Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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16/11/2012
A farmer's heartbreak as his sheep are slaughtered by criminals. With Charlotte Smith.
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15/11/2012
Goose farmers fatten up the birds ready for the Christmas dinner table.
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14/11/2012
A mysterious disease affecting Christmas trees is causing big problems for some growers.
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13/11/2012
Huge numbers of migrating birds flocking to the UK will find very little winter food.
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12/11/2012
It's make or break for turkey farmers as they prepare for the Christmas rush.
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Farming Today This Week
What to make of mushrooms? The third most popular 'vegetable' in supermarkets.
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09/11/2012
Charlotte Smith reports on how the genetic history of Britain's ash trees may save them.
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08/11/2012
Livestock farmers welcome a supermarket plan to tie the price of meat to feed costs.
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06/11/2012
Invasive American signal crayfish cause concern for the Scottish salmon industry.
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05/11/2012
Anna Hill hears concerns that village greens could be lost under new government plans.
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Farming Today This Week
With ash dieback now in the wild in the UK, Anna Hill reports on our threatened woodlands.
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02/11/2012
Scientists say feeding turnips to sheep can help reduce E.coli in the livestock.
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01/11/2012
Schmallenberg virus has been discovered in Northern Ireland for the first time.
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31/10/2012
The government's Environment Research Agency sets out plans for containing ash dieback.
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30/10/2012
A warning that the global trade in plants lays the UK wide open to new diseases.
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29/10/2012
After a poor harvest, livestock farmers will struggle to feed their animals this winter.
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Farming Today This Week
After the badger culls in England are postponed, what is next for tackling TB in cattle?
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26/10/2012
MPs debate controversial plans for the badger cull, 48 hours after it was postponed.
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25/10/2012
Plans to improve sustainable fishing in Europe are criticised as weak by conservationists.
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24/10/2012
Farmers' groups say they had no option but to postpone the pilot badger cull.
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23/10/2012
UK organic cereal farmers are facing seed shortages due to this year's wet weather.
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22/10/2012
The National Farmers Union say they are poised for the badger cull to go ahead.
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Farming Today This Week
Charlotte Smith discusses how pesticides are developed and regulated.
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19/10/2012
The RSPCA denies it is intimidating farmers over the badger cull.
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18/10/2012
Sainsbury's is dropping the Food Quality Red Tractor logo. It's 'simpler' for consumers.
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17/10/2012
MPs are to debate the English badger culling pilot.
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16/10/2012
On World Food Day, Anna Hill looks at how we may feed the rising world population.
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15/10/2012
The Royal Parks close the doors on 'A Celebration of Farming' in Hyde Park.
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Farming Today This Week
What future for the UK's small farms?
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12/10/2012
Reported cases of the potentially fatal livestock parasite liver fluke, are up this year.