Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Calais chaos hits Scottish fish, Tweeting farmers, Flowers to tempt bees
A Scottish fishing company loses £100,000 because of trouble in Calais. With Caz Graham.
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Harvest 2015, Rural crime, The green belt
Harvest 2015, and the Scottish farmers scared to go into their fields for fear of rustlers
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Farming Today This Week: CLA Game Fair in Yorkshire
Charlotte Smith reports from the CLA Game Fair in Yorkshire.
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Pig farm, Geothermal energy, Field sports
Discussion on plans to have a 30,000-pig farm in Northern Ireland.
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Grouse shooting, Nantwich Cheese Show, RABI retirement home
Should driven grouse shooting be banned? Charlotte Smith hears both sides of the argument.
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Dairy Song, No Lamb Week, Salmon Netting Ban
Scottish farmers use the power of song to highlight the plight of the dairy industry.
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Bad Weather Delays Harvest
Cold, wet and windy weather is causing problems for farmers needing to harvest.
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Farming Today
French farmers are offered millions in financial aid. But what about British farmers?
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Coastal Harvest in Poole Harbour
Charlotte Smith dons her wellies to find out about the oyster beds in Poole Harbour.
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Neonics, Badger vaccines
More details on the emergency use of neonicotinoids - and why some think it's a mistake.
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Royal Welsh Show
Felicity Evans visits the Royal Welsh Show in Powys.
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Welsh cockle fishing, Maize and soil quality
Does growing maize ruin our soil? And the cockle fishermen in Wales facing a bleak season.
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A 25-year plan to boost British food, Future farmers, Would you eat seaweed?
Agriculture secretary Elizabeth Truss on her 25-year plan to boost UK food and farming.
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Aquaculture around British Isles, Prawn wars, Rural foodbanks
Felicity Evans hears about the 'coastal harvest' from the waters around the UK.
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Tolpuddle Martyrs
A look at agricultural workers through the ages at the Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival.
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Milk crisis, Rewilding, Tolpuddle Martyrs
The latest on the milk crisis and the reintroduction of wolves in Montana.
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Glyphosate debate, Lamb prices, Farm safety among older workers
Charlotte Smith debates calls to limit the use of the weedkiller glyphosate.
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Defra fines, Hunting ban, Rural farmworkers
Late rural farm payments are costing UK taxpayers millions of pounds in EU fines.
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Ramblers Pathwatch, Barn owls, Farmworkers, Hydroponics
The Ramblers launch a new scheme to build up a picture of the country's footpaths.
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Agricultural workers, TTIP, Cumbrian uplands
Are farm workers getting a raw deal when it comes to wages, hours and welfare?
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Farming Today This Week: Affordable Rural Housing
Charlotte Smith visits a new affordable housing development in the heart of the Cotswolds.
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Brandon Lewis, Rural housing, Fell ponies, Wool to China
Rural housing in crisis. The minister in charge responds.
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Fox hunting, Livestock event, Rural housing
Moves to amend the 2005 Hunting Act have been met by fierce opposition from campaigners.
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Farming in Greece, Housing on Exmoor, Farm payments in Wales.
How people in rural Greece are coping with financial uncertainty.
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Rural Housing, Pesticide Ban, Algae Farming
Should rural areas be exempt from the government's right to buy plans?
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Neonics ban latest, Badger cull in Northern Ireland, Historic footpaths ruling
The NFU condemns Defra's handling of its call to use pesticide-coated seeds in the UK.
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Farming Today This Week: Flowers
Charlotte Smith explores the flower growing industry in the UK.
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Calls to help EU dairy industry, Ramblers and historic rights of way, Lavender growing
An EU farming body calls for help for struggling dairy farmers.
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OECD on future of farming; North York Moors potash mine; discarded fish in Scotland
OECD predicts the future of farming, and the go-ahead for North York Moors potash mine.
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Countryside Stewardship launch, Sugar Beet price drop, Flower Cooperative
A new Countryside Stewardship scheme is launched.