Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Farming Today This Week: Bovine TB and badgers
In the week the badger cull resumed, Charlotte Smith looks at the whole issue of bovine TB
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Free-range eggs, TB testing for shows, Cute sheep
Discussion of the long-term sustainability of free-range egg farms.
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Bovine TB Cattle Vaccine, New EU Agriculture Commissioner, Poaching
Farming news with Charlotte Smith, including a new agriculture commissioner in Europe.
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Badger vaccination, Cull marksman, Tilling machinery
A farmer weighs up the options of whether or not to vaccinate badgers.
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Badger cull
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Anna Hill.
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Badger Cull
Charlotte Smith hears from a farmer who was in the badger cull zone last year.
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Farming Education
Charlotte Smith goes back to school to discuss farming on the curriculum.
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Elliot report; Antibiotics in livestock
The Elliott report on tackling food crime, and antibiotic use in livestock.
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Scottish chicken industry, Self-diagnosis, Career changes
Concerns over the future of the Scottish chicken industry. With Charlotte Smith.
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Milk, Fly-grazing, Apprenticeships
Farmers call for the EU to step in over falling milk prices.
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Milk Prices, Texas Drought, Farm Education
Dairy farmers face a big blow as further cuts to milk prices are announced for October.
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Hedges, Fishing Nets, Farm Education
A fisherman in Yorkshire teaches Americans how to reduce deaths of seabirds in gillnets.
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Countryside Access
Sybil Ruscoe takes a look at the issue of access to the countryside.
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Badger Trust conference, Coastal path, Quagga mussel
Is farming man's biggest mistake in history? With Sybil Ruscoe.
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Red squirrel disease, Rural broadband, Countryside access
A form of leprosy found in Scotland's red squirrels is a mystery to scientists.
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Badger cull, Hare coursing, Grain port
The number of badgers to be shot in this year's pilot badger cull has been cut.
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Farm fires, Ospreys, Dredging, Land access
Research shows that farm fires cost the industry more than £50m in 2013.
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The Farm Shop on the Motorway
Local produce on the M5 northbound. Meet the farmers supplying Gloucester Services.
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Farming Today This Week: Rural Tourism
Caz Graham looks at what rural tourism brings to the countryside.
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22/08/2014
Caz Graham looks back 40 years to a badger-gassing trial in South Gloucestershire.
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Fishing ban, Russian imports, Rural tourism
Fishermen banned off the Lancashire coast where a windfarm is being built.
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UN aid, Russia import ban, Bog snorkelling
A UN aid operation is underway to help farmers in Gaza.
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Modern slavery, Young vets, New trees
A new advert aims to combat modern-day slavery in industries such as agriculture.
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Dog Thefts, Peat Bogs, Rural Tourism
Dog thefts are on the rise, as experts say working dogs are being specifically targeted.
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Farming Today This Week: Under the Land
From gas to gold, who owns the riches beneath our feet?
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Russian export ban, Lairg sheep sale, Tree of the Year
Sybil Ruscoe looks at the effect the Russian trade sanctions are having on UK farmers.
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GM Flies, Fish discards, Gold-mining
Could genetically modified fruit flies be a healthier alternative to pesticides?
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Food Standards Agency strike, Buried treasure
Unison members vote for strike action in slaughterhouses. Could the meat trade suffer?
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The Glorious Twelfth, Fracking, Bad weather
After a promising harvest, the latest bad weather is affecting crops in parts of the UK.
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Livestock theft, Subterranean rights, Weed-eating weevils
Could a rise in livestock rustling lead to illegal meat entering the food chain?