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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 30/08/19 - Raptor persecution on grouse moors, Managing wild boar, and Project Pollinator

    Britain's birds of prey are being shot, trapped and poisoned, according to the RSPB.

  2. 29/08/19 - Proroguing Parliament, Labour's Animal Welfare Manifesto, Game farming

    What will proroguing Parliament mean for farming?

  3. 28/08/19: Opposition to shooting for sport, Bees in the heat, Food surplus for pigs

    Caz Graham speaks to Nick Weston to hear the arguments against shooting for sport.

  4. 27/08/19: Pheasant and grouse shooting; Grazing sheep on Hampstead Heath

    Farming Today begins a week-long look at shooting,

  5. Flower farm opens its doors to the public

    Behind the scenes with a commercial flower grower who invites visitors to pick their own.

  6. Farming goes 'Back to the Future'

    Sybil Ruscoe is on a mixed farm in Somerset.

  7. 23/08/19: Sea eagles on the Isle of Wight, Medieval strip farming, Feeding charcoal to cattle

    Sea eagles have been reintroduced on the Isle of Wight. Farmers are concerned about lambs.

  8. HS2 review, potato breeding, pesticide research and crops that are resilient to salt.

    HS2 is being reviewed, so what next for farmers and landowners along the route?

  9. 21/08/19 NFU concern about end of freedom of movement post-Brexit, land sharing, farming with nature

    Plans to end freedom of movement on 31 October causes chaos, says farming union.

  10. 20/08/19 Grain trading, rural report, mob grazing, invasive pygmyweed

    A new report criticises Westminster for ignoring the concerns of rural communities.

  11. 19/08/19 - Plant body clocks, BBC Focus on Farming and is farming going Back to the Future?

    Could understanding the body clocks of plants cut the use of chemicals on the farm?

  12. Farming Today This Week: Harvest 2019

    Sybil Ruscoe visits a farm in Herefordshire where they harvest for nine months a year.

  13. 16/08/29 - Climate change and farming in the media, Lairg sheep auction and the oat harvest

    Are farmers being unfairly targeted in the climate change debate?

  14. 15/08/19: Farming and a no-deal Brexit, the Plum harvest, Personal food computer

    Caz Graham is joined by Sean Rickard and Rupert Lowe MEP to discuss Brexit and farming.

  15. Animal welfare and a no-deal Brexit, Reducing methane emissions from cows, Lettuce robot picker

    The RSPCA says welfare of livestock could nosedive if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

  16. 13/08/19 Beef crisis, pollen DNA, wet harvest

    The British beef industry says it is in crisis.

  17. 12/08/19 Food self-sufficiency, hemp research, harvest 2019

    Today, a call from farmers for the government to back home-grown food.

  18. Social Media and Farming

    Sybil Ruscoe explores the power and pitfalls of social media in farming.

  19. 09/08/19: What the IPCC report on climate change means for UK farming

    Sybil Ruscoe asks what the IPCC report on land use and climate change means for farming.

  20. 08/08/19 - Death threats on social media, flystrike in sheep, nature-friendly farming and a play about Foot and Mouth

    The dark side of social media - we hear from a farmer who was sent death threats online.

  21. 06/08/19 The new Chief Whip is a farmer, salad shortages, social media helping with rural isolation

    We hear why salad might be scarce after October.

  22. 06/08/19 Horticulture in Wales, social media on farms, monitoring great black-backed gulls

    The Welsh farmers swapping lamb for fruit and veg.

  23. 05/08/19 Food supply in a 'no-deal' Brexit, flood prevention, social media in agriculture

    Have we got all the facts we need about our food supply to prepare for a no-deal Brexit?

  24. Farming Today This Week: Insects

    Sybil Ruscoe meets Ben Taylor-Davies to find out how his farm helps insects to thrive.

  25. 02/08/19 Yorkshire floods, Pride farmers, insects on farms, Environment Secretary's speech at Countryfile Live

    The first speech from the new environment secretary.

  26. 01/08/19: Closure of marts and abattoirs, Predatory insects, When is a tweet not a tweet?

    Caz Graham hears how the closure of livestock marts impacts on the farming community.

  27. 31/07/19 Oak processionary moth, farming in North West Queensland, crops for pollinators

    The invasive oak processionary moth's caterpillars are a risk to human health.

  28. 30/07/19 'No deal' Brexit and its impact on food and farming

    As the government 'turbo-charges' no-deal planning, we ask what it would mean for farming.

  29. 29/07/19 Sugar tax on dairy drinks? Insects, and Limestone grasslands

    Could soft-drink sugar tax be extended to milkshakes? Insects, and reviving grasslands.

  30. Farming Today This Week: Farm Vets

    Steffan Messenger heads to Somerset to find out more about the veterinary profession.

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