Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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CCTV in slaughterhouses, Fisherman training, Smoked salmon
CCTV will be mandatory in slaughterhouses, the government has announced today.
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Egg fraud, Shepherd's guides, Salmon in the River Taff
First eggs and now poultry meat could be affected by use of an insecticide in Europe.
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Small farm decline, insects for aquaculture, egg vending machine
A new report from the CPRE is predicting a bleak future for small farms.
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Soil health, Salmon and river pollution, New varieties of apples and pears
Research warns climate change may lead to an increase in river pollution from fertilisers.
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Salmon Farming, Farm magazine, Lake District Farming Officer
Farming Today takes a look at salmon farming and some of the controversy surrounding it.
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Farming Today This Week: Price of Food
Panellists discuss the price of food in front of an audience at Countryfile Live.
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TB in Cumbria, Trade after Brexit, Dutch Cow cull
With a TB outbreak in Cumbria, David Gregory Kumar asks if it could spread to Scotland.
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Rural crime, Sugar beet factory, Farm shop marketing
The chair of the Rural Crime Network explains how they can help farmers protect livestock.
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The true cost of food, global hop shortage, drone regulation
The true cost of food - should farmers be taxed on their impact on the environment?
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Small Farms Research, Game Fair, Sewage Meadows, Pig Production
A new report in praise of small-scale farming.
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The price of food, TB testing for goats, knowledge of the countryside.
When it comes to the price of food, what's the right balance?
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Farming Today This Week: Wales
Charlotte Smith visits a farm in Monmouthshire who supply pigs for charcuterie.
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EU migrant investigation, antibiotic research, Welsh water bottling.
A government report on EU workers is due in 2018. What do farmers do in the meantime?
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Compulsory purchase, Welsh Black cattle, Lavender farm
Warnings of more compulsory purchase of farmland is a cause for concern for some.
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Hedgecutting ban, Welsh hill farming, Christmas turkeys
Farmers deliver a petition to the Defra to change the rules on when hedges can be cut.
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Animal welfare post-Brexit, Royal Welsh Show, Farm opera, Belvoir Harvest
Cheaper food imports could come at the cost of farm animal welfare standards post-Brexit.
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Reaction to Gove's environment speech, Farm safety and food and farming in Wales
Farmers and conservationists react to a key speech on the environment by Michael Gove.
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Farming Today This Week: Rural Tourism
Assessing the UK's rural tourism sector, on a visit to Roves Farm in Wiltshire.
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Michael Gove's 'vision', strawberry growing, Bovine TB, and alpaca walking tours
The environment secretary Michael Gove will call for a 'green' Brexit today.
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Tenant farmer evictions, Devolved powers post-Brexit, Rural tourism report, Himalayan Balsam gin.
When council auction off farmland, what are the options for unsuccessful tenants?
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Intensive farming, Tourism on Skye, Rare caterpillars stolen
The number of intensive farms is growing. What does this mean for animal welfare?
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Lynx reintroduction application, Glyphosate, Farm tourism
An application to reintroduce lynxes into Kielder Forest is submitted to Natural England.
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Crime in the countryside, Rural tourism, Neil Parish MP
The police and the government must do more to tackle rural crime, according to the NFU.
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Farming in England
Exploring quintessentially English food and farming stories from the Great Yorkshire Show.
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14/07/2017
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
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Rural payments, WWII bunker on farm, Heritage apples, Sheep shearing
Farmers are hit with Rural Payment debt notices - including one for a WWII bunker!
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Earliest grain harvest for years, Aircraft thefts from rural airfields, Spanish farmers suffering with drought
Farmers are filling their barns with grain in one of the earliest harvests for years.
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Report on the future of global agriculture, the Suffolk Trinity, predatory mites to control spider mites
A report on trends in global agriculture finds demand slowing over the next decade.
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Young beekeepers, Brexit, Food and farming, Agriculture in England
A global gathering in the UK marks the efforts of young beekeepers in promoting honeybees.
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Northern Ireland
Ruth Sanderson finds out how scientists are helping farmers in Northern Ireland.