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

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.

27/08/25 Water scarcity, Scottish harvest, grazing for butterflies
Water shortages in Scotland and the impact on farmers.

26/08/25 Countryside Code, pollinators, fruit farm bees.
The Countryside Code - how's it working?

25/08/2015 - Summer at the Shielings
Crofters' memories of working, playing and praying on the moors during the summer months

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

22/08/25 Bird flu, high-tech lettuce growing, early apples, aftermath of wildfires
Summer spread of bird flu through gulls.

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.

20/08/2025 Funding for rural councils, spinach, bioethanol
Will rural councils lose out when big changes to local authority funding are introduced?

19/08/2025 Bluetongue restrictions in Wales, border checks, fertiliser trials, nighthawking
Changes to bluetongue restrictions in Wales.