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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 12/07/21 Farm deaths; agricultural shows; animal feed

    Farm deaths up on last year; New EU rules on animal feed; The shows must go on!

  2. 10/07/21 Farming Today This Week: birds, pigs, cages, predators and Thomas Hardy

    Farmland birds are in long term decline, hit largely by changes in the way we farm.

  3. 09/07/21 - Seed potatoes, feeding farmland birds, pea harvest

    The government has decided that seed potatoes can no longer be imported from the EU.

  4. 08/07/21 - New payments for soil, A farm haven for birds, Rewilding the Estate

    Farmers have been told what they will be paid to improve their soils. Anna Hill presents.

  5. 07/07/21 - Bovine TB vaccination trial, South Downs 'renaturing', Turtle Doves

    A government farm trial is being run where cattle are vaccinated against Bovine TB.

  6. 06/07/21: Predators and farmland birds, Stone curlew, Farm vending machine

    Some say predators need to be controlled to help the conservation of ground-nesting birds.

  7. 05/07/21 Banning caged animal farming; farmland birds.

    Europe moves to ban cages in farming. Farmland birds - a mixed picture.

  8. 03/07/21 - Farming Today This Week: The Sustainable Farming Incentive, the future of arable, the OEP and sugar prices.

    The Highlights from from Cereals 2021.

  9. 02/07/21 The new Office for Environmental Protection, sugar beet prices, green fertilisers

    The Office for Environmental Protection is launched and its chair says it will have teeth.

  10. 01/07/21 Cereals 2021

    Anna Hill visits Cereals 2021 event - in a flat, windy field to talk crops and politics.

  11. 30/06/21 - The 25 Year Environment Plan, barley for Welsh whisky, harvesting elderflowers and Farming for the Future.

    Are the government’s environmental policies "toothless"?

  12. 29/06/21 - An eco-label for food, living mulch and the design of farm buildings

    A new eco-labelling system for food.

  13. 28/06/21 Water quality; Arable farming; Lorry driver shortage

    Farmers told they're not doing enough for water quality. Driver shortage. Growing crops.

  14. 26/06/21 Farming Today This Week: Soil, trade and soft fruit

    Stark warnings from the Climate Change Committee that farmers and consumers need to change

  15. 25/06/21 - The true value of commercial woodland, Farming in Protected Areas and strawberries for Wimbledon

    What kinds of trees should we plant to sequester the most carbon?

  16. 24/06/21 - The Climate Change Committee progress report and Groundswell

    The Climate Change Committee says government is running out of time to make a difference.

  17. 23/06/21 - New trees cut down for new houses, bad weather for bees and robotic fruit harvesting

    Nearly 70,000 trees planted less than a decade ago could be cut down to build new homes.

  18. 22/06/21 - The impact of trade deals, growing blueberries, enhancing habitats around Lough Neagh

    The NFU asks Government for a broad strategy to mitigate the impact of trade deals.

  19. 21/06/21 Tree planting, Arctic Terns, Soft fruit.

    Tree planting targets missed, Covid restrictions affect Arctic Terns, soft fruit.

  20. 19/06/21 Farming Today This Week: Australian trade deal, Jeremy Clarkson's farm, fell runner Joss Naylor

    More on farmers' reaction to the UK/Australia trade deal.

  21. 17/06/21 Natural England's increased role; Australian trade deal; rain harvesting

    More money for Natural England, but more work too; Australian trade deal; harvesting rain.

  22. 17/06/21 Farming's image must change, Jeremy Clarkson's Farm, planting hedgerows for water quality

    A new report says farming needs urgent change to its image.

  23. 16/06/21 Climate Change Committee report, Australian farmers welcome the trade deal, wetlands creation

    Report says the government is not adapting fast enough to risks from climate change.

  24. 15/06/21 The new Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary on the Australian trade deal, Welsh Nitrate Vulnerable Zones, Joss Naylor

    Mairi Gougeon asks for more detail on the Australian trade deal.

  25. 14/06/21 Oat milk battle; Royal Highland Show; Water management

    Oat milk battle; Royal Highland Show; Keeping rivers clean.

  26. 12/06/21 Farming Today This Week: trade deals, farming bitcoin, sausages with protocol

    We talk trade deals, farming bitcoin, and sausages with protocols.

  27. 11/06/21 EU vet agreement; Pigs; New entrants to farming

    Exporters call for vet agreement; Welsh pigs; Attracting new farmers.

  28. 10/06/21 Sausages threatening the NI protocol, crateless farrowing, disturbed seabirds

    Could sausages and chicken nuggets derail the Northern Ireland protocol?

  29. 09/06/21 Grants for farmers to plant trees, planning for ELMS, butchery business recovering from Covid-19

    Nearly £16 million is being offered in grants to farmers to plant more trees.

  30. 08/06/21 Norway trade deal, wilding National Parks, Scottish pigs

    Trade deals: is there too much emphasis on quantity, rather than quality?

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