Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Welsh food branding, flood defence, city farms
Some food producers in Wales want Welsh food to carry the dragon instead of the Union flag
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Litter in the countryside, electrical pulse fishing and a city care farm
How do we stop littering in the countryside?
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Chris Packham tackles wildlife crime, vertical farming, live animal transport, Stepney city farm
Chris Packham starts a new venture - bringing prosecutions against wildlife crime.
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Rural services in decline, American dairy, farm plastic, Gloucester City Farm
Poor access to mobile signal and transport services is holding back the rural economy.
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Hare coursing, the economic impact of equine flu, and what are city farms for?
We hear from farmers in Cambridgeshire being threatened and intimidated by hare coursers.
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Farming Today This Week: Dairy
Charlotte Smith visits a dairy farm and the processor they sell to - from cow to kefir!
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The discard ban, equine flu and a toilet for cows
Could a cow toilet help reduce ammonia pollution from dairy farms?
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Fish quotas, Scottish farmers, Getting out of dairy
Report says don't blame EU if fish quotas are a mess; Scottish farmers meet; leaving dairy
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US farmers on trade, the impact of Brexit on Northern Ireland's sheep farmers, an increase in organic sales
The president of the National Farmers Union of America talks about trade after Brexit.
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Pig abuse, high-tech dairy, machinery club
Undercover filming revealed cruelty to pigs - could farms do more to monitor their staff?
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Dairy Farming and Market Fluctuations, Food and Farming Awards
Are the highs and lows of dairy farming finally levelling out?
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Farm Medicines
Anna Jones visits a pig farm in Gloucestershire that's drastically cut its antibiotic use.
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Project Calf, Antibiotics for sheep
Anna Hill considers the impact of a new vegan campaign focusing on dairy farms.
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Natural England, chicken health, US trade
The union Prospect claims Natural England is in crisis - how do they respond?
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Devolved farming lobbies react to amendments to the withdrawal agreement
Anna Hill considers where the latest Brexit activity leave the UK's farmers.
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No-Deal Brexit Trade, Reducing Antibiotics on Dairy Farms, Fly-tipping in Woodlands
We hear what could happen to farmers exporting lamb in the event of a 'no-deal Brexit'.
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Food prices after Brexit, the importance of saltmarshes and farm vets cutting antibiotic use
Charlotte Smith asks, Will food prices go up or down in the event of a no deal Brexit?
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Agricultural Technology
From robot pickers to precision pest control, the future of farming is high-tech.
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A lethal hare disease, Microsoft takes on farming, badger baiting, farm antibiotic use and attitudes to dairy
How Farming Today listeners helped identify a new disease in UK hares.
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Silvopasture trials, US government shutdown, Apple blossom thinning
Is silvopasture a silver bullet for farmers? Charlotte hears about trials in Wiltshire.
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No-deal Brexit and the Environment, high-tech slurry, photorespiratory shortcut, cannabis farming
Friends of the Earth claim a no-deal Brexit will leave the environment vulnerable.
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Scrutiny of Fisheries Bill, big machinery, potato trial
An investigation by MPs into the Fisheries Bill says it is short on detail.
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Meat-free report slammed, wool revival, agri-tech
A new report saying eat less meat is condemned as a starvation diet.
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Veganism & Farming
Charlotte Smith explores how veganism is impacting food and farming.
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The environmental impact of veganism, Monitoring ammonia on farms, Train drivers hitting livestock
Is a vegan diet really better for the environment?
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Uncertainty over Brexit, the impact of climate change on our oceans and Welsh livestock farmers talk veganism
Farmers give their response to the political uncertainty over Brexit.
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Food and farming reactions to the Brexit withdrawal agreement vote
Charlotte Smith gets reactions to the Brexit withdrawal agreement vote.
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The Brexit vote, Migrant labour, A warm January, A vegan on a sheep farm.
What happens when a vegan falls in love with a sheep farmer? We find out!
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Veganuary, A spot of psychology, Clean Air Strategy
Charlotte Smith considers veganism's impact on public perceptions of food and farming.
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Rural Development
Charlotte Smith explored the challenges and opportunities of rural development.