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Hereford & Worcester

In depth: How does a fruit farm work?

Bal Padda has grown his farm from one field in 1996 to 130 acres in 2025.

• 7 mins

Hereford & Worcester

2025: A bad crop for broccoli?

Farmers in Herefordshire are warning yields are down by more than half.

• 3 mins

Hereford & Worcester

Are Christmas tree crops affected by the dry weather?

A Worcestershire grower says he's hoping for a wet autumn for his traditional pine trees.

• 1 min

Hereford & Worcester

Is the Great British hop crop under threat?

Growers in the country's hop capital say yields for the perennial are falling.

• 5 mins

Solent

Counting the cost of crop circles

A spider-shaped crop circle in Cerne Abbas is the latest to be investigated.

• 5 mins

Solent

From udder to vending machine

How one local dairy farm has diversified into ice cream making and selling direct.

• 4 mins

Solent

Martin Clunes: 'For now I'm just a farmer'

Martin Clunes has been at his Dorset farm for 15 years.

• 4 mins

Solent

Sunflowers the size of dinner plates

At a farm on Hayling Island, the sunflowers come in all shapes and sizes.

• 4 mins

Solent

Garlic farming on the Isle of Wight

Growing underground in the sunniest place in the UK.

• 4 mins

Newcastle

The honey farm fighting a parasitic threat

Chain Bridge Honey Farm is one of the many honey farms facing the threat of varroa.

• 3 mins

Newcastle

How modern change is impacting Northumberland farm

Simon Bainbridge talks about the affects of climate change, bureaucracy and more.

• 4 mins

Newcastle

'It's a lot of pressure, let's not hide it'

Collette Howe uncovers the mental health struggles affecting Northumberland's farmers.

• 4 mins

Newcastle

The college that trains our future farmers

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Newcastle's Matt Bailey broadcasts from Northumberland College's working farm.

• 2 mins

Newcastle

Remote farming families finally get mains electric

Families in Upper Coquetdale, Northumberland, have been connected to mains electricity.

• 2 mins

Somerset

Cows thought to be extinct living in Somerset

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Somerset's Vernon Harwood has been to see the only Albion cattle in the county.

• 3 mins

Somerset

Keeping farmers healthy while they sell at market

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Vernon Harwood speaks to farmers and health professionals at a livestock market.

• 3 mins

Somerset

Does the dry summer mean a shortage of pumpkins?

Mike Churches takes the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½â€™s Andy Bennett around his pumpkin farm near Glastonbury.

• 3 mins