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  1. 11/07/23 Seasonal workers; peas for drought; farm water shortages

    Report says seasonal workers in the horticulture industry are vulnerable to exploitation.

  2. 10/07/23 Water supplies in farming, climate change impact on bees, gas detectors in barley fields

    Could water shortages threaten farm incomes and food security?

  3. 08/07/23 Farming Today This Week. Eggs: hatchery; beak trimming; free-range to barn; bird flu and vaccine. UK-grown flowers.

    Which comes first the chicken or the egg? A look at egg production.

  4. 07/07/23 Egg laying hen hatchery, beak trimming, hunt prosecutions, cheese making

    How close are we to banning the trimming of chicks’ beaks?

  5. 06/07/23 Vaccination still not an option for tackling bird flu, smashing eggs, farming flowers

    Chief vet says vaccination is still not an option for tackling bird flu in free-range hens

  6. 05/07/23 Highly Protected Marine Areas; Animal waste; Egg packing.

    Fishermen's concerns about three new highly protected marine areas in English waters.

  7. 04/07/23 Bird flu and egg production; Bovine TB and badger cull; Hottest June

    Egg production and avian influenza: producers call for a vaccine.

  8. 03/07/23 Methane in sheep; Egg producers; Smooth snakes.

    Measuring methane in sheep to breed an animal with a low carbon footprint.

  9. 01/07/23 Farming Today This Week: review into labour shortages in the food supply chain, bacon, fruit pickers speak out.

    A review into labour shortages in the food supply chain identifies critical issues.

  10. 30/06/23 Labour shortage review; Highly protected marine zones; Nitrates and bacon

    A review into labour shortages in the food supply chain is about to be published.

  11. 29/06/23 Welsh Agriculture Bill; Pig abattoir; Silver Lapwing conservation award.

    Welsh Agriculture Bill voted in by the Senedd, what will it mean for farmers in Wales?

  12. 28/06/23 Climate Change Committee report; tenant farmers; pig market.

    Climate Change Committee less confident about net zero goals than it was a year ago.

  13. 27/06/23 Woodland investment plan; Scottish ferries; rearing pigs for bacon.

    The Woodland Trust is calling for a billion pounds to rescue England's ancient woodlands.

  14. 26/06/23 Fruit pickers speak out, Scotland's new food strategy, the price of bacon

    Seasonal migrant workers who pick our veg speak out about 'shocking' working conditions.

  15. 24/06/23 Farming Today This Week: The Royal Highland Show

    Charlotte Smith visits the Royal Highland Show.

  16. 23/06/23 Royal Highland Show: food & drink; agricultural policy; sheep and robots.

    Reporting from the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh.

  17. 22/06/2023 Royal Highland Show: Golden Shears competition; farming policy; Clydesdales.

    The Royal Highland Show - international sheep shearing and Clydesdales.

  18. 21/06/23 Sustainable Farm Incentive; Methane testing and Sheep

    The long awaited detail of the new 'Sustainable Farming Incentive' is published.

  19. 20/06/23 Wildfires; rural broadband; giant hogweed and sheep.

    Experts say number of wildfires set to increase in future, how can land be manged to help?

  20. 19/06/2023 Soy in animal feed, Grading wool, Sheep

    Calls for farmers to grow more protein crops and reduce amount of imported soy in feed.

  21. 17/06/23 Farming Today This Week: Farm deaths, tree planting targets missed, small abattoirs, estate management

    The tree planting targets England never reaches, and more people die on UK farms.

  22. 16/06/23 Farm deaths, tree planting targets, estate tourism

    18 people have died on farms this year, almost double at this time last year, we ask why.

  23. 15/06/23 Tree planting targets; Environmental Land Management Schemes; Gamekeeping

    Tree-planting targets; ELMs and income foregone; Gamekeeping on an agricultural estate.

  24. 14/06/23 Antibiotic use in pigs; Dual purpose sheep; Estate livestock and conservation

    Reduction in pig antibiotics, Welsh sheep good for lamb and wool and estate conservation.

  25. 13/06/23 Small abattoirs, Cereals, Farm accounts

    Small abattoirs. Predicted fall in profits for cereal farmers. Farm accounts.

  26. 12/06/23 Pheasant shoots taking legal action against government, Holkham Estate, solar farms for bees

    The shooting organisation BASC says it is taking legal action against the government.

  27. 10/06/23 Farming Today This Week; Ukraine dam breach; Combine harvester challenge; Gene editing; Insect decline.

    Ukraine dam breach, combine challenge, rural action plan, gene editing, insect decline.

  28. 09/06/23 Global wheat prices following the Ukraine dam breach, genetic modification, Dartmoor farm in London

    How have global wheat prices been affected by the news of the Ukrainian breached dam?

  29. 08/06/23 Insect declines and food security, combine challenge, quick-cook gene edited potatoes

    Why declining insect populations are a risk to UK food security.

  30. 07/06/23 Future countryside conference; gene-edited wheat.

    Future Countryside Conference. Gene-edited wheat.

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