Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Farming Today This Week
Brown or white eggs, lambing time, farm bird survey.
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13/03/20 Coronavirus and food supplies; Welsh national forest; Environmental impact of sheep
We find out about emergency plans for food supplies during the coronavirus pandemic.
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12/03/20 - The Budget, rare breed lamb and import food standards
What's the fall out from the Budget for farmers?
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11/03/20 - Wet weather, coronavirus and agricultural commodities, and lambing labour
After months of intermittent rain, we catch up with progress in the fields.
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10/03/2020
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
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09/03/20 - The Northern Ireland Protocol, thermal cameras for spotting birds and lambing starts
What could the Northern Ireland Protocol mean for farming and fishing?
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07/03/20 Farming Today This Week: Badger Cull
Sybil Ruscoe explores the government's decision to phase out the badger cull.
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06/03/20 - The phasing out of the badger cull
A government u-turn or just the next phase of the policy?
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05/03/20 Red diesel tax, Trespass laws, Fat-tailed sheep, Scottish agriculture post-Brexit
Farmers are angry at the idea that the current tax break on red diesel could be scrapped.
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04/03/20 Calls for slower growing breeds of chicken, Welsh biodiversity, farm produce online marketplace
The RSPCA wants all supermarkets to switch to slower-growing breeds of chickens for meat.
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US trade deal negotiations, floodplains, potato scanner
The government sets its strategy for trade with the US - what does it mean for farmers?
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02/03/20 Flooding, Agri Start-ups. Ancient farming on Dartmoor
Farmers brace themselves for the clear-up on land damaged by floods.
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How can UK farming reach Net Zero?
From reducing fertiliser use to planting trees... what should farmers be doing?
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28/02/20 EU trade deal, Energy audit, Rogue chickens
The government has published its approach to trade negotiations with the EU.
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27/02/20 - Environment Bill, NFU Conference, Carbon footprint on farms
The government's Environment Bill has its second reading in the House of Commons.
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26/02/20 - NFU Conference
Farming Today comes from the annual conference of the National Farmers' Union.
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25/02/2020 - Food standards, powered pasture and the consequences of the floods
Will British farmers be undercut by cheap imports?
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24/02/20 - Sheep worrying, Net Zero farming and lead ammunition
Could it be the end of lead ammunition?
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22/02/20 Fishing
What future for the fishing industry? We visit a fish market in Scotland to find out.
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21/02/20 - Natural flood management, tree planting, crab processing, salmon stocks
Could farmers be part of the solution to flooding?
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20/02/20 Migrant worker visas, Fish marketing, Food lecture
We ask what the government's new visa system will mean for migrant labour in agriculture.
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18/02/20 Flooded livestock, North Shields fishing
We hear about the distress of losing livestock and hear what help is available for farmers
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18/02/20 Flooded farms, Fishing quotas, Antimicrobial resistance
Recent weekend storms have left thousands of acres of farmland underwater.
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17/02/20 Hen harriers, Fishing industry, Fake snail farms
New figures show more birds of prey are being persecuted in England than ever before.
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Storing Fresh Produce
From potatoes to apples - how is our produce kept fresh?
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14/02/20 New Defra Secretary, Weather, Storing apples
There's a new secretary of state at Defra. We gauge reaction to the appointment.
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13/02/20 - Catch App, employing offenders and keeping produce fresh
Catch App - a smart new way to monitor fish stocks or a disaster for small fishing boats?
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Wildlife Trusts' reaction to HS2, growing crops in a refugee camp, mental health, potato storage
Wildlife groups pledge to continue efforts to reduce the impact of HS2 on the environment.
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11/02/20 Farmers affected by Storm Ciara, hare coursing, cold plasma storage
Farmers around the country have been clearing up after Storm Ciara.
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10/02/20 - Tree disease, a mustard factory and keeping food fresh.
We take a tour round the newest mustard powder mill in the world.