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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 13/02/24 Northern Ireland's new DAERA minister; NI farmers' concerns about ammonia regulations; Farm paperwork.

    We speak to Northern Ireland's new agriculture and environment minister.

  2. 12/02/24 Biodiversity Net Gain not ambitious enough, says Wildlife Trusts; the business of farming; Ashdown Forest

    The Wildlife Trusts say the government's Biodiversity Net Gain ambition is too low.

  3. 10/02/24 Farming Today This Week: Protests in Wales; Subsidies in Scotland; Anniversary of cockle pickers tragedy; Working dogs.

    Scottish farmers keep 70% of subsidies but warnings of "huge unrest" about Welsh reforms.

  4. 09/02/2024 NFU Scotland Conference, Cumbrian rainforests, working goats

    Farmers say the Scottish government should return more than £60m of deferred funding.

  5. 08/02/24 Morecambe Bay cockle picking tragedy: changes to the industry 20 years on; new DAERA minister, working horses.

    The Morecambe Bay disaster: we look changes it led to in the rights of migrant workers.

  6. 07/02/2043 Transition to net zero and farmers' concerns, Views on farmer protests, Gun dogs

    Farmers are concerned about the impact on food production of net-zero policies.

  7. 06/02/2024 Rural domestic abuse, Microplastics in soil, Birds of prey to control pests

    Domestic abuse and the impact on its victims in rural communities.

  8. 05/02/2024 Trees burnt after budget cuts, funding crisis in agtech, sheepdog training

    Millions of saplings are being burnt instead of creating new Scottish woodlands.

  9. 03/02/2024 Farming Today This Week : Farmers' Protests in Europe and campaign groups in the UK.

    As farmers blockade cities around Europe, what next for them - and their UK counterparts?

  10. 02/02/24 UK farmer protests? Fish trade with the EU.

    As European farmers continue their protests - what's happening here in the UK?

  11. 01/02/2024 Welsh Sustainable Farming Scheme; Farmland birds; Meat imports and exports.

    Farmers fear Sustainable Farming Scheme will have big impact on jobs and farm incomes.

  12. 31/01/2024 Northern Ireland power sharing government and what it could mean for farmers; Dairy exports; Upland farmers.

    As politicians look set to return to Stormont, what now for farmers in Northern Ireland?

  13. 30/01/2024 French farmers' protests; Import checks on fresh fruit and veg

    French farmers blockade major routes around the country; what's behind the mass protests?

  14. 29/01/24 International trade; Pollock fishermen; Land sales.

    Exports and imports and how new border controls phased in this week will affect trade.

  15. Farming Today This Week: threat to hedgerows, farmers versus supermarkets, health rules for fishermen, family farms

    Farmers versus supermarkets makes it to Westminster.

  16. 26/01/2024 Sustainable beef premium; Four Nations farm policy; Family farms

    Supermarket offers a sustainability premium to beef farmers who reduce their emissions.

  17. 25/01/2024 Animal transport; Hedgerow protection; Family farms

    Report says regulations surrounding animal welfare during transport need improving.

  18. 24/01/24 Grocery debate; Review into farm assurance schemes; Alternative to neonicotinoids; Family farm in Northern Ireland.

    Grocery supply chain; Review of farm assurance schemes; New treatment for sugar beet pest.

  19. 23/01/24 Grocery debate; Bird flu compensation; Fishermen medicals; Family farms and succession.

    Petition triggers debate about the way supermarkets deal with the farmers who supply them.

  20. 22/01/24 Organic farm payments, flooded farms, family farming

    New money for organic farmers in Wales

  21. 20/01/24 Environmental targets; Neonicotinoids; Risk of animal disease at ports; LAMMA show and AI drone mapping; Kaleb's rap.

    Government doing too little too slowly to meet its own environmental ambitions says report

  22. 19/01/24 Biosecurity fears following cuts for border checks, AI drone mapping, Rare Earth first episode

    Fears that proposed government cuts will allow animal disease into the UK

  23. 18/01/24 Government is too slow on its environmental ambitions, says OEP report; LAMMA Show, waxwings

    Report says government doing too little too slowly to meet its own environmental ambitions

  24. 17/01/2024 Beavers in Cairngorms, robotic milking parlours

    The reintroduction of beavers to the Cairngorms in Scotland.

  25. 16/01/24 No reason to subsidise agriculture? Cuts to woodland creation in Scotland. Methane tractors.

    A Welsh politician suggests farmers might not need public funding at all.

  26. 15/01/2024 Cost of flooding, bluetongue meeting, machinery week

    Vegetable supplies after floods.

  27. 13/01/24 German farmer protests; Fairness in supply chain; Soy and insects in animal feed; Mid-winter British strawberries.

    German farmer protests, fairness in supply chain, animal feed and British strawberries.

  28. 12/01/24 Footpaths; Soy in animal feed; Three generations of female farmers.

    Footpaths neglected in thousands of places; alternatives to soy; female farming family.

  29. 11/01/24 Insects for animal feed and the scientists behind the research

    Labs where scientists are working on trials to use insects for protein in animal feed.

  30. 10/01/2024 Pylons on farms, winter strawberries, herbal leys

    Pylons in the countryside.

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