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Farming Today Episodes

  1. End of 2015's badger cull, BBC Two Harvest, UN Expo on food waste

    This week marks the end of this year's badger cull in Somerset, Gloucestershire and Dorset

  2. Farm innovation, Milan Expo, Nighthawking

    Why conventional and organic farmers are turning innovative ideas into practical solutions

  3. Farming Today This Week: Education

    Charlotte Smith talks education with students at Bridgwater College in Somerset.

  4. Fake Russian cheese, Dairy costs, Land-based education

    The impacts of the Russian import ban, both on UK dairy farmers and Russian consumers.

  5. New Crop - Ahiflower, Farming at Yorkshire Career Fair, Piers Plowman

    A new crop is launched, Ahiflower, which contains a kind of Omega 3.

  6. 'Free-range' milk, Joe Henson tribute, Teaching children about food production

    A look at dairy farmers in north east England who are marketing their milk as 'free range'

  7. EU referendum, Liz Truss at Conservative Party Conference, Fishing apprenticeships

    In or out of the EU: which is better for UK farming? We hear both sides of the debate.

  8. Plastic bags, Armagh apple harvest, Countryside classroom

    New charges for carrier bags are introduced.

  9. Honey harvest, Bees and pollination

    Charlotte Smith joins amateur and professional beekeepers at the Swindon Apiary in Wilts.

  10. EU commissioner, Hill farming, Pollinators

    Controversial views from an EU Commissioner, hill farming and pollinators.

  11. Farm emissions, Urban bees, Wool compost

    Farmers warn stricter EU targets on emissions could put some out of business.

  12. Scott Mills and Chris Stark as ambassadors for young farmers' clubs, Bees and neonics, Farm safety

    DJs Scott Mills and Chris Stark on why they've become ambassadors for young farmers' clubs

  13. Ghost fishing gear, Bees and strawberries, Sheep drive, Vintage tractors

    A global initiative is trying to get rid of 'ghost fishing gear' littering the sea beds.

  14. Reduced honey harvest, UKIP on EU withdrawl, Kiwi berries

    A reduced honey harvest is reported by Alan Hart of the Bee Farmers' Association.

  15. Farming Today This Week: Herbs and Spices

    Charlotte Smith talks about the growing herb and spice industry.

  16. McDonalds Fries Go British, EU Farm Aid Update, Herb Growing in Scotland

    McDonalds say their fast food fries go 100% British, but will this help potato producers?

  17. Dual payments for the same land, Rye harvest, Saffron

    Dual farm payments: how two people can claim subsidies on the same land at the same time.

  18. Newts, Joan Bomford, Herbs for skincare

    A new approach to newts might make land development easier. Presented by Anna Hill.

  19. Shadow secretary of state for Defra, Chilli farming, Wild horse contraception

    Listeners' questions are put to the new shadow Defra secretary Kerry McCarthy.

  20. Harvest debate, hops and herbs

    The debate over this year's harvest, disease resistant hops and British herbs.

  21. Harvest 2015

    With the 2015 harvest approaching its end, Charlotte Smith hears about this year's wheat.

  22. Agricultural pollution linked to premature death, Harvest, Scottish lamb

    The report into farming and deadly air pollution, harvest in Orkney and Scottish lamb.

  23. EU aid, Raptors v pigeons, Harvest on social media

    EU aid - how much will farmers get? And should we protect raptors, or racing pigeons?

  24. Inside a modern chicken plant, Reaction to new shadow Defra secretary, Harvest

    Inside a modern chicken plant that processes more than a million chickens a week.

  25. Bumblebees, Exporting grain, Spinach harvest, Gamekeeping

    New research shows how bumblebees are stealing pollen and nectar from each other's nests.

  26. Devolution concern

    What could the turmoil in the Northern Irish government mean for farmers there?

  27. Farming Today This Week: Tupping Time

    Charlotte Smith visits Gloucestershire Sheep Fair to gauge the farmers' confidence.

  28. Badger Cull Rules, Tip Top Tups, Forests of the Future

    Rule changes could ease the way for more badger culls to go ahead in England next year.

  29. Women in dairy, TB research, How to compare rams

    At a challenging time for dairy farming, we hear from women aiming to improve the industry

  30. Rural funding, Apprentice growers, Dairy inquiry and EU intervention

    The farming minister fields MPs questions on the dairy crisis.

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