Farming Today Episodes Episode guide

Domestic abuse as common in the countryside as the city

Farming Today hears that domestic abuse is as common in the countryside as the city.
Dogs shot on farms for worrying livestock

The programme reveals how dogs are being shot in England and Wales for worrying livestock.
Farming Today This Week: Farm Attractions

Sybil Ruscoe visits Shortwood Farm in Herefordshire to find out about farm attractions.
Rat Poison Controls

Tougher rules on the use of industrial rat poison come into effect.
Poultry Welfare - Concern over changes to welfare guidance, Hillfarming on stage in Keswick

Concern at changes in the poultry industry as producers are put in charge of guidance.
Labelling UK lamb, Increasing English wine exports, Promoting Scottish farms

When it comes to food labelling, what does it mean for lamb to be classified as British?
Living Wage, Farm attractions - lambing, Spring Barley struggling with the mud

A debate on the introduction of the Living Wage with NFU and Unite.
Forty Years of Farms for City Children

Michael and Clare Morpurgo celebrate 40 years of their charity Farms for City Children.
Farming Today This Week: Coastal Farming

Sybil Ruscoe is on the newly created Steart Marshes on the Severn Estuary.
Mid-Wales coastal village of Fairbourne facing abandonment to sea in 40 years

Rising sea levels threaten the mid-Wales coastal villagers of Fairbourne near Barmouth.
Farm Demo in London, Labour's Kerry McCarthy on Bremain, Tesco's fictional farms

'No Farmers No Food' was the cry as UK farmers protested on the streets of London.
Brexit farming manifesto, Coastal farming, Farming at school, Glyphosate decision

The Brexit supporters launch their manifesto for farming.
MEPs to vote on glyphosate and produce labelling

MEPs vote in the next step towards laws to label meat and dairy with country of origin.
The government recommends we eat less dairy

The government has cut the recommended daily intake of dairy in our diet.
Farming Today This Week: Animal Feed Production

Sybil Ruscoe looks into a vital aspect of farming - the production of animal feed.
Scottish Land Reform

Historic land reform is voted through in Scotland - but not everyone's happy.
Sugar Beet Farmer Responds to the Sugar Levy, Growing Veg on Martian Soil, Sprouting Seeds for Chickens

Not such sweet news for sugar beet farmers as George Osborne taxes sugary soft drinks.
Scottish land reform, Sheep farming ambassadors, In praise of pigswill, Tick-borne disease

The latest on Scottish land reform, which is to be voted on by MSPs at Holyrood.
Owen Paterson on Brexit, Emergency aid from Brussels, GM-free peas

A new emergency package for farmers is announced in Brussels.
David Cameron on Brexit; Animal Feed; Farm Cats

David Cameron tells Farming Today what he thinks Brexit would mean for UK farmers.
Farming Today This Week: Land Access and Rights of Way

Sybil Ruscoe is in the Malvern Hills to discuss rambling, footpaths and rights of way.
Scottish Farmers Rally Parliamentarians

Scottish farmers and crofters demonstrate outside Holyrood.
Inquiry into basic payments

The head of the Rural Payments Agency is quizzed by MPs over problems in the system.
Future of Dairy

What future for dairy farmers as the global milk glut continues?
RPA damning report, Forage Aid for Cumbria, Land access

Defra secretary of state still supports the work of the RPA despite a damning report.
Farmers for and against the EU; Livestock and dog fouling

Forty leading UK farmers publicly weigh in behind EU membership.
Farming Today This Week

A round-up from the Welsh sheep farm where Farming Today has spent a week.
Lambing: a look ahead

Charlotte Smith asks sheep farmers Richard and Helen Roderick how the future looks to them
Sheep farming and the environment

On a sheep farm in the Brecons, Charlotte learns how the farmer is helping local wildlife.
Lambing Night Shift

Anna Hill goes on the lambing night shift. Plus criticism of the Rural Payments Agency.