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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 18/01/21 Walkers trampling crops, Welsh veggies, vets and exports

    Lockdown walkers avoiding the mud but trampling the crops.

  2. 16/01/21 Farming Today This Week: EU exports, Emergency Sugar Beet Pesticides, Sea Shanties

    How food producers caught up in post-Brexit port chaos are coping with delays.

  3. 15/01/21 Salmon not going to the EU, Pigs in China, Lockdown diary

    Food companies caught up in the ‘catastrophic’ export situation.

  4. 14/01/21: Office for Environmental Protection, Sugar beet treatment, African locusts

    Dame Glenys Stacey outlines the role of new Office for Environmental Protection.

  5. 13/01/21: EU exports, Farming in Brazil, School egg producers

    Scottish fishermen told to tie up boats after EU export hold-ups.

  6. 12/01/21 Emergency sugar beet pesticides, Indian farmer protests

    The government explains why it will now allow farmers to use neonicotinoids on sugar beet.

  7. 11/01/21 Stranded Sheep, US Trade Deal, Vertical Farming

    The stranded Scottish sheep which should be in Northern Ireland; plus vertical farming.

  8. 09/01/21 Farming Today This Week: gene editing, energy and the new trade deal with EU

    Gene editing, energy and the realities of our new trading relationship with the EU.

  9. 08/01/21 George Eustice, Agroecology, Robot Sprayer

    Environment secretary George Eustice discusses gene editing in England.

  10. 07/01/21 Gene Editing, Cropping Willow for Energy, British Wool

    Consultation begins into changing UK gene editing rules, and money-saving at British Wool

  11. 06/01/21 Seed Potato exports; Post-Brexit Fishing, The Oxford Farming Conferences

    Seed potato growers remain unable to export into EU despite Brexit trade deal

  12. 05/01/21 Brexit trade deal, biomethane on farm

    Farming under a new EU trade deal - what are the pitfalls and opportunities?

  13. 04/01/21 Mental wellbeing, Anaerobic Digesters, Weather forecasting farmers

    Huge farming survey aims to help charity understand the wellbeing of a farming generation.

  14. 02/01/21 Farming Today This Week: Rewilding to create a private nature reserve

    The man who's transformed a former llama farm to create a private nature reserve.

  15. 01/01/20 - The Archers at 70: the farmers of Ambridge

    Charlotte Smith looks back at 70 years of farming in The Archers.

  16. The Weaving Crofters

    How crofting in the Western Isles and the weaving of Harris Tweed are intricately linked.

  17. Covid Creating Opportunities

    Covid caused chaos for businesses across the UK, but for some there were opportunities too

  18. 29/12/20 - Stornoway Black Pudding

    We head to Stornoway to hear the backstory of the now trendy Black Pudding.

  19. 28/12/20 - The Dartmoor Shepherd

    The young Dartmoor shepherds who aim to keep traditional breeds and practices alive.

  20. Boxing Day Farming Today This Week - Looking Back at 2020

    Charlotte Smith looks back at what 2020 has meant for food and farming.

  21. 25/12/20 Swapping an urban life for a future in rural farming

    We meet city dwellers who have gone back to the land and bought a small holding or farm.

  22. 24/12/20 - The Community Farm at Christmas

    Lucy Taylor finds out how Somerset's Community Farm is adapting to meet pandemic demand.

  23. 23/12/20 - NI protein crops, Biodiversity Net Gain, Welsh mussels and cyber security

    Farmers in Northern Ireland could be given extra payments for growing protein crops.

  24. 22/12/20 - Shellfish and lamb delayed at Dover, diving for scallops and Newton Rigg College

    The shellfish and lamb exports stuck in lorries at Dover.

  25. 21/12/20 - Sugar beet processing, New uses for wool, Harvest mice

    A new method of extracting syrup from sugar beet could be done more locally to farms.

  26. 19/12/20 Farming Today This Week: Christmas preparations on farm, Welsh agriculture post-Brexit, neonicotinoids controversy

    Claims that farmers have been secretive about lobbying for banned pesticides to be used.

  27. 18/12/20 - Phosphates in the River Wye, drive-in carols and New Red Tractor Chair

    Over 60% of the River Wye is in breach of new phosphate pollution standards.

  28. 17/12/20 Rural planning, virtual fences, Christmas goose, cider

    Getting planning right for the countryside, what are the next steps?

  29. 16/12/20 Welsh farming post-Brexit, rural health services suffering in pandemic, preparations for Christmas

    The Welsh government reveals details of its plans for the future of farming post-Brexit.

  30. 15/12/20 Request for emergency use of banned pesticide, scallop fishing, beef for Christmas

    UK farmers are asking for emergency use of a banned pesticide.

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