Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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03/11/2025: Food security, no confidence in DAERA, where seeds start
Today
A group of MPs warn that almost a quarter of current UK farmland could be lost by 2050.
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01/11/2025: Drought, invasive species, waste
Saturday
Drought prediction, invasive species, and waste as organised crime.
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31/10/25: Pumpkin growers' nightmare. Drought to continue into 2026? UK Carbon budget. Invasive species
Friday
Why Halloween pumpkin growers have been having nightmares this year.
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30/10/25: An uncomfortable transition? The buzz about Asian hornets. Cosmic ray neutrons and soil moisture
Thursday
The boss of one of the UK's biggest farming companies says a painful transition is ahead.
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29/10/25 Scottish Land Reform Bill, bird flu housing order, Himalayan Basalm, historic farming landscapes.
Wednesday
Scotland's controversial Land Reform Bill.
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28/10/2025 Waste crime inquiry, beaver release, zebra mussels
Last Tuesday
Organised crime gangs dump millions of tonnes of waste with impunity says Lords inquiry.
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27/10/25 Energy costs for salad growers, carrots, invasive species.
Last Monday
Salad growers warn price hikes for electricity could drive producers out of the sector.
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25/10/25: Beer and cider from land to glass
Sat 25 Oct 2025
We explore the journey from land to glass for beer, cider and perry.
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24/10/2025 Fishing fund and Scottish fishers. DNA of cider apples. Cornish centenarian farmer.
Fri 24 Oct 2025
Scottish fishing industry furious at allocation of new fishing and coastal fund.
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23/10/25 Environmental regulation in Northern Ireland. Malting barley for beer. Food system report
Thu 23 Oct 2025
Call for new independent environmental regulator in Northern Ireland.
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22/10/25 Water Grid, Perry Pears, Sugar Beet Prices
Wed 22 Oct 2025
Could a network of new ponds built on farms prevent floods and top up drought hit rivers?
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21/10/25 Welfare report on CO2 and the slaughter of pigs; producing cider
Tue 21 Oct 2025
Animal welfare experts call for halt to slaughter of pigs with carbon dioxide.
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20/10/25 Planning reform, beer and growing hops.
Mon 20 Oct 2025
Planning reforms and conservationists' concerns.
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18/10/25 Farming Today This Week: No U-turn on farm inheritance tax, environmental scheme extension "too late", farming in Gaza
Sat 18 Oct 2025
Farming Minister says there'll be no changes to farm inheritance tax plans.
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17/10/25 Farming minister on sustainable farming scheme and inheritance tax. Council farms in Cornwall.
Fri 17 Oct 2025
Farming minister says there'll be no U-turn on government's inheritance tax plans.
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16/10/25 Environmental scheme extension 'too late', The Windsor Framework 'overwhelmingly complex', county council farm incomes
Thu 16 Oct 2025
Fury from farmers who say government鈥檚 last minute extension to a scheme comes too late.
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15/10/25: Milk prices, what it takes to get a Council Farm
Wed 15 Oct 2025
Why are farmers' milk prices going down, when dairy has gone up in the shops?
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14/10/25 Microplastics and seafood, council farms, trade tariffs and farm machinery.
Tue 14 Oct 2025
Scientists challenge reports about microplastics and seafood.
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13/10/25 Flood resilience, SNP Conference, county council farms
Mon 13 Oct 2025
'Underpowered and fragmented' - MPs criticise the government's approach to flooding
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10/10/25: Illegal waste dumping in the countryside, Plaid Cymru, HS2 compulsory purchases
Fri 10 Oct 2025
The increasing amounts of waste dumped in the countryside and how to tackle it.
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09/10/25 Trump's aid package for soyabean farmers, welfare for farmed insects, hare coursing
Thu 9 Oct 2025
President Trump plans to bail out soyabean farmers.
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08/10/25: Rive Wye, rural crime, new nature reserve
Wed 8 Oct 2025
River Wye pollution, rural crime, new nature reserve.
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07/10/25: Skilled workers visas, Neigh-bourhood Watch, British Wool anniversary.
Tue 7 Oct 2025
Dairy farmers in Scotland say changing skilled worker visas could leave them shortstaffed.
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06/10/25: Rural policing, grape harvest, Conservative Party conference
Mon 6 Oct 2025
Is rural crime falling off the radar in some police force areas?
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The rise and rise of beef prices, carp growing, agroforestry
Tue 22 Apr 2025
What's behind 2025's unprecedented increase in UK farmers' beef prices?
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Foot and mouth personal meat import ban, gearing up for sheep shearing as overseas shearer visas granted
Tue 15 Apr 2025
Travellers banned from bringing meat from the EU into the UK, due to Foot and Mouth risk.
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12/04/2025 Farming Today This Week: Salmon Farming, Wildfire and Trade
Sat 12 Apr 2025
Does the future of salmon farming lie in deeper water?
