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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 10/04/2025 Wildfires and managing moorland, farmed salmon, early asparagus

    Could relaxing environmental rules help avoid wildfires?

  2. 09/04/25 Funding for checks at the border, salmon farming

    Farmers say the government isn't spending enough on stopping illegal meat imports.

  3. Scottish Farm Incomes, US Trade Red Lines, Farmed Trout

    Latest figures show a 50% drop in the average Scottish farm income.

  4. 07/04/2025: Avian flu, farmed fish, food strategy

    Avian flu is spreading, a look at farmed fish, and a new food strategy advisory board.

  5. 05/04/25 Farming Today This Week: Trump's trade tariffs; Island life - from housing and ferries to dairy farming; Wildfires

    Trump's trade tariffs and what it means for producers.

  6. 04/04/2025 Tariffs and global food trade, Isles of Scilly flowers, university farm sell-off

    What impact will new US tariffs have on international food and farming trade?

  7. 03/04/25 Extreme risk of wildfires, review of environmental regulations, Rathlin Island, hunting turtle doves

    Warnings of extreme risk of wildfires in Scotland.

  8. 02/04/25 Housing shortages in Scottish islands, Farming Minister quizzed on farm support, tree planting.

    Housing shortages on the Scottish islands and how they affect young people.

  9. 01/04/25 Review of agricultural pollution rules in Wales, ban on burning peat, island ferries

    An independent review into rules around muck in Wales.

  10. 31/03/25 Lifeline for Guernsey dairy farmers, wartime farm survey, turtle dove conservation

    Guernsey dairy farmers welcome an increase in the support they receive from government.

  11. 29/03/25 Farming Today This Week: Bird flu in a sheep; Egg production; Red Tractor review; Chancellor's spring statement.

    First case of avian flu found in a sheep.

  12. 28/03/25 Investigation into supply chain arbitration, sexing chicks in eggs, small island dairy

    Has the system that was supposed to ensure fairness in the food supply chain failed?

  13. 27/03/25 Chancellor's spring statement, pullets, nitrogen inquiry.

    The chancellor's spring statement - what's in it for the rural economy?

  14. 26/03/25 Red Tractor responds to farm assurance review, Efra inquiry into border checks, colony eggs

    Red Tractor promises change after farm assurance review.

  15. 25/03/25 Bird flu in sheep, free-range eggs, restoring lost ponds

    First case of avian flu found in a sheep.

  16. 24/3/25 National pesticides action plan, egg week overview, forced rhubarb

    Government sets new target to reduce pesticide use by 10% over next five years.

  17. 22/03/25 - Farming Today This Week: Hare coursing, Fairness in food supply chain, Covid's legacy on farms, Biosecurity

    Farmers fear the rise in violent encounters with illegal hare coursers.

  18. 21/03/25 New National Forest, Biosecurity at the border, farming medicinal cannabis.

    A new National Forest for England, the first in 30 years.

  19. 20/03/25 - Fairness in the supply chain, biosecurity measures to prevent a livestock epidemic

    Are biosecurity measures good enough to prevent another major epidemic in farm livestock?

  20. 19/03/25 - Rural pubs, avian flu biosecurity and nurdles on beaches

    Concern for the future of rural pubs after government fund closes.

  21. 18/03/25 - Hare coursing, xylella and soil microplastics

    Farmers fear the rise in violent encounters with illegal hare coursers.

  22. 17/03/25 Covid anniversary and its legacy on farms. Biosecurity and keeping diseases at bay.

    What did the farming and food industry learn from the Covid lockdowns?

  23. 15/03/25 - Farming Today This Week: The closure of SFI, foot and mouth disease and agricultural drones

    The SFI has been closed - we hear from farmers, environmentalists and the farming minister

  24. 14/03/25 - Farming Minister on closing the environmental farming scheme

    The Farming Minister says closing environmental farming scheme is a sign of its success.

  25. 13/03/25 Farmers react to environmental scheme closure

    The government halts applications to a major environmental farming scheme.

  26. 12/03/25 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill and an agricultural drone contractor

    What will the Planning and Infrastructure Bill mean for rural communities?

  27. 11/03/25 - Foot and Mouth Disease in Hungary and agricultural contractors

    Are UK border controls good enough to keep UK farmers safe from foot and mouth disease?

  28. 10/03/25 - Lead shot and agricultural contractors

    The phase-out of lead shot and why it doesn't seem to be happening.

  29. 08/03/25 Farming Today This Week: Impact of US tariffs on global agri-trade, Sir James Dyson, supply chains, cost of bird flu

    Trump's trade tariffs: what do they mean for world trade and us?

  30. 07/03/25 - Rural connectivity, farmers co-ops and farming on an island

    The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

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