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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 22/03/21 Covid's impact on food and farming; Rural buses; Pop-up campsites.

    The impact of Covid on food and farming; Report into rural buses; Pop-up campsites.

  2. 20/03/21 Farming Today This Week: Litter picking, food fraud, pigs getting fatter

    Today marks the spring equinox and time for spring cleaning - outside as well as in.

  3. 19/03/21 Dog attacks; Hare shooting; Hungry gap.

    Preventing livestock worrying. Could changes to shooting rules protect hares? Hungry gap.

  4. 18/03/21 The ongoing problem of fat pigs, storing cabbages, US trade deal and UK agriculture

    The ongoing problem of fat pigs - pig farmers call for more help from retailers.

  5. 17/03/21 Reductions in cod catches, lamb and beef prices buoyant, hungry gap imports, AHDB horticulture levy

    The UK strikes its first post-Brexit fishing deal with the EU and Norway.

  6. 16/03/21 I'm a Celebrity's invasive crayfish, food fraud post-Brexit, cucumbers in glasshouses

    Are we more at risk from food crime as a result of leaving the EU? And illegal crayfish.

  7. Import inspection issues, the hunger gap, New oat drink factory

    UK producers are being disadvantaged by a delay in food and live animal inspections.

  8. 13/03/21 Farming Today This Week: good news for Welsh tourism, money and public goods, labour shortages, lynx and wolves

    Some good news for farms with holiday cottages in Wales.

  9. 12/03/21 Lynx and rewilding; Shellfish; Online bull auction.

    Task force to look at reintroducing lynx & wolves; Shellfish exports; Online bull auction.

  10. 11/03/21 Sustainable Farming Initiative, sustainable beef

    We discuss a new scheme to pay English farmers for sustainable farming.

  11. 10/03/21 Labour shortage risks exploitation, tree planting, beef data

    Is a labour shortage in the fields putting workers at risk?

  12. 09/03/21 Food standards in trade deals, rural tourism, artificial insemination

    We discuss 'equivalence' in food production for future trade deals.

  13. 08/03/21 Hare coursing; Zero carbon supermarket suppliers; Beef

    Hare coursing survey, supermarket sets net zero targets for farm suppliers, beef industry.

  14. Farming Today This Week: Gene editing, chicken microbiome, horse milk

    The pros and cons of gene editing in plants and animals.

  15. 05/03/03: Slurry ban; Bioethanol in petrol; Gene-edited tomatoes; Councils rewilding

    The Welsh Parliament has voted to uphold strict new rules on spreading slurry.

  16. 04/03/21: Budget support for rural businesses, chicken microbiome, gene editing in developing countries

    The budget is getting a mixed reception from rural groups.

  17. 03/03/21: Gene editing consultation, gene edited livestock, horse milk

    Campaigners question the way the public consultation on gene editing is being run.

  18. 02/03/21: Trade and Agriculture Commission report, genetic editing burnt toast, plans for agricultural shows

    Could gene-editing make your burnt toast safer?

  19. 01/03/21 Gene editing, tree guards, food waste

    Gene editing, bio-degradable tree guards made from wool, saving surplus crops.

  20. 27/02/21: Farming Today This Week: Trawling, Fly-tipping, Locusts

    How Brexit is affecting UK trawling vessels, and the cost of clearing up fly-tipping.

  21. 26/02/02 Distant waters fishing fleet and quotas, river rubbish, Farmer Time.

    Distant fishing fleet and fishing minister on quota deals, river rubbish and Farmer Time.

  22. 25/02/21: Fly-tipping, Pulse Trawling, International Trade

    Calls for tougher fly-tipping penalties as figures suggest more waste being dumped.

  23. 24/02/21: NFU Conference, Labour Agriculture review, Fish markets

    The National Farmers Union demands 'levelling up' for rural areas at annual conference.

  24. 23/02/21 - George Eustice on shellfish, flower pickers, on farm diversification and the future of farm payments

    Anna Hill quizzes DEFRA Secretary of State George Eustice.

  25. 22/02/21: Horticulture trade; Trawling; Rural Crime

    The horticulture industry calls for urgent action to solve Northern Irish trade disruption

  26. 20/02/21 Farming Today This Week: Carbon offsetting, foot and mouth anniversary, rural services

    How Microsoft is using Australian cattle ranches to offset its carbon emissions.

  27. 19/02/21: Rural home care; 20 years since Foot & Mouth; Neonic derogation

    Companies providing rural home care reduce services due to staff shortages and high costs.

  28. 18/02/21: Xylella disease, Loneliness and connectivity, Tractor loans

    New plant import restrictions are announced to protect GB against Xylella disease.

  29. 17/02/21: Growers levy ballot, NI Cattle, Rural buses, Soggy Beet

    Anna Hill hears about debate over how results of the AHDB levy vote should be interpreted.

  30. 16/01/21: Farmed Fish Slaughter; Mental Health; Rural Services

    Calls for tougher regulations to protect the welfare of farmed fish during slaughter.

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