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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 18/10/21 - Attracting new butchers, Small abattoirs, Apple harvest

    How do we attract a new generation of butchers?

  2. 16/10/21 Temporary visas for foreign butchers, science in agriculture, huntsman found guilty of encouraging illegal fox hunting

    Reaction to the Government's solution to the current problems facing pig farmers.

  3. 15/10/21 - Pig culling, sheep vaccines and NI Protocol

    Pig farmers await government action to avert a widespread cull.

  4. Young people in rural areas: outpriced and overlooked; bee foraging research, funeral barrow

    Young people outpriced and overlooked in the countryside.

  5. 13/10/21 Fertiliser prices, pig industry crisis, cucumbers grown under ETFE

    Pig farmers making progress to solve the backlog - but will it happen soon enough?

  6. 12/10/21 Farming Today marks BBC Radio 4’s Day of the Scientist

    How collaboration between agricultural and human health scientists will bring about change

  7. 11/10/21 Pesticide regulation, history of science in agriculture, woodland ground cover plants

    Today the science of farming - from the beginnings to the latest challenges.

  8. 09/10/21 - Farming Today This Week: The future of the pig industry and UK wine production

    UK pig farmers are facing their biggest challenge in decades - what does the future hold?

  9. 08/10/21 Luke Pollard and Tim Farron on the pig crisis, survey finds trust in British food, small vineyard

    A fall in the pig price as the backlog of animals stuck on farms continues to grow.

  10. 07/10/21 Calls for financial support for pig farmers

    The SNP calls on the Government to provide financial support to help the pig industry.

  11. 06/10/21 Meat processors disagree with George Eustice over imported meat and labour; wine innovation

    Does the Government have its head in the sand over problems in the pig sector?

  12. 05/10/21 Shortage of vets to carry out pig culls on farms, wine tourism

    Pigs backed up on farms - would there be enough vets to carry out culls if needed?

  13. 04/10/21 Fertiliser shortage threatens food security, English and Welsh wines

    Warnings that yields of crops may be down next year because of a shortage of fertiliser.

  14. 02/10/21 - Farming Today This Week: The Food Supply Chain Crisis

    Charlotte Smith chairs a panel of experts trying to solve the food supply chain crisis.

  15. 01/10/21 Shortage of daffodil pickers, warnings that fishing will lose £300 million, army veteran farmer

    More worries about the lack of workers on farms - this time from flower growers.

  16. 30/09/21 Vertical farming, post-Brexit livestock trade, new entrants working with mum and dad

    Can vertical indoor farming avoid the problems traditional growers are currently facing?

  17. 29/09/21 New plans for gene editing, pig industry left out of temporary worker visas, £30 per hour to pick broccoli

    New plans to allow scientists to use gene editing to develop new strains of crops.

  18. 28/09/21 - Visas for poultry workers, vet retention, vet shortage

    Short-term visas for poultry workers in the run-up to Christmas - but will people come?

  19. 27/09/21 - Labour's "rural renaissance", ancient grains, jobs in food and farming

    A "rural renaissance" from Labour - we get the details.

  20. 25/09/21 Defra Secretary says food price rises 'undeniable', farming and C02, Wales and NI's post-Brexit farm payments, muck

    After a difficult week for the food supply chain, will consumers pick up the bill?

  21. 24/09/21 - George Eustice on labour and food prices, slurry bags and farming succulents

    George Eustice says increased fuel costs and labour shortages mean food prices will rise.

  22. 23/09/21 - Lamb exports to the US, NI subsidy hike, sewage sludge and glasshouse gas use

    How long will it take for UK lamb to return to American menus?

  23. 22/09/21 Calls for a more secure supply of C02, Wales' future farm support, anaerobic digester

    CO2 production could be coming back - but there are calls for a more secure supply.

  24. Poultry farmers call and the CO2 crisis, blanket bog restoration, phosphate pollution on the River Wye

    CO2 shortage: poultry farmers predict food shortages and animal welfare consequences.

  25. 20/09/21 Fertiliser factories halt production; Muck; Chelsea Flower Show

    Farms face fertiliser shortage. Muck and its uses on farm. RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

  26. 18/09/21 Farming Today This Week: Labour shortages, potatoes, lack of interest in the new environmental funding scheme

    Labour shortages - from dumping milk to the pigs stuck on farms.

  27. 17/09/21 Pig processing crisis, potatoes, emotional wellbeing of livestock

    Pig industry crisis. App for the wellbeing of livestock. Rare potato collection.

  28. 16/09/21 Inquiry into labour crisis in food chain, potato harvesting, integrating trees into farming

    MPs launch inquiry into how labour and trade issues are affecting the food supply chain.

  29. 15/09/21 New trade deals, self sufficiency in food, cow loo, chips processed on farms

    How does protecting British farming square with opening up new international trade?

  30. 14/09/21 Driver shortages: farmers told to dump milk; seed potato research; dressage horse breeding

    Farmers dumping milk because of driver shortages - what are the impacts on the industry?

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