Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Farming Today This Week
Crocodile, buffalo and ostrich - Charlotte Smith explores the exotic meat trade.
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10/05/2013
Farming news. Charlotte Smith looks at the bank that may bail out British trees.
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09/05/2013
Floods, hotter summers and lots of rats. Scientists predict the effects of climate change.
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08/05/2013
Controlling harmful caterpillars by aerial spraying - Anna Hill looks at the controversy.
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07/05/2013
The fodder crisis for livestock farmers - why Ireland is importing grass.
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06/05/2013
On a busy day for garden centres, Sybil Ruscoe looks behind the scenes at a plant supplier
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Farming Today This Week
Charlotte Smith explores the industry at the root of UK farming - seed production.
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03/05/2013
Live animal exports have resumed from Dover. Charlotte Smith reports on the protests.
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02/05/2013
The High Court is being asked to make a ruling on who owns the fish in our seas.
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01/05/2013
Concern that rare crop varieties could be lost under EU plans to register all seeds.
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30/04/2013
The European Commission pushes through a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides to protect bees.
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29/04/2013
A vote in Europe today could see a ban on some pesticides linked to bee decline.
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Farming Today This Week
Charlotte Smith searches for farming land workers as the rules for migrant labour change.
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26/04/2013
The European Commission goes to court over battery cages.
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25/04/2013
Charlotte Smith hears beekeepers are reporting a catastrophic drop in honey bee numbers.
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24/04/2013
Two milk processors announce price rises for farmers, with predictions more could follow.
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23/04/2013
Weetabix is unable to make breakfast cereals because of a lack of British wheat.
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22/04/2013
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall criticises plans to re-classify farming qualifications.
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Farming Today This Week
Charlotte Smith explores the pros and cons of polytunnels and glasshouses.
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19/04/2013
How a change in league tables could put schools off teaching agriculture.
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18/04/2013
Why the Welsh government has given money to farm charities, not direct to snow-hit farmers
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17/04/2013
After the horsemeat scandal, DEFRA intends to overhaul the horse passport system.
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16/04/2013
Scientists are using a new form of genetic engineering to breed disease-resistant animals.
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15/04/2013
Farmers fear price cuts may lie ahead on milk sold for cheesemaking. With Caz Graham.
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Farming Today This Week
The UK pig herd is at its smallest since 1952, but some farmers are still making it work.
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12/04/2013
Caz Graham hears how struggling Scottish tenant farmers are calling for rent freezes.
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11/04/2013
50,000 tonnes of meat is recalled across Europe, as the horsemeat scandal continues.
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10/04/2013
Plants worth hundreds of thousands of pounds are being thrown away because of bad weather.
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09/04/2013
Robin Markwell watches the willow harvest, and discovers that there is a bumper crop.
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08/04/2013
Dwindling pig numbers in the UK, but farmers are optimistic.
