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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 06/09/21 Report suggests less regulation for gene edited crops, livestock selective breeding

    Light touch regulation for gene edited crops in England.

  2. 04/09/21 - Farming Today This Week: The Trade and Agriculture Commission, staff shortages and food waste

    Where is the new Trade and Agriculture Commission?

  3. 03/09/21 Farm food waste, BBC Food and Farming Awards' Farming for the Future category, seed breeding

    Farmers could increase their profits by 20% by getting to grips with food waste.

  4. 02/09/21 - Trade and Agriculture Commission, picker shortage and hop breeding

    Where is the new Trade and Agriculture Commission?

  5. 01/09/2021 Labour shortage on poultry farms, strawberry breeding, croft horse trekking

    Staff shortages in the food chain are causing serious problems for poultry farmers.

  6. 31/08/21 - Tractor auction, Northern Ireland’s Future Agricultural Policy, Crop breeding

    Northern Ireland’s plan for agriculture and the man with a tractor collection for sale.

  7. Supporting people with extra needs on Macaulay Farm

    Nancy Nicolson visits a farm on the Isle of Lewis which supports people with extra needs

  8. 28/08/21 Farming Today This Week: Food industry calls for Covid relief visas, lack of funding for rural youth, ragwort

    Labour shortages in processing mean a backlog of pigs on farms - are prisoners the answer?

  9. 27/08/21 - Prisoner labour in meat processing, Backlog of pigs, Poul Hovesen

    Is employing prisoners the answer to the backlog of pigs and a shortage of chicken?

  10. 26/08/21 - Ragwortgate, Pharmacist to farmer, Menai Mussels

    Charlotte Smith presents the latest installment of Ragwortgate.

  11. 25/08/21 - Pop-up campsites in Wales, Ragwort and horses, University lecturer turns farmer

    Should pop-up campsites in Wales be registered to monitor the pressure on rural areas?

  12. 24/08/21 - Beaver reintroduction in England, Transforming a dairy business with direct selling

    Plans to release beavers into the wild in England are to be set out by the UK government.

  13. 23/08/21 - Making money from native breeds, Queen of the Herdwicks, Gleaning

    How can you make rare and native livestock breeds pay?

  14. 21/08/21 - Farming Today This Week: Harvest 2021

    Caz Graham with a round-up of some of the stories from this year's harvest.

  15. 20/08/21 Cash for Ash, Rural crime in Wales, Broccoli harvest

    Farmers in Northern Ireland are being asked to repay money from the 'Cash for Ash' scheme.

  16. 19/08/21 - The carbon footprint of milk, Wheat harvest in Yorkshire

    A new report says UK milk is produced with half of the global average carbon footprint.

  17. 18/08/21 - Live animal exports, Bronagh Dempster the young farmer, Cotswold harvest

    Reaction to the latest news on the transport of live animal for export. With Anna Hill.

  18. 17/08/21 - Tenant farm rent rises, New varieties of oil seed rape, Barley harvest

    There's evidence that landlords are trying to raise farm rents to offset cuts to the BPS.

  19. 16/08/21 Teen tractor safety, Harvest, Lambing Research

    13-year-olds learn to drive tractors safely. Harvest 2021. The habits of pregnant ewes.

  20. 14/08/21 Farming Today This Week: IPPC report on methane, farmland for offsetting, Maryport fishing

    The UN’s expert panel on climate change says methane emissions must be reduced.

  21. 13/08/21 - Buying Welsh farmland for offsetting, Local Nature Recovery Strategies, Where the red squirrels eat

    Farmland in Wales is being bought by investment companies to offset carbon emissions.

  22. 12/08/21 - Grouse shooting season, how to move a field, trees on marginal land

    The grouse shooting season gets underway today but there might be fewer birds than normal.

  23. 11/08/21 - GB protected geographical status, The price of trees, Beavers in Scotland

    A new UK protected geographical status has been revealed. Caz Graham presents.

  24. 10/08/21 - IPCC report into climate change, methane reduction in farming, forest fire in Northumberland

    Caz Graham asks what farming can do to reduce methane emissions to tackle climate change.

  25. 09/08/21: Imports v Home Grown; Forestry; Beach cows

    Can imported food really be greener? plus why cows are back grazing the dunes of Dorset.

  26. 07/08/21 - Trade, sheep, and a farming world record

    A freight expert has seen large increases in the checks needed to export goods to the EU.

  27. 06/08/21 Sheep shearing record, crop diseases with global warming, Welsh sheep farming

    New research suggests British crops will face more tropical diseases with climate change.

  28. 05/08/21 - Exporting to the EU, or not

    A lack of customs agents and an increase in paperwork is impacting on exports to the EU.

  29. 04/08/21 - Ban on Scottish trawlers, Breeding sheep for wool

    A group is calling for a ban on trawlers within three miles of the Scottish coast.

  30. 03/08/21 - Rural crime, Pathogen project, Sheep markets

    New tactics are being employed to commit rural crimes, according to a new report.

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