Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Scottish Land, Supermarket Grower, Vets, Cable Theft
Significant changes to land ownership in Scotland are published.
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Groceries Code Adjudicator, EFRA Chairman, Vets
A preview of a survey of food producers' experiences with retailers.
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Farming Today This Week: Staying in Dairy Farming
Tough times for dairy farming, but who is staying in business, and how are they doing it?
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Wind farm subsidies, Europe, Elderflowers, Elton John
The EU agriculture commissioner says that British farmers will lose out from an EU exit.
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Beavers in Scotland, Dairy investment, Pink farm bales
Conservationists want beavers reintroduced in Scotland, but farmers foresee problems.
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Country-of-Origin Labelling for Dairy Products, Quinoa Farm, Organic Cheese
Cheese labelled from the UK may not be made from UK milk - a minister argues for change.
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Permanent Pasture, Farm Drones, the Dairy Industry
A farmer ploughs up his hay field margins to avoid a 'permanent pasture' classification.
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15/06/2015
RPA deadline, the dairy farmer who has decided to leave the industry and BSE.
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Farming Today This Week: Cereals 2015
Charlotte Smith hears about the latest in arable farming at Cereals 2015 in Lincolnshire.
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The case against GM; Court battle to protect bats; Agriculture and the Archers
Do we need GM to feed the world? And why a wildlife trust is going to court over bats.
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GM crops; Sheep dip debate; Large animal rescue
A US government advisor says Europe needs to be better informed about GM crops.
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Sheep Dip Debate, Badger Vaccination Trial, Crop Research
Anna Hill looks at the latest on the sheep dip debate, badger vaccination trials and more.
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GM Foods, Water Runoff, Black Grass
Anna Hill hears from a former GM critic who says it's time to allow all farmers to grow it
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Shortage of skilled UK farm workers, New Waterloo city farm, Soil quality
Charlotte Smith hears why there is a shortage of skilled UK farmworkers.
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Farming Today This Week: Wool
Charlotte Smith takes a look at the British wool industry - from sheep to textiles.
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World Environment Day
£83 million in cuts at Defra, wrapping up food in wool and news of Open Farm Sunday.
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Tackling sheep rustling; Bird flu in America
The police and farmers join forces to tackle sheep rustling.
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Coffee Shop Chain Stops Using Milk From Badger Cull Zone, Mangold Fly Infestations, British Wool Scouring
The reaction to Caffe Nero's decision to not use milk from the badger cull areas.
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Weevils, Learning to Shear, Welsh Livestock Theft
Livestock theft in Wales went up nearly 20 per cent in 2014, according to new figures.
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Sheeponomics: lamb and wool prices
Farmers face a price drop of 25 per cent on last year for lambs.
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Agricultural Shows
Felicity Evans is at the Royal Bath and West Show to see how agricultural shows are faring
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Secretary of State, Campylobacter, TTIP, Litter
Defra secretary Elizabeth Truss says the government will crack down on fly tipping.
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The cost of rural litter, Scottish food exports, Staffordshire Show
How litter in the countryside cost one cereal farmer a contract worth thousands of pounds.
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Imminent Moves to Scrap the Hunting Bill?
With the State Opening of Parliament, are moves to scrap the hunting bill imminent?
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Fracking, Shooting, Agricultural Shows, English Wine
Anna Hill looks at what the first application for fracking in North Yorkshire could mean.
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Flower Confetti
Sybil Ruscoe meets the Bubb family, who grow flowers for biodegradable wedding confetti.
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Farm Innovation
Anna Hill finds out whether farmers and researchers can and do speak the same language.
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Dairy Cooperative
The UK's first dairy-producer organisation is launched. Presented by Charlotte Smith.
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Farm innovation, Lave net fishing, RPA deadlines
Do new rules threaten an ancient way of fishing on the River Severn? With Charlotte Smith.
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Hen Harrier Row, Farming Inventions, British Lamb's Lettuce
Gamekeepers and conservationists are at war over the endangered hen harrier.