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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 05/07/21 Banning caged animal farming; farmland birds.

    Europe moves to ban cages in farming. Farmland birds - a mixed picture.

  2. 03/07/21 - Farming Today This Week: The Sustainable Farming Incentive, the future of arable, the OEP and sugar prices.

    The Highlights from from Cereals 2021.

  3. 02/07/21 The new Office for Environmental Protection, sugar beet prices, green fertilisers

    The Office for Environmental Protection is launched and its chair says it will have teeth.

  4. 01/07/21 Cereals 2021

    Anna Hill visits Cereals 2021 event - in a flat, windy field to talk crops and politics.

  5. 30/06/21 - The 25 Year Environment Plan, barley for Welsh whisky, harvesting elderflowers and Farming for the Future.

    Are the government’s environmental policies "toothless"?

  6. 29/06/21 - An eco-label for food, living mulch and the design of farm buildings

    A new eco-labelling system for food.

  7. 28/06/21 Water quality; Arable farming; Lorry driver shortage

    Farmers told they're not doing enough for water quality. Driver shortage. Growing crops.

  8. 26/06/21 Farming Today This Week: Soil, trade and soft fruit

    Stark warnings from the Climate Change Committee that farmers and consumers need to change

  9. 25/06/21 - The true value of commercial woodland, Farming in Protected Areas and strawberries for Wimbledon

    What kinds of trees should we plant to sequester the most carbon?

  10. 24/06/21 - The Climate Change Committee progress report and Groundswell

    The Climate Change Committee says government is running out of time to make a difference.

  11. 23/06/21 - New trees cut down for new houses, bad weather for bees and robotic fruit harvesting

    Nearly 70,000 trees planted less than a decade ago could be cut down to build new homes.

  12. 22/06/21 - The impact of trade deals, growing blueberries, enhancing habitats around Lough Neagh

    The NFU asks Government for a broad strategy to mitigate the impact of trade deals.

  13. 21/06/21 Tree planting, Arctic Terns, Soft fruit.

    Tree planting targets missed, Covid restrictions affect Arctic Terns, soft fruit.

  14. 19/06/21 Farming Today This Week: Australian trade deal, Jeremy Clarkson's farm, fell runner Joss Naylor

    More on farmers' reaction to the UK/Australia trade deal.

  15. 17/06/21 Natural England's increased role; Australian trade deal; rain harvesting

    More money for Natural England, but more work too; Australian trade deal; harvesting rain.

  16. 17/06/21 Farming's image must change, Jeremy Clarkson's Farm, planting hedgerows for water quality

    A new report says farming needs urgent change to its image.

  17. 16/06/21 Climate Change Committee report, Australian farmers welcome the trade deal, wetlands creation

    Report says the government is not adapting fast enough to risks from climate change.

  18. 15/06/21 The new Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary on the Australian trade deal, Welsh Nitrate Vulnerable Zones, Joss Naylor

    Mairi Gougeon asks for more detail on the Australian trade deal.

  19. 14/06/21 Oat milk battle; Royal Highland Show; Water management

    Oat milk battle; Royal Highland Show; Keeping rivers clean.

  20. 12/06/21 Farming Today This Week: trade deals, farming bitcoin, sausages with protocol

    We talk trade deals, farming bitcoin, and sausages with protocols.

  21. 11/06/21 EU vet agreement; Pigs; New entrants to farming

    Exporters call for vet agreement; Welsh pigs; Attracting new farmers.

  22. 10/06/21 Sausages threatening the NI protocol, crateless farrowing, disturbed seabirds

    Could sausages and chicken nuggets derail the Northern Ireland protocol?

  23. 09/06/21 Grants for farmers to plant trees, planning for ELMS, butchery business recovering from Covid-19

    Nearly £16 million is being offered in grants to farmers to plant more trees.

  24. 08/06/21 Norway trade deal, wilding National Parks, Scottish pigs

    Trade deals: is there too much emphasis on quantity, rather than quality?

  25. 07/06/21 Testing environmental schemes; Wild cats; Pigs

    Hill farmers test plans for new environmental schemes, wild cat comeback, pig industry.

  26. 05/06/21 - Farming Today This Week: Carbon tax, HS2 Ltd, a green recovery and rural tourism

    Should there be a carbon tax on meat?

  27. 04/06/21 Recovery through nature; Farm safety; Rural Tourism

    Nature helping us recover after Covid; psychology of farm safety; rural tourism.

  28. 03/06/21 - Old farming wisdom, topsy-turvy weather, making nature accessible and a farm safari

    How farming is using old knowledge of the land teamed up with the latest tech and science.

  29. 02/06/21 - A carbon tax on meat, landslides in Wales and camping on the farm

    What would a carbon tax mean for agriculture?

  30. 01/06/21 Ombudsman finds HS2 'dishonest', Open Farm Sunday, Britain's farm toys

    We hear one farmer’s battle with HS2 high-speed rail.

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