Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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01/11/2012
Schmallenberg virus has been discovered in Northern Ireland for the first time.
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31/10/2012
The government's Environment Research Agency sets out plans for containing ash dieback.
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30/10/2012
A warning that the global trade in plants lays the UK wide open to new diseases.
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29/10/2012
After a poor harvest, livestock farmers will struggle to feed their animals this winter.
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After the badger culls in England are postponed, what is next for tackling TB in cattle?
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26/10/2012
MPs debate controversial plans for the badger cull, 48 hours after it was postponed.
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25/10/2012
Plans to improve sustainable fishing in Europe are criticised as weak by conservationists.
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24/10/2012
Farmers' groups say they had no option but to postpone the pilot badger cull.
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23/10/2012
UK organic cereal farmers are facing seed shortages due to this year's wet weather.
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22/10/2012
The National Farmers Union say they are poised for the badger cull to go ahead.
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Charlotte Smith discusses how pesticides are developed and regulated.
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19/10/2012
The RSPCA denies it is intimidating farmers over the badger cull.
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18/10/2012
Sainsbury's is dropping the Food Quality Red Tractor logo. It's 'simpler' for consumers.
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17/10/2012
MPs are to debate the English badger culling pilot.
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16/10/2012
On World Food Day, Anna Hill looks at how we may feed the rising world population.
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15/10/2012
The Royal Parks close the doors on 'A Celebration of Farming' in Hyde Park.
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What future for the UK's small farms?
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12/10/2012
Reported cases of the potentially fatal livestock parasite liver fluke, are up this year.
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11/10/2012
Concern for Scottish farmers as Schmallenberg disease found on farms in north of England.
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10/10/2012
Farmers in Northern Ireland will get an extra 15 million on next year's support payments.
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09/10/2012
10,000 Irish farmers take to the streets to 'fight for the future of family farming'.
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08/10/2012
Wind turbines on the Orkney Islands are producing too much energy. With Charlotte Smith.
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Flooding. Why it happens and what can be done to stop it. Presented by Charlotte Smith.
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05/10/2012
A second badger cull gets the go-ahead in Somerset. With Charlotte Smith.
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04/10/2012
The skills shortage facing farmers and artisan food producers.
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03/10/2012
Attack of the killer shrimps - they could be coming to a river near you!
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02/10/2012
Hollow potatoes and mouldy wheat - Anna Hill on how the wet weather has hit crop quality.
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01/10/2012
Charlotte Smith reveals the finalists for the BBC Farmer of the Year award 2012.
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The future is bright for Britain's sheep farmers, discovers Charlotte Smith.
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28/09/2012
Charlotte Smith investigates how new EU rules might affect UK abattoirs.