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Farming Today Episodes

  1. Election concerns of migrant workers in East Anglia; sheep DNA in old manuscripts

    East European migrant workers in East Anglia tell Anna Hill their pre-election concerns.

  2. Farming Today This Week: Countryfile Farming Hero Finalist - Joan Bomford

    Charlotte Smith meets a lady who started to farm during WW2 and is still going strong.

  3. Poldark's Scything Technique, Dog Attack on Cows, Grass Fires, Plaid Cymru Manifesto

    Eight cows have been put down after a 'horrific' dog attack in Anglesey.

  4. Asda mislabel NZ lamb as British; Lib Dem and Ukip manifestos

    The Scottish sheep farmer who bought British lamb, only to find it was from New Zealand.

  5. Conservative Manifesto, Anchovy and Chips, Herdy Shepherd, Rural Broadband

    Presented by Anna Hill. Includes a rural analysis of the Conservative party manifesto.

  6. Labour Manifesto, Cow Attacks, the History of the Chicken, the Scilly Shrew

    The rural analysis of the Labour Party manifesto.

  7. Stressed Pigs, One Man and His Shires, Sugar

    Scientists have found stressful conditions can trigger illness in pigs. With Sybil Ruscoe.

  8. Farming Today This Week

    Charlotte Smith meets a teenager running the family farm since his father's recent death.

  9. Cod Stocks, Young Farmers, Milk in 2020, Beef Backlog

    A backlog of unsold Scottish beef means farmers cannot sell their cattle for weeks.

  10. English or New Zealand lamb at Easter; Young crofters in Scotland

    Why a drought in New Zealand is leading to more lamb from the New World in UK shops.

  11. Invading Wheat Rust, Young Flockmaster, Sheep Worrying, Watercress

    How a strain of plant disease from the Himalayas could threaten UK wheat yields.

  12. Dairy prices, Young farmers, Food tourism, Red squirrels

    Another fall in the value of dairy commodities - just what farmers don't want to hear.

  13. Around the Farming World

    Four farmers from four different continents tell Caz Graham about their work.

  14. Farming Today This Week: Egg Industry

    Charlotte Smith is on a smallholding that sells turkey, goose, duck and chicken eggs.

  15. Farming and Climate Change

    Charlotte Smith finds out how British farmers are responding to climate change.

  16. Food Standard Scotland, Planting, Vintage Tractors, Farm Bird Count, Fancy Eggs

    Scotland gets control over its own food safety, standards and labelling.

  17. Storms Halt Bird Migration

    The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. Presented by Caz Graham.

  18. Neospora, Rural Transport, Free-Range Hen Habitats

    New measures are being put in place to tackle the most common cause of abortion in cattle.

  19. Fishermen's online fears

    Fishermen in England fear a new online-only logging system could spell chaos.

  20. Farming Today This Week: Rural Affairs and Politics

    A panel discussion about the influence of Westminster politics on farming and rural life.

  21. Red Tractor labelling scheme; Politics: Liz Truss's farming priorities

    Shoppers express confusion about the meaning of the Red Tractor food labelling scheme.

  22. Defra answers questions about the troubled Rural Payments Agency

    Defra is quizzed over its handling of the troubled new online-only subsidy claims system.

  23. Strong Pound Bad News for Farmers?

    A strong pound and zero inflation rate present challenges for British farmers.

  24. Horsemeat Scandal Sentencing, Politics and Lupins

    Two men are sentenced in the first cases connected to the horsemeat scandal in 2013.

  25. Rural Political Agenda, RPA

    Calls for honesty from the government over the Rural Payments Agency computer problems.

  26. Pig Farming

    Views on the British pig industry as seen by Wiltshire pig farmer Cameron Naughton.

  27. Rural Payments Agency U-turn

    Climbdown for the Rural Payments Agency amid problems with the new online system.

  28. Budget response; Farm payment problems in EU; Pig exports

    Budget reactions as farmers welcome the change in averaging farm income over five years.

  29. Rural payments, Pig disease, Common land grazing

    One farmer shares their experience accessing the new online system for farm subsidies.

  30. Halal Slaughter, Bees, Hedgehogs

    New research is published that could inform the debate over halal meat.

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