Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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16/02/2011
Anna Hill hears suggestions that more horses should be slaughtered for meat in the UK.
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15/02/2011
British farmers predict that in 10 years' time half of UK food could be imported.
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14/02/2011
Concern over who will continue the tradition of commoning in the New Forest.
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Charlotte Smith helps with lambing and asks why the meat is costing so much.
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11/02/2011
Charlotte Smith hears claims Government cuts could allow animal disease into the UK.
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10/02/2011
Warnings that student tuition fees of up to £45,000 could lead to fewer farm vets.
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09/02/2011
Warnings that horses are being abandoned due to the high price of hay.
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08/02/2011
The UK dairy industry body backs controversial plans for a mega-dairy in Lincolnshire.
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07/02/2011
As lamb prices soar, Charlotte Smith hears the first breaths of a new-born lamb.
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Ten years after the 2001 Foot and Mouth crisis, are we better prepared now?
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04/02/2011
Magnets might save cows from accidentally eating lethal scrap metal.
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03/02/2011
Charlotte Smith hears calls for a pay rise and an extra day off for farm workers.
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02/02/2011
The farmers behind plans for the UK's biggest dairy speak out over pollution concerns.
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01/02/2011
Anna Hill hears claims that pheasants missed by shooters are damaging our ecosystems.
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31/01/2011
Ten years on from the 2001 foot and mouth crisis, a warning the country is at risk again.
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Charlotte Smith asks what this week's Foresight report means for British farmers.
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28/01/2011
Charlotte Smith hears a court ruling could mean more polytunnels in protected landscapes.
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27/01/2011
More of England's forests could be up for sale.
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26/01/2011
Scientists are developing GM crops which could create their own fertiliser.
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25/01/2011
UK farmers must start to produce significantly more food, a government study says.
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24/01/2011
How might farmers feed a world population of nine billion people by 2050?
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Charlotte Smith traces food back to its source.
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21/01/2011
Pig farmers say they're losing 20 pounds on every pig and the consumer should pay more.
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20/01/2011
The scientist who believes locusts, crickets and mealworms are the food of the future.
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19/01/2011
Objections to plans for the country's biggest dairy due to risk of water contamination.
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18/01/2011
A warning rural petrol stations could disappear by the end of the decade.
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17/01/2011
Should livestock be taken out of the livestock market?
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Applications to agricultural college are on the rise.
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14/01/2011
Reaction to the creation of the world's first GM chicken by British scientists.
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13/01/2011
Cauliflowers are rotting in the fields due to the harsh winter.