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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 24/10/2023

    The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

  2. 23/10/23 - Seasonal worker treatment, Hereford livestock mart, native oysters

    Seasonal workers on farms inspected by the Home Office complain about their treatment.

  3. 21/10/23 Farming Today This Week: bird flu new research, Welsh farming budget, agricultural education

    Some cautiously good news on bird flu.

  4. 20/10/23 Avian flu new research; Courses in uplands education; Horseback neighbourhood watch.

    Research into bird flu, uplands courses for farmers, and horseback neighbourhood watch.

  5. 19/10/23 Welsh farming budget; Scottish floods; Drone course

    Cuts to Welsh farming budget, flooded Scottish farms, plus course for agricultural drones.

  6. 18/10/23 Shetland trawlers, digital agriculture, Syrian farmer in Northern Ireland

    Trawler operators in Scotland say lives are being put at risk by dangerous behaviour.

  7. 17/10/23 Inquiry into land-based education; Rural skills in Scotland. Reducing emissions from livestock; Coracle fishing

    Are young people learning the skills agriculture needs? Inquiry into land-based education.

  8. 16/10/23 SNP Conference; Dentists for fishermen; Land-based education.

    SNP Conference and the party's rural policies; Dentists for fishers; Land-based education.

  9. 14/10/23 Farming Today This Week: Producing food versus producing energy, controversial green label for Red Tractor

    Green Red Tractor: farmers being asked to enhance retailers' green credentials for free?

  10. 13/10/2023 Renewables, Natural Capital, Grape-Picking

    Where to put renewables. How to value the social and cultural value of uplands. Vineyard.

  11. 12/10/2023 Solar farms and tenanted land; Wind farms; Blackberry beer

    Couple win fight against solar farm on tenant farm. Wind farms. Blackberry beer.

  12. 11/10/23 Gene editing to prevent bird flu, new green label for Red Tractor, pears.

    Scientists have used gene editing techniques in chickens to limit the spread of bird flu.

  13. 10/10/2023 Scottish floods; Mental health campaign; Agro-forestry.

    Big floods in Scotland; Farm manager behind global mental health campaign; Agro-forestry.

  14. 09/10/23 Wildfire recovery; Labour rural policies; Clyde Valley orchards.

    Recovery after Scottish wildfire; Labour policies on rural affairs; Clyde Valley orchards.

  15. 07/10/23 Farming Today This Week: HS2 and farms affected, hormone-treated beef row, root veg

    What happens next? We hear from farmers along what was to be the HS2 line.

  16. 06/10/23 Labour shortages and migrant workers; 100 years of young farmers; Exotic root veg

    Shortage occupation list; 100 years of young farmers clubs in Scotland; Exotic root veg.

  17. 05/10/23 HS2 and farmers affected; Milk prices; Parsnips

    The cancellation of HS2 and its impact on farmers. Milk prices. Scottish parsnips.

  18. 04/10/23 Hormone-treated beef row; Migration review; Carrots

    Beef about beef at the Conservative Party Annual Conference. Migration review. Carrots.

  19. 03/09/23 Conservative policies on rural affairs; Scottish Agriculture Bill; New variety of salad potatoes

    Conservative party conference. Scottish Agriculture Bill. New variety of salad potato.

  20. 02/10/23 Beavers in Scotland; Root veg; Cocksfoot grass

    Re-introducing wild beavers in Scotland. Root vegetables. Cocksfoot grass to improve soil.

  21. 30/09/23 - Farming Today This Week: The State of Nature, rural youth groups and nature writing

    Charlotte Smith brings you the week's rural news

  22. 29/09/23 Windsor Framework; Overfishing; Harvest poetry.

    Windsor Framework; conservation charity takes legal action over fishing; harvest poems.

  23. 28/09/2023 State of Nature report; Nature writing in Wales

    Decline in UK nature, charted by State of Nature report. Nature writing in Wales.

  24. 27/09/2023 Agri centres that support innovation in farming merge; Nature writing

    Three of the UK's agri-tech centres are to merge. Nature writing.

  25. 26/09/23 Dairy haulier in administration; Biodiversity audit of coastline; Nature writing

    Dairy haulier in administration. Coastal bio-diversity audit. Nature writing.

  26. 25/09/23 Services for young people in rural areas; Lib Dems and farming; Nature writing

    Youth services in rural areas. Lib Dem vision for farming and environment. Nature writing.

  27. 23/09/23 - Farming Today This Week: de-banking, rural crime and muck

    Charlotte Smith brings you the week's rural news.

  28. 22/09/23 Tree planting in Wales; Turkeys and avian flu; Rural buses; Local barley for local beer.

    Tree planting in Wales; Turkey farmers and avian flu; Rural buses; Barley for local beer.

  29. 21/09/23 Lough Neagh pollution; Sustainable beef; Creating a vineyard.

    Toxic algae on Lough Neagh. Supermarket's sustainable beef range. Vineyard creation.

  30. 20/09/23 Shooting businesses say they're being de-banked; Ukrainian students; Barley for beer

    Shooting businesses say they're being de-banked. Ukrainian students in UK. Barley & beer.

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