Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Lord Plumb on the 1975 referendum, Decline in land used for organic farming, Monitor farms
Former president of the NFU Lord Plumb remembers the 1975 referendum.
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EU views in Wales, edible flowers and cereal growing
On the fishing boats of Wales, views on the EU are divided.
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Farming Today This Week: Royal Welsh Grassland Event
Caz Graham finds out about grass, forage and silage at the Royal Welsh Grassland Event.
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PM on Brexit 'threats' for farmers, CAP criticism, Rural payments, Cotswold pasture
David Cameron's plea to farmers, new deadline for EU payments and wildflower pastures.
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Flood response criticised, EU views in Northern ireland, CAP reform and grass testing
The government is criticised over floods, EU and Northern Ireland, plus CAP reform calls.
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Phone masts, soil erosion, maize payments and better beef from grass
Rural phone masts, saving soil from erosion and concerns about maize grown for fuel.
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Gene editing to create hornless cattle, EU workers on farms and seed gene bank
US scientists have used gene editing technology to breed dairy cattle without horns.
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Confusion over food labels, EU glyphosate vote, Grassland management
Do you know your Red Tractor from your LEAF? We hear about the confusion over food labels.
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Farming Today This Week: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership - TTIP
Sybil Ruscoe hosts a debate about the controversial TTIP negotiations.
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Brexit or Bremain and UK farming; TTIP and beef; Open Farm Sunday
The blue-on-blue row over the EU referendum at Defra. Sybil Ruscoe presents.
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Soil health report
A new report calls on government to protect soil health. Presented by Caz Graham.
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TTIP - US Interview; Dairy Industry; Slug Research
Could a production cap save the beleaguered dairy industry?
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TTIP, Cameron and Johnson on EU referendum, Struggling dairy farmer
A look at how the controversial TTIP deal would affect UK farmers.
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Farming the WWI Battlefields
Sally Challoner meets those farming at Passendale and the Somme, 100 years after the war.
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Farming Today This Week: Consumers and Farmers
Charlotte Smith investigates the relationship between farmer and consumer in agriculture.
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Norway - farming without EU subsidies, Scottish tea at Chelsea, Anaerobic digesters
Farm life in Europe but outside the EU - the programme hears about the Norwegian model.
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Microbeads harming marine life, woodcock decline and fruit packaging
Renewed calls for a ban on plastic microbeads which harm marine life.
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Food fraud and traceability, Grading beef carcasses
Traceability and food fraud are the issues looked at, alongside You and Yours.
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Russian dairy industry, English vineyards, Consumer week.
Russia no longer needs our cheese even if the import ban is lifted, warns dairy expert.
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Cheap meat and superbugs, Chelsea Flower show trends, is the customer always right?
Does the pressure to produce cheap meat fuel the rise in antibiotic resistant superbugs?
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Farming Today This Week: Beef industry
Charlotte Smith is at the UK's biggest beef event to discuss the industry.
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Glyphosate latest in EU, Scottish farm payments report, Cow psychology
The EU's non-decision on the future of glyphosate, the controversial herbicide.
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Rising resistance to antibiotics, Butchers, Safety of GM food
Rising resistance to antibiotics, rural broadband and a report on the safety of GM Food.
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Reducing methane from cattle, Fishing crime, Bees
Scientists look to use microbes to reduce the methane produced by cattle.
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WHO says glyphosate use unlikely to cause cancer from exposure through food
WHO finds glyphosate use unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans from food.
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Beef no longer part of trade deal with South America, Village for sale
While beef isn't part of trade talks with South America, some fear it may be reinstated.
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Farming Today This Week: European Referendum Debate
Charlotte Smith hosts a debate about the EU referendum at the Pig and Poultry Fair.
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Rapeseed oil, otters, abbatoirs
Higher levels of a potentially toxic acid has been found in some rapeseed oil.
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Pig and poultry fair, Zoonosis, EU debate, Antibiotic alternatives
Farming Today comes from the Pig and Poultry Fair in Stoneleigh.
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Trawl net designed to reduce discards; EU rural development; Grant for RSPB wetlands
A Scottish fisherman has redesigned the nets he uses to try to catch fewer unwanted fish.