Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

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08/06/26 Brown or white eggs? The outlook for cereal farmers
The big egg debate: brown or white?
08 Jun 2026,12 mins
06/06/26 - Farming Today This Week: Dartmoor ponies, water voles and land-based jobs
Could new upland grazing rules mean the loss of Dartmoor ponies?
06 Jun 2026,25 mins
05/06/26 Dartmoor ponies, upland economics, Open Farm Sunday
Fears that Dartmoor may lose its iconic ponies.
05 Jun 2026,14 mins
04/06/26 High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged abattoirs, hydropower funding, upland farmer groups
A victory for abattoirs as High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged them.
04 Jun 2026,14 mins
03/06/26 EU trade agreement, peat restoration and water voles, Scottish uplands
EU alignment - farmers says it's hard to get ready for the change without more detail.
03 Jun 2026,14 mins
02/06/26 Rural skills gap, upland farming in Wales, Future Countryside.
Jobs in farming, fishing and forestry are not being filled because of a "skills squeeze".
02 Jun 2026,14 mins
01/06/26 Cost of wildfires, methane from sheep, upland farming
Mega wildfires - UK is the latest member of a club no one wants to join.
01 Jun 2026,12 mins
30/05/26 - Farming Today This Week: pig supply chain problems, hot weather impacts and singing farmers
Charlotte Smith looks at the biggest rural stories of the week.
30 May 2026,25 mins
29/05/26 Water abstraction, food inflation, local food systems.
Will the record breaking heat hit farmers irrigation plans this summer?
29 May 2026,14 mins
28/05/26 Rural crime, restoring signposts, Welsh food project
Rural crime - how countryside communities working together foiled organised criminals.
28 May 2026,14 mins
27/05/26 Heatwave and water shortages - the impact on farming, Scottish farm co-operative.
How are livestock farmers keeping their animals cool in the heat?
27 May 2026,14 mins
26/05/26 Mounting pressure for Scottish pig farmers, funding for rural churches, selling farm produce at markets
Pig farmers in Scotland say 10% of their national herd has gone to waste.
26 May 2026,14 mins
25/05/26 - The History of Crofting
Richard Baynes explores the history of crofting.
25 May 2026,12 mins
23/05/26 Farming Today This Week: red diesel, Gulf trade deal, Climate Change Committee report, regen tenancies, flowers.
We ask what the latest government cost of living measures mean for farmers.
23 May 2026,25 mins
22/05/2026 Gulf trade deal, tax cut on red diesel, cuts to tariffs on food imports, flowers, farmers going out of business
We ask what the latest government cost of living measures mean for farmers.
22 May 2026,14 mins
21/05/26 Drought report, impact of Middle East war on berry growers, farm flower garden.
New report from House of Lords warns taps could run dry if we don't manage water better.
21 May 2026,14 mins
20/05/26 Climate Change Committee report, EU alignment, flower grower hub.
What does the latest Climate Change Committee report mean for farmers?
20 May 2026,14 mins
19/05/26 Pollution from moorland burning, Duchy of Cornwall regen tenancies, tulips.
Moorland management - to burn or not to burn?
19 May 2026,14 mins
18/05/26: Grow more British flowers, new hands at the wheel of Red Tractor, hare coursing crackdown
A call for more British flower growers to set up in business to meet blooming demand.
18 May 2026,12 mins
16/05/26 Farming Today This Week: too many pigs, new strategy to tackle animal disease, call for caged eggs ban, Balmoral Show
Too many pigs, not enough space: farmers struggling to sell their livestock
16 May 2026,25 mins
15/05/2026 Balmoral Show, Northern Ireland
A celebration of Northern Ireland's food and farming at the Balmoral Show.
15 May 2026,14 mins
14/05/26 New strategy to combat pig disease, farming issues in the King's Speech, sepsis risk for farmers
New strategies for tackling African Swine Fever.
14 May 2026,14 mins
13/05/26 Pig supply, Northumberland National Park, profitability of farms in Northern Ireland
Some farmers lose supermarket contracts as the pig supply chain takes a downturn.
13 May 2026,14 mins
12/05/26 Farming in Wales after Senedd elections; mapping soils in Northern Ireland; new national plant health centre
What will a new Welsh government mean for agriculture?
12 May 2026,14 mins
11/05/26: Cage eggs ban call, University vineyard, Environment watchdog on NI water quality
The UK's environment watchdog says Northern Ireland needs to improve water quality policy.
11 May 2026,12 mins