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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 05/09/2025: Short straw, party conference season, helpful insects

    Straw is in short supply, increasing livestock farmers costs this winter.

  2. 04/09/2025 New bovine TB strategy review, Welsh meat promotion reform

    Report calls for more urgency and a bigger budget to tackle TB in cattle in England.

  3. 03/09/25 Lough Neagh blue green algae, feed mill, Unst Show

    People living around Lough Neagh say the pollution is worse than ever after this summer.

  4. 02/09/25 Rural racism, dairy prices, pulses for animal feed.

    Rural racism is often unreported and has a profound impact on victims, says new report.

  5. 01/09/2025 Concerns about winter animal feed, working with pesticides and health risks, surveying the fishing fleet

    Concern is growing about a shortage of fodder this winter.

  6. Farming Today This Week: EU border checks; impact of pig & poultry farms; pollinators; off-grid farms connected

    EU checks for food exports to last 'til 2027, impact of pig & poultry farms, pollinators.

  7. 29/08/2025 Pig and poultry pollution, Highland sheep shearing, moth pollinators

    Pig and poultry pollution, Highland sheep shearing and alternative pollinators.

  8. 28/08/25 'Disappointment' from food industry as minister says EU export checks to last until 2027, bee insemination

    Costly border checks and paperwork for British food exporters will last until 2027.

  9. 27/08/25 Water scarcity, Scottish harvest, grazing for butterflies

    Water shortages in Scotland and the impact on farmers.

  10. 26/08/25 Countryside Code, pollinators, fruit farm bees.

    The Countryside Code - how's it working?

  11. 25/08/2015 - Summer at the Shielings

    Crofters' memories of working, playing and praying on the moors during the summer months

  12. 23/08/25 Farming Today This Week: early apples, bioethanol industry in trouble, rise in avian flu

    Why some apples are early, the collapse of UK bioethanol production and a rise in bird flu

  13. 22/08/25 Bird flu, high-tech lettuce growing, early apples, aftermath of wildfires

    Summer spread of bird flu through gulls.

  14. 21/08/25 Bird flu and game birds, bluetongue, peat-free salad trials, David Richardson remembered

    New rules for shoots in England to help prevent bird flu.

  15. 20/08/2025 Funding for rural councils, spinach, bioethanol

    Will rural councils lose out when big changes to local authority funding are introduced?

  16. 19/08/2025 Bluetongue restrictions in Wales, border checks, fertiliser trials, nighthawking

    Changes to bluetongue restrictions in Wales.

  17. 18/08/2025: Crop prices, frozen trees, the UK salad industry

    Does a tough autumn lie ahead for UK arable farmers?

  18. 16/08/25 Farming Today This Week: shooting licenses restricted, pig supply chain rules, carcass balance

    Salted pig's trotter? Brains on toast? Why the carcass balance is important to farmers.

  19. 15/08/25: Rural buses, feeding lions, Inheritance tax analysis

    MPs say 'ambitious action' is needed to improve bus services in rural England.

  20. 14/08/25 Game bird shooting licences and avian influenza. Exporting less popular cuts of meat

    Shooting club says being refused a licence to release game birds could force it to close.

  21. 13/08/25 Pig rules, drought, carcass use

    Pig rules, drought, using fallen livestock.

  22. 12/08/25 Dairy exports to Egypt, eating all the pig, Bronze Age cattle

    New deal for dairy exports to Egypt.

  23. 110825: environmental payments, meat carcass use

    Fears over environmental farm payments; meat carcass use.

  24. 09/08/25 Harvest 2025 - from barley and peas, to cherries and sweetcorn.

    Harvest 2025: a tough year for some crops, but others have done well.

  25. 08/08/25 Heather burning and wildfires, cherry harvest, green road bridge for wildlife.

    Gamekeepers may refuse to help tackle wildfires in row over controlled burning of heather.

  26. 07/08/25 Farmwatch: a celebration of farming across England, sweetcorn harvest.

    A celebration of farming across England and the 蜜芽传媒 - Farmwatch.

  27. 06/08/25 Parasite control, barn owls, pea harvest

    Vets urge livestock owners to cut back on use of treatments for parasites.

  28. 05/08/25 Egg imports and salmonella concerns, plum boom, oil seed rape harvest

    Rise in imported eggs and concerns over salmonella.

  29. 04/08/25 Harvest and the impact of this year's dry weather on crops

    Harvest 2025 - what's been the impact of weather extremes on this year's crops?

  30. 02/08/25: Coping With Downpour And Drought, Inheritance Tax

    How can farmers manage water more effectively in times of drought and downpour?

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