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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 20/09/2019 GM crops, Otters on the farm, Irish beef

    The arguments for and against growing GM crops from an industry insider and a campaigner.

  2. 19/09/19: Funding for the environment, GM high-iron wheat, Eating Blue Shark

    Conservation organisations say £2.9bn will be needed for the environment post-Brexit.

  3. 18/09/19: Anti GM, Disease-resistant potatoes, Kiwi berries

    Anna Hill asks whether genetic modification and the organic label can ever co-exist.

  4. 17/09/19 Soya animal feed, Liberal Democrats' rural policies, man-made wetland

    Is feeding UK livestock soya, grown in Brazil, helping to damage the planet?

  5. 16/09/19 GM crops, wild fires, rural homelessness

    The future of GM crops, the ecological impact of peat fires and rural homelessness.

  6. Farming Today This Week: Angling

    Sybil Ruscoe heads to Lenches Lakes in Evesham to try her hand at a spot of fly fishing.

  7. 13/09/19: No-deal Brexit plans, Women in farming, French cattle, Fish

    Caz Graham looks at Operation Yellowhammer's no-deal Brexit plans for food and farming.

  8. 12/09/19: Badger cull, Salmon fishing on the Tay, Smart farming

    Caz Graham asks Neil Parish MP for his response to the details of this year's badger cull.

  9. 11/09/19: Carbon net zero farming by 2040, Pearl mussels on the River Spey, Do fish feel pain?

    Anna Hill asks Professor Elizabeth Robinson if farming can go carbon neutral by 2040.

  10. 10/09/19 - Defra secretary under scrutiny, definition of veal and beef, anglers monitoring water quality

    Defra secretary admits the Agriculture Bill will fail to get through Parliament.

  11. Badger cull, Women in agriculture, Angling

    A badger cull will not now go ahead in Derbyshire while Defra looks into vaccination.

  12. Farming Today This Week: Land ownership

    Charlotte Smith visits Mark Tufnell on his Calmsden estate in Gloucestershire.

  13. Theresa Villiers, Young farmers, Scottish land ownership

    Defra's Theresa Villiers admits there is a risk for UK farmers in a no-deal Brexit.

  14. 05/09/2019

    Charlotte Smith asks Ben Briggs what has happened to the Agriculture Bill.

  15. 04/09/19: Educating teachers on food and farming, Crop circles, County farm buy-out

    Anna Hill asks Christine Watts why schools need help to teach their pupils about farming.

  16. 03/09/19 Land ownership, Scottish forestry, invasive oysters

    One of the country's biggest farming enterprises is sold.

  17. 02/09/19 - Land ownership, Countryside mobility, Drought-resistant barley

    Who owns Britain? We start a week-long look at land ownership.

  18. Farming Today This Week: Shooting for sport

    Sybil Ruscoe is joined by Andrew Gilruth and Pat Thompson to discuss shooting for sport.

  19. 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.

  20. 29/08/19 - Proroguing Parliament, Labour's Animal Welfare Manifesto, Game farming

    What will proroguing Parliament mean for farming?

  21. 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.

  22. 27/08/19: Pheasant and grouse shooting; Grazing sheep on Hampstead Heath

    Farming Today begins a week-long look at shooting,

  23. Flower farm opens its doors to the public

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

  24. Farming goes 'Back to the Future'

    Sybil Ruscoe is on a mixed farm in Somerset.

  25. 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.

  26. 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?

  27. 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.

  28. 20/08/19 Grain trading, rural report, mob grazing, invasive pygmyweed

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

  29. 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?

  30. Farming Today This Week: Harvest 2019

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

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