Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Bird flu restrictions; healthy soil; the Leaf/Face merger; Monmouthshire livestock centre
Bird flu restrictions in England are eased; healthy soil; Monmouthshire livestock centre.
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Horses and road safety, Sheep DNA detective work, Learning to be an auctioneer
Horses and road safety, using DNA to catch a sheep rustler and becoming an auctioneer.
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The impact of dry weather, the new anti-litter strategy, and Melton Mowbray livestock market
The impact of dry weather, anti-litter strategy, and Melton Mowbray's livestock market.
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Pollution, Livestock markets, Taste of Scilly
There is a new way forward over the thorny issue of farm pollution in Northern Ireland.
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Farming Today This Week: Food versus fuel - a discussion on energy crops
How much land should be diverted from food production to grow energy crops in the UK?
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America's Pro-Trump Farmers, Glyphosate, German Biofuels and Farm Education
The farmers of Nebraska explain why they're putting their faith in President Trump.
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Farmland birds, Crayfish, Paying for research, Biomass pollution
A green energy scheme on a Midlands farm is being described as a 'living hell'.
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Farm Welfare Post-Brexit, Bio-fuels Cap, Aquaponic Urban Farm
Will animal welfare standards come under pressure post-Brexit?
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Mobile phone masts, insect feed, elephant grass as fuel, record wheat yield
Huge masts could be needed for full phone coverage in the countryside.
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Crops for fuel, Scotland's native bees, the ancient craft of tanning
Growing crops for fuel, saving Scotland's native bees, and the ancient craft of tanning.
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Spring on the farm.
Longer days and warmer weather herald spring and a crucial time in the farming calendar.
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The Great Repeal Bill, Stonehenge, Farming bees
What does the Great Repeal Bill mean for the countryside? Plus farmland at Stonehenge.
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Livestock Markets, Farm Safety, Compost Tea
A look at why livestock markets are so important to rural areas. With Charlotte Smith.
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Lord Plumb on Article 50, bovine TB symposium, potato planting
We ask a veteran of European agricultural policy how he sees the future for UK farming.
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New GM wheat trial, early asparagus, ghost fishing gear
A new GM wheat trial is planted in Hertfordshire which could increase yields significantly
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Neonicotinoids, rural pubs and spring on the farm
Could neonicotinoids be banned outright on fields throughout the EU?
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Farming Today This Week: Farming post-Brexit
Charlotte Smith hosts a debate about the future of food, farming and the environment.
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Food critic and author Jay Rayner on his ideas for a post-Brexit rural economy
Author and food critic Jay Rayner on his ideas for a post-Brexit rural economy.
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Princess Anne on food and farming post-Brexit
The Princess Royal outlines her vision for the rural economy post-Brexit.
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Wetherspoons founder Tim Martin on UK food production post-Brexit
Wetherspoons founder Tim Martin on food and drink production post-Brexit.
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Eden Project founder Sir Tim Smit on a post-Brexit agricultural landscape
Eden Project founder Sir Tim Smit calls for a revolution in attitudes to producing food.
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Germaine Greer on post-Brexit agriculture
Author Germaine Greer talks wildlife and habitat protection in a post-Brexit landscape.
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Farming Today This Week: The war on plant pests and diseases
Sybil Ruscoe visits Pershore College to see their work to combat pests and diseases.
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Equine economy, dog poo bags, biosecurity post Brexit
The value of the equine economy, dog poo and biosecurity after Brexit.
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Dog poo, biorational pesticides, hedgerow conservation, Scottish peatland
What to do with dog poo?
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Brexit Bill, Natural flood management, Potato pests
Agriculture may need its own Brexit bill to be passed by 2020, but is Defra up to it?
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Farming and the countryside after Brexit, Garden centres, the Norfolk Broads
Anna Hill asks if Brexit is a chance to shake up the way rural Britain is run.
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Jam and chutney, Cattle fraud, Plant pests and diseases
We hear how food waste is turned into chutney and we begin a week looking at plant pests.
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Farming and Pollution
What are the links between farming and pollution? Charlotte Smith investigates.
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Environment Agency pollution investigations, history of ploughing, Brexit and Ireland
The Angling Trust says Environment Agency cuts mean delays in pollution prosecutions.