today This Week: Creating Space for Nature
Charlotte Smith visits a Somerset farm where EU funds have seen environmental success.
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BVD, Space for Nature project and Pillar 2 funding, Drought
Low rainfall is affecting large parts of the country and having an impact on farms.
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Robocrop, Glastir planting, EU agricultural reform
Charlotte Smith speaks to the WWF about their call for reform to the CAP.
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Lords EU Report, Pillar II, Tree planting, Stone curlews
A Lords committee warns that agriculture must be central to Brexit trade negotiations.
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British pork, Scottish seaweed, Pillar 2
Charlotte Smith speaks to a retailer about their move to only sell British pork.
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Mike Tucker - Badminton, broadcasting and beef breeding
A herd of Cotswold Wagyu cattle could lead the way in changing tastes for luxury beef.
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Farming Today This Week: Vegan debate
Four panellists discuss veganism and its implications for British farming.
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Pulse grower, lupins, vegan nutrition
Charlotte Smith speaks to a producer who sources UK-grown pulses and beans.
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Neonicotinoids, Tofu dairy, Film about farmers
Sybil Ruscoe has the latest on the ban preventing farmers using neonicotinoid pesticides.
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Aid for Small Dairy Farms, Complaints About Slurry, the Taste of Beef, UK Grown Soya
Cash help of more than £8 million is being given to small dairy farms.
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Marine Protection, Vegan Alcoholic Drinks, Healthier Wheat
A new report says the government's not doing enough to protect the marine environment.
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Mustard revival and the rise in veganism
Charlotte Smith hears about the rise in veganism and the reaction of farmers.
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Farming Today This Week: New Zealand
How has New Zealand become a top exporter of lamb and beef without the help of subsidies?
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New Zealand lamb exports, potato blight, Dairy Aid Scheme
New Zealand lamb exports after Brexit, potato blight origins and the Dairy Aid Scheme.
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Hen perches, NZ Dairy farmers, Dry weather
The RSPCA wants egg producers to install more perches for hens. But is this a good thing?
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The general election, Weetabix sale, New Zealand subsidies
What will the snap general election mean for the farming community?
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Elver poaching, Peat in compost, Yorkshire whisky, New Zealand farming
The Environment Agency is cracking down on elver poaching on the River Severn.
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The Glory of Gloucesters
The Old Gloucester is an ancient cattle breed but does it have a role in the 21st century?
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Farming Today This Week - Livestock markets
Sybil Ruscoe looks at the UK's livestock auctions on their 200th anniversary.
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James Oswald
James Oswald, the farmer and popular crime writer, on his farm overlooking the River Tay.