Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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09/05/23: Farm robots; technology investment; agricultural tourism
A British farm robot firm fights for survival after a major investor pulls out.
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08/05/23 - The Crown and the Countryside
Vernon Harwood asks how King Charles III has influenced British farming.
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06/05/23 Farming Today This Week: Beef and climate, horticulture strategy scrapped by Government
We discuss the beef with beef; and the Government's horticulture strategy is scrapped.
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05/05/2023: Climate change and beef, Rare Breed cattle
A government advisory body says we need to eat less beef to help combat climate change
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04/05/2023
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
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03/05/2023: Carbon footprint of beef production; Lowland peat lands
Growing vegetables on lowland peat lands. Can greenhouse-gas-friendly beef be produced?
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02/05/2023 Airport's impact on rivers, native oysters in the Solent, grass-fed beef
The runways impacting rivers.
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01/05/23 - Deer Management
The number of red deer in the Scottish Highlands has doubled in the past 50 years.
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29/04/23 Jersey cattle deaths; Love Island farmer; Payments to improve the environment; seed potatoes; wheat robot.
Cattle deaths; Love Island farmer; environmental payments; grain robot; seed potatoes.
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28/04/2023 Rebuilding herd on Jersey, seed preservation, on farm hydrogen energy
After botulism wiped out more than 100 cows on Jersey, the farmer is rebuilding his herd.
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27/04/23 Scottish seed potatoes to NI, seed processing, seagrass restoration
A glimmer of hope for Scottish seed potato growers.
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26/04/23 Circadian rhythm of plants, Love Island farmer Will, Grain robots
Isolating plant gene controlling circadian rhythms, Love Island farmer Will, grain robot.
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25/04/23 Payments to improve the environment; water bosses and river pollution; grass trials
Paying to improve the environment, river pollution, seeds and grass breeding.
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24/04/2023 River damage court case; seed research.
Farmer jailed for wrecking river; what are implications of the case? Agricultural seeds.
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22/04/23 - Farming Today This Week: delays to tree-planting contracts, new compulsory medical tests for fishermen, land use
Could new compulsory medical tests for fishermen devastate the inshore fishing fleet?
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21/04/23 Fishermen's health checks; Welsh shellfish industry; River pollution; company rewilding project
Fishermen health checks; shellfish; farmer jailed for river pollution; company rewilding.
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20/04/23 - Tree-planting delays; tax and land values; insects and waste
Paperwork blamed for tree-planting delays; tax and land prices; and insects and waste.
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19/04/23 Restocking chickens after avian flu; Dartmoor independent review; community land ownership.
Restocking after bird flu; review of management of Dartmoor; community land ownership.
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18/04/23 Tree deaths; waste-eating larvae; chickens allowed out; natural capital in Scotland
Tree deaths and new plantings; chickens released; waste-eating larvae; natural capital.
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17/04/23 New name for national park; rural planning; fishing in Scotland.
Brecon Beacons national park renamed. Rural planning struggles. Go-fish zones in Scotland.
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15/04/2023
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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14/04/23 - Fly-tipping, sheep on a ferry and Chilean beef farming
Will government action on fly-tipping make a difference?
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13/04/23 Free range hens; slugs; apples
Free-range hens will soon be freed as restrictions are eased in England and Wales.
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12/04/23: Oysters; Bird Flu; On Farm Research
A farmer gives his reaction to a proposed ban on the farming of Pacific Oysters.
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11/04/23 Restoring temperate rainforests, blackcurrant research
We hear why an insurance company is paying millions to restore a temperate rainforest.
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10/04/23 Maize: friend or foe?
Sarah Swadling investigates the pros and cons of growing maize.
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08/04/23 Farming Today This Week: Government plan for water; Red Tractor; pigs; eggs and trade deal; Dartmoor camping; skylarks
New plan for water, Red Tractor, pigs, eggs, Dartmoor camping, skylarks and blackbirds.
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07/04/23 - The UK National Willow Collection
Sarah Swadling visits the UK's National Willow Collection.
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06/04/2023 Trade deal and battery eggs; Appeal against wild camping ruling; Pork labelling
UK egg producers say the new trans-Pacific trade deal is bad for the British egg industry.
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05/04/23 Blueprint plans for water; peat restoration; eco labelling
New government plan for water, wool to restore peatlands and eco-labelling.