Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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Land Use Framework; Natural Capital; Brexit transition
Land Use Framework; Natural Capital; Brexit transition.
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Agriculture in Gaza, Reaction to Chancellor's Speech, Brexit Transition
Agriculture in Gaza; Reaction to Chancellor's speech; post Brexit Transition.
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29/01/25 - Avian flu in people, housing orders for birds and English farm payments
What are the risks flu for farmworkers when it comes to avian flu?
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28/01/25 - Storm clear-up, agricultural valuers and Welsh farm policy update
Trees felled by Storm Eowyn are still being cleared up by farmers and land managers.
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27/01/25 - Crops in a new climate, International Barley Hub and agricultural transition
Could UK farmers be growing oranges in the future as the climate warms?
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25/01/25 - Farming Today This Week: Inheritance tax, sheep scanning, neonics and US undocumented farmworkers
Will the supermarkets make a difference on inheritance tax for farmers?
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24/01/25 - Inheritance tax, sheep scanning, neonics and stolen Ukrainian grain
The supermarkets weigh in on farm inheritance tax.
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23/01/25 Climate change impact on Scottish marine life, muck spreading and the rules around it.
Report looks at how climate change and warmer waters are affecting Scottish marine life.
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22/01/25 - US undocumented farmworkers, hedge laying, avian flu and the art of soil
How President Trump's plans to deport illegal immigrants could hit farmworkers.
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21/01/25 - Farm Assurance Review, sandeel court case and calf weaning
"Too many farmers feel farm assurance is 'done to them' rather than 'delivered with them'"
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20/01/25 - Warnings over the future of the Scottish salmon industry, succession on farms, fencing
Scottish Government too slow in implementing reforms recommended for salmon farming.
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18/01/25 - Farming Today This Week: LAMMA machinery show, Climate advice on meat, Foot and Mouth
Charlotte Smith visits the LAMMA machinery show in Birmingham.
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17/01/25 - CCC changes advice on eating meat, report finds environmental targets off track, adapting farm machinery
The Climate Change Committee is revising its advice on eating meat.
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16/01/25 - The LAMMA 2025 Farm Machinery Show
Charlotte Smith checks out the latest in farm machinery at LAMMA 2025
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15/01/2025 - UK bans imports of German meat following foot & mouth outbreak in Germany, devolved agriculture ministers, combines
UK bans imports of German meat, as authorities there tackle an outbreak of foot and mouth.
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14/01/2025 - Trade with the EU, gene editing, robotic milking and small abattoir closures
England diverges from the EU and the rest of the UK on gene editing.
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13/01/25 - Glyphosate resistant weeds, willow trial for sheep, farm machinery sales down
Glyphosate resistant weeds discovered in the UK for the first time, on a farm in Kent.
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11/01/25 Farming Today This Week: the farming conferences in Oxford
Thousands of farmers descend on Oxford for two big farming conferences.
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10/01/25 The Defra Secretary at the Oxford Farming Conference
With tractors protesting outside, what will the Defra Secretary say to farmers?
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09/01/24 - Day one at the Oxford Farming Conferences
Anna Hill is at the Oxford farming conferences where farmers are facing change.
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08/01/25 - Money for farming, Bake-Off Farmer and nitrogen fixing tech
The Wildlife Trusts want more money for farming and a stronger vision from government.
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07/01/25 - Wet weather, HS2 limbo and innovative food and farming ideas
What does the wet weather mean for farmers?
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06/01/25 Bird numbers down around Lough Neagh, Scottish whisky adapting to climate change, Robot dog
Bird counts reveal a drop in numbers around Lough Neagh - could algal blooms be to blame?
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04/01/2025 Farming Today This Week: Restoring ancient barns, The Department Bull, The Derby Tup
Ancient barns restored in the Lake District, the Department Bull, the Derby Tup.
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03/01/25 Breeding dairy cows for methane reduction, Pig social skills, Salt marsh restoration
How Hilda, a newborn dairy calf, has been bred to help tackle climate change.
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02/01/25 - Gene edited indoor tomatoes, rural crime, chemical free dairy cleaning
Doing away with chemical cleaners in dairies and using electricity and oxygen instead.
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01/01/25 Crofters and the ancient Calanais Standing Stones
Farming around the Calanais Standing Stones on the Isle of Lewis.
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31/12/24 - The Derby Tup
The Derby Tup - an ancient tradition which celebrates sheep farming.
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30/12/24 - The Otter Estuary
Sarah Swadling visits a newly created salt marsh.
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28/12/24 The bogs of the Flow Country - a peatland that is now a World Heritage Site.
Bog restoration in the Flow Country - a peatland which is now a World Heritage Site.