Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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29/08/20 Farming Today This Week: Poultry, Red Tractor, Deforestation, Pharrell Williams video
Sybil Ruscoe takes a look at chicken farming, and asks about welfare issues.
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Red Tractor Assurance, Farming Diversity, Chickens in Wales
Red Tractor says their reputation has been damaged by secret filming at a pig farm.
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27/08/20 Pig welfare, Off-roading, Free range poultry, Mulberry harvest
Farming Today reports on allegations of mistreatment on a pig farm in Leicestershire.
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26/08/20 – Deforestation regulations, ammonia from poultry farms, the badger cull
Could new laws force UK businesses to prove their products aren’t linked to deforestation?
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25/08/20 Broiler chickens, Internal market, Fleeces used in gardening
Are we heading for a constitutional crisis over agricultural trade after Brexit?
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24/08/20 Potato harvest. Poultry farming. Ash dieback in Northern Ireland
Potatoes to withstand disease and drought; chicken farming; the impact of ash dieback.
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22/08/20 Farming Today This Week: food self-sufficiency, peat restoration, diverse agricultural careers
The National Farmers' Union says it wants British farming to become more self-sufficient.
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21/08/20 - Produce self-sufficiency in the UK, agricultural law and invasive stink bugs
The National Farmers' Union wants the UK to become more self-sufficient in produce.
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20/08/20 - Government environmental targets, Information mapping and farming, Happy birthday Moredun
Defra has published their initial thinking on what their environmental targets should be.
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19/08/20 - Wheat and the weather, Protecting peatlands, livestock buyer, Support for dairy farmers
The wet spring, a dry summer, and now thunderstorms are making for a challenging harvest.
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18/08/20 - Closure of farm scholarship scheme in Wales, Oats and blockchain, The role of the Agronomist
The Llyndy Isaf scholarship scheme is going to come to a close after five years.
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17/08/20 Fears over Scottish environment post-Brexit, city farms, non-farming jobs that help farmers
Charities fear environment will suffer post Brexit, city farms, jobs that help farmers.
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14/08/20 - Farming Today This Week: Rural tourism
Caz Graham heads to a farm which has opened its doors to campers for the first time.
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14/08/20 Rural tourism in the Lake District; A-level results; Farm theatres
Caz Graham looks at the impact increased tourism is having in the Yorkshire Dales.
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13/08/20 - Neonicotinoids, Socially distanced Lairg livestock sale, Supporting rural tourism
Caz Graham hears from those for and against lifting the ban on neonicotinoids.
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12/08/20 - Office for Environmental Protection, Grouse shooting season begins, Scottish farm tour
Caz Graham and guests discuss the role of Chair of the Office for Environmental Protection
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11/08/20 - Tariffs cut on imported sugar cane, On-farm glamping pods, Growing plants in seawater
Cuts to tariffs on imported sugar cane could put UK farmers out of business.
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10/08/20 - The revival of rural tourism, Vertical farming, GPS cows
Rural tourism is awash with UK tourists unable or unwilling to go abroad for the summer.
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08/08/20 Farming Today This Week: Harvest 2020, beavers, wild camping banned
Today we’re talking beavers, a ban on wild camping, and a ‘challenging’ harvest 2020.
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07/08/20 - The great greening debate, Organic harvest moon
The government is doing away with greening rules for farmers in England.
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06/08/20 - Beavers on the Otter, Blackcurrent harvest, Soya supply chains
A group of wild beavers have been given permission to stay in East Devon.
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05/08/20 - Dyson ditches oilseed rape, Missing cows in Northern Ireland, Turning pig waste into energy
Dyson are ditching oil seed rape, blaming falling yields. Sybil Ruscoe presents.
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04/08/20 - Planning reforms and the countryside, Combinable crops, Rural crime report
Sybil Ruscoe asks what planning reforms could mean for rural areas.
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03/08/20 Harvest 2020, Algal blooms, Eat Out to Help Out in rural pubs
Yields are down for harvest 2020 after a difficult growing season.
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01/08/20 - Farming Today This Week: Consultation announced on gene editing
The government are going to hold a consultation on whether to allow gene editing.
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31/07/20 KFC chicken welfare report, GM moths, illegal shellfish
Fast food chain KFC publish a warts and all chicken welfare report.
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30/07/20 - Consultation on gene editing, Mammal extinction, Peregrine Falcons, COVID-19 and food supply chains
Lord Krebs tells Charlotte Smith why a consultation on gene editing is good for consumers.
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29/07/20 - National food strategy, Genetic editing, Lucerne and lambs
Anna Hill questions Henry Dimbleby about the national food strategy and UK agriculture.
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28/07/20 New Agriculture and Trade Commission; The history of GM; Fears over hunting licences
New Agriculture & Trade Commission is launched. A long view of GM. Wild-fowling licences.
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27/07/20 Natural Capital; Genetically Modified Crops; Peas
The government's own advisors say they're missing green targets; future of GM crops; peas.