On Your Farm

Getting to the heart of country life with a look at individual farming endeavours

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Wade Dooley Does Things Differently
Iowa, USA, is a land of industrial-scale agriculture but Wade Dooley prefers the old ways.
10 May 2020,22 mins
Bard of the Beef
We meet an Irish writer and farmer struggling with lockdown.
03 May 2020,22 mins
A Spring Like No Other
Caz Graham catches up with the men and women producing our food in tough times.
26 Apr 2020,22 mins
Dairy Traditions
Sarah Swadling meets a young Devon couple dairy farming like their grandparents did.
19 Apr 2020,22 mins
High Fashion Lambs
Verity Sharp joins a fashion conscious farmer for lambing time
01 Mar 2020,22 mins
Pond Life
Anna Hill meets the farmers, scientists and volunteers bringing Norfolk ponds back to life
23 Feb 2020,22 mins
Black Grouse and Blackface Sheep
Sea aagles and black grouse share a farm with Angus MacFadyen and his blackface sheep.
16 Feb 2020,22 mins
Cheese Wars
Caz Graham meets the Erringtons, Scotland's first family of cheese
09 Feb 2020,22 mins
New Generation Mixed Farming
Can you really make money from a small Lake District farm? Caz Graham meets two innovators
02 Feb 2020,22 mins
Yorkshire Skyr
Can English farmers replicate the legendary Icelandic yoghurt?
26 Jan 2020,22 mins
The Floating Farm
35 cows floating in Rotterdam Harbour. Is this the future of farming?
19 Jan 2020,22 mins
Dartmoor Beginners
Verity Sharp meets a young couple farming on Dartmoor
12 Jan 2020,22 mins
Farming for Laughs
Meet farmer and comedy writer Jim Smith
08 Dec 2019,22 mins
Lizard Farming
What is it like to run the most southerly farm in mainland Britain?
01 Dec 2019,22 mins
Carbon Counting
How much does the carbon footprint of a Cumbrian family farm contribute to climate change?
24 Nov 2019,22 mins
Mushroom Soup for the Soul
Verity Sharp goes mushroom collecting with Long Litt Woon
17 Nov 2019,22 mins
Capturing Cumbria
Caz Graham meets farmer and award-winning photographer Amy Bateman.
10 Nov 2019,22 mins
Farming for Beetles
Farmer Sally-Ann Spence has restored chalk grasslands to create a haven for dung beetles.
03 Nov 2019,22 mins
Blessing the Cattle
For centuries the cattle of the west of Ireland have been led for the winter to the Burren
27 Oct 2019,22 mins
Dairy Research
Cutting-edge dairy farming research in the South-West of Scotland.
22 Sep 2019,22 mins
Whiskey: From Field to Glass
Northern Ireland's first new distillery for 125 years uses grain from the owner's farm.
15 Sep 2019,22 mins
The Baking Farmer
JB Gill joins a farmer in Essex who mills his own wheat to bake bread.
08 Sep 2019,22 mins
Follow the Bees
Join Scotland's bee convoy as hundreds of hives are moved to Royal Deeside.
01 Sep 2019,22 mins
Irish Inspiration
John Connell talks about his powerful memoir of life on an Irish farm
25 Aug 2019,22 mins
Curlew Safari
Can the decline in curlew numbers be reversed? One shooting estate has some clever ideas.
18 Aug 2019,22 mins
The Toughest Challenge
Sarah Swadling meets dairy farmer Becci Berry.
11 Aug 2019,22 mins
Mission Impossible: High Country Farming
Iris Scott's New Zealand farm seemed isolated until Tom Cruise dropped in.
04 Aug 2019,22 mins
A Vet's Life
Sid Parker is retiring after 37 years as a farm vet. Caz Graham goes out on his rounds.
28 Jul 2019,22 mins
Great Yorkshire Cheese
Meet the farmers reviving a taste of old Wensleydale
21 Jul 2019,22 mins
Yorkshire Shepherdess
Hill farmer, mother to nine and best-selling author. Join Amanda Owen on her farm.
14 Jul 2019,22 mins