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Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

Radio 4,29 episodes

Episodes

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05/06/25 - Innovation in agri-tech, Crofting Bill, Open Farm Sunday
Warnings of innovation brain drain without more investment in agri-tech.
05 Jun 2025,14 mins
04/06/25 - Animal disease outbreak preparedness, world hoof trimming cup and algae fertiliser
The government needs a new strategy for tackling animal disease outbreaks, a report says.
04 Jun 2025,14 mins
03/06/25 - Welsh Environment Bill, small abattoirs and smart cattle tech
The Welsh government sets out its plans to protect the environment and punish polluters.
03 Jun 2025,14 mins
02/06/25 - Possible DEFRA budget cuts, falcon breeding and farm innovation
Will England's farming budget survive the spending review?
02 Jun 2025,12 mins
31/05/25 Farming Today This Week: Drought in north west England; new reservoirs; national parks; golden eagles.
Drought is declared in the north west of England. Some farmers say their crops are ruined.
31 May 2025,25 mins
30/05/25 - Galloway National Park turned down, the impact of deer and rare breed ion
Plans for a new national park in Scotland are dropped.
30 May 2025,14 mins
29/05/25 New Reservoirs, Golden Eagles, Coastal National Park
Plans for two new reservoirs to be speeded up.
29 May 2025,14 mins
28/05/2025 - Galloway National Park, UK bioethanol production and fast tractors
Decision day nears for Galloway - will it get the UK's newest National Park?
28 May 2025,14 mins
27/05/25 National Parks, impact of dry weather, plastic in insects.
National Parks, wild camping and fly camping.
27 May 2025,14 mins
26/05/25 - A Wild Night Out in the North Pennines
Naturalists in pursuit of nocturnal wildlife in the Cumbrian Pennines.
26 May 2025,12 mins
24/05/25 - Farming Today This Week: The EU-UK Summit
Caz Graham looks at what the EU-UK Summit means for food, farming and fishing.
24 May 2025,25 mins
23/05/25 - Vet meds, octopuses off Devon, Welsh bTB policy
Fears for the continued supply of veterinary medicine to Northern Ireland.
23 May 2025,14 mins
22/05/25 - Border control posts dubbed the "white elephants of Brexit", seed potato trade, bovine TB in Northern Ireland
Have the millions of pounds spent on border posts been a waste of taxpayers' money?
22 May 2025,14 mins
21/05/2025 The UK-EU deal, badger vaccination, Scottish climate targets
Could the UK-EU deal lead to newly set-up border control facilities being shut down?
21 May 2025,14 mins
20/05/2025 - The UK-EU Summit agreements, the impact of bovine TB
What will the UK-EU Summit agreements mean for food, farming and fishing?
20 May 2025,14 mins
19/05/25 Summit to 'reset' trading between EU and UK. Bovine TB.
The Cornish fishermen who say the EU UK summit to reset relations comes too late.
19 May 2025,12 mins
17/05/25 - Farming Today This Week: US Agriculture Secretary, chlorine chicken, call for inheritance tax pause, Balmoral Show
US Agriculture Secretary visits and MPs call for a delay to inheritance tax on farms.
17 May 2025,25 mins
16/05/25 -The Balmoral Show
Helen Mark reports from the Balmoral Show in Northern Ireland.
16 May 2025,14 mins
15/05/2025 Chlorine-washed chicken, turf farm, poultry housing order lifted
Chlorine-washed chicken: US agriculture secretary says it’s a myth. Is it?
15 May 2025,14 mins
14/05/25 US Agriculture Secretary in UK. Grazing system.
US Agriculture Secretary visits UK to talk about new trade deal.
14 May 2025,14 mins
13/05/25 - SFI update, herbal leys and deep soil carbon testing
A Government error means 1000s of farmers could now get payments they thought they'd lost.
13 May 2025,14 mins
12/05/25 - Ash dieback, viticulture and spring grass growth
The tree disease ash dieback has been less devastating than initially feared.
12 May 2025,12 mins
10/05/25 - Farming Today This Week: India and US trade agreements and their impacts on agriculture, land girls, seed potatoes
Lamb to India and beef to the US - we discuss new trade agreements and agriculture.
10 May 2025,25 mins
9/5/2025 UK trade deal with USA and what it means for British farmers
The UK US trade deal and what it means for British farmers.
09 May 2025,14 mins
080525: rural homelessness, bugs, potatoes, Land Girls
Rural homelessness, bugs, potatoes, Land Girls.
08 May 2025,14 mins
07/05/25 - India Trade Deal, gene edited potatoes and green finance
A new trade deal with India could be good news for UK farmers.
07 May 2025,14 mins
The rise and rise of beef prices, carp growing, agroforestry
What's behind 2025's unprecedented increase in UK farmers' beef prices?
22 Apr 2025,13 mins
Foot and mouth personal meat import ban, gearing up for sheep shearing as overseas shearer visas granted
Travellers banned from bringing meat from the EU into the UK, due to Foot and Mouth risk.
15 Apr 2025,13 mins
12/04/2025 Farming Today This Week: Salmon Farming, Wildfire and Trade
Does the future of salmon farming lie in deeper water?
12 Apr 2025,24 mins