Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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UN report on pesticides, Hare coursing in Scotland, Budget and rural pubs
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Charlotte Smith.
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Fishing accidents and drug use, Farm pollution and slurry, International Womens' Day
Evidence of fishermen taking drugs while working out at sea, putting their lives at risk.
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British sugar production, free range milk and paying for pollution.
Should British supermarkets stock UK grown sugar to give consumers a choice?
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Deer poaching, Fairtrade and Brexit, Agricultural pollution
The impact of Brexit on the poorest countries; deer poaching; and agricultural pollution.
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Farming Careers
Sybil Ruscoe talks farming careers to students at the Royal Agricultural University.
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Fly-tipping, Scottish agriculture post-Brexit, Young farming entrepreneurs
Fly-tipping on private land in the countryside is costing millions of pounds.
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Careers for EU workers in UK farming, Selling farm produce to Millennials, The Postman Poet
Making a career in British farming: two EU migrant workers discuss their paths.
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Defra cuts, bird flu, Scottish moorland, farming careers
Presented by Anna Hill. Defra faces more responsibilities and even larger cuts.
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Change to bird flu restrictions, fall in the price of farm land, soil as a carbon store
Presented by Anna Hill. New avian flu rules have been brought in overnight.
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Career options for new entrants to UK farming, Contraception for squirrels
Charlotte Smith hears about the career options for new entrants to the farming industry.
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Animal welfare, Bristol veterinary school, Inside an abattoir, Kosher and halal rules for animal slaughter
Animal welfare from the University of Bristol Vet School Farm.
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German government meat ban, US animal welfare standards, New broccoli research
Why a meat-free diet is becoming a controversial issue in the German elections.
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Halal and stunning livestock; Green Party vision for farming post-Brexit; Business Rates
Charlotte Smith asks whether the killing of animals without stunning can be humane.
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NFU Conference 2017
Farming Today reports from the first NFU Conference since the Brexit vote.
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Council Tenant Farm sell-off, annual organic report & animal welfare in the slaughterhouse
Council tenant farm sell-off, annual organic report, animal welfare in the slaughterhouse.
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UK sugar beet industry and farm animal welfare
The UK sugar beet industry predicts a bumper year.
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Farming Today This Week - Care in the countryside
Do people in rural areas get poorer care than those in urban Britain?
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Irish police farm raid, Archers symposium, James Herriot in Moscow and retired farmers
Irish police farm raid, an Archers symposium, James Herriot in Moscow and retired farmers.
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Rural mental health; Rabbit farming
Mental health in agriculture and a row about rabbit farming.
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Icelandic fishing strike, Community hospitals, Tenant farmers in Cambridgeshire
Caz Graham hears why Grimsby is being hit hard by the Icelandic trawler strike.
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Sheep worrying, Rural bus routes, Disused oil rigs
Insurers say the cost of dog attacks on livestock could hit almost £1.5 million a year.
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Rural care, geothermal heating and cider making
Rural care funding, geothermal heating and cider making.
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Farming Today This Week: Agricultural Imports and Exports
Charlotte Smith asks what Brexit could mean for UK agricultural imports and exports.
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Avian flu, Billy goat meat, Brexit imports and exports
Avian flu restrictions, producing billy goat meat and Brexit imports and exports.
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Welsh Brexit row, Cider exports, NFU neonicotinoid application, Natural Capital Committee report
Welsh anger at minister snub, cider exports, and the NFU neonicotinoids bid.
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Farmers struggling to recruite migrant workers, New NFUS President, Wild boar in Forest of Dean
UK farmers struggling to recruit migrant workers are offering improved accommodation.
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Bird flu restrictions flouted
A look at evidence of a poultry keeper flouting laws preventing the spread of bird flu.
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Livestock health and fewer disease surveillance centres in England; food import and exports after Brexit
How could the UK agriculture's import/export patterns change after Brexit?
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Sheep Industry
A look at the health of the UK sheep industry, from a farm in the Brecon Beacons.
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Europe's reforming the CAP - again; Potato seed storage; Welsh sheepdogs
Europe is reforming the CAP - again. Charlotte Smith asks: should we care?