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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 17/10/24 - Review of Defra's rules, decline in the beef herd, wine harvest

    The government announces a review of Defra's rules, to drive economic growth.

  2. 16/10/24 Bluetongue restrictions, champagne producers in Kent, organic milk

    Sheep breeder says bluetongue restrictions are wrecking his business.

  3. 15/10/24 - Renewable community benefits, English sparking wine, grassland payments

    Would you say yes to a wind or solar farm near your home if it meant lower energy bills?

  4. 14/10/24 - Harvest 2024, eco-friendly twine, UK wine

    Harvest 2024 hasn't been great - what will it mean for farmers and consumers?

  5. 12/10/24 Farming Today This Week: charges for inspections at abattoirs, beef prices, slurry spreading in Wales, water management

    Abattoir inspection charges; high beef prices; muck-spreading ban; water management.

  6. 11/10/24 - Employment rights, beavers, Welsh slurry spreading rules

    What will the Government鈥檚 new deal for workers mean for farming?

  7. 10/10/24 Threat of the bark beetle to UK forestry, seabed damage in protected areas, re-wiggling rivers

    Efforts to halt the spread of a beetle that could have a huge impact on UK forestry.

  8. 09/10/24 - Natural capital report, Thames Water reservoir, beef prices

    The economy is dependent on nature - according to a new report.

  9. 08/10/24 - Cell-cultivated protein, natural flood management, Dartmoor wild camping

    How can we be sure new 'cell-cultivated' foods are safe to eat?

  10. 07/10/24 Charges for abattoir inspections, water management

    Meat industry says many small abattoirs will close if inspection charges go up.

  11. 05/10/24 Farming Today This Week: 'Poultry police', dairy recruitment crisis, imported carrots, deer.

    IT problems with the new poultry register.

  12. 04/10/24 Poultry register, fishing and offshore wind farms, TB in deer

    IT problems with new national bird register.

  13. 03/10/24 - Crisis in dairy recruitment, deer damage to trees, imported carrots

    The dairy industry highlights a crisis in recruitment - how can farmers attract new staff?

  14. 02/10/24 Flood task force, Conservative party conference, farmed deer.

    Flooded farmers and the government's new flood resilience taskforce.

  15. 01/10/24 New kept-bird register, US certification scheme for regen ag, deer cull.

    All kept birds must now be registered, to help stop bird flu.

  16. 30/09/24 - Council farms sell-off, health checks at livestock markets, the problem with deer

    Another council sells off its farms to balance the books.

  17. 28/09/24 Farming Today This Week: Henry Dimbleby, Environmental Land Management Schemes, Planning, Cider Apples

    National Food Strategy author Henry Dimbleby says the agriculture budget must be retained.

  18. 27/09/24 - Henry Dimbleby, dead Scottish salmon, underground energy cables

    Agriculture budget must be retained, says Henry Dimbleby, National Food Strategy author.

  19. 26/09/2024: Bluetongue; Welsh bog; rural planning

    Farmers affected by bluetongue are to be surveyed about the impact of this latest outbreak

  20. 25/09/2024 Brownfield passports, green belt planning, agri-environment schemes.

    New government proposals to speed up planning on brownfield sites.

  21. 24/09/2024 Labour Party conference, solar farm inquiry, bluetongue, cider apples

    Labour party conference - no promises on money, but a land-use framework due this autumn.

  22. 23/09/24 - Upland farmers in trouble, new planning proposals

    Upland farmers face financial pressure due to changing farm support.

  23. 21/09/24 Farming Today This Week: Radical change to food safety proposed, flood repairs outstanding, trail hunting, blackberries

    New plans to use supermarket data to enforce food safety.

  24. 20/09/24 - English devolution, funding for rural communities, farm homeless hostel and storks

    Chronic underinvestment in the English countryside is costing jobs and money.

  25. 19/09/24 - Radical changes to food safety proposed, tech to fight food fraud, curlew conservation, carers' countryside respite

    New plans to use supermarket data to enforce food safety.

  26. 18/08/24 Trail hunting, Blackberries, Lapwings

    Trail hunting - both sides of the debate.

  27. 17/09/24 Lib Dem party conference; Farmland birds; Peat

    It's party conference season and the Lib Dems map out their vision for the countryside.

  28. 16/09/24 More farmland conservation needed for wild birds, legal challenge halts forest, flood repairs outstanding

    Wild bird populations will only recover if more farmland is set aside for conservation.

  29. 14/09/24 - Farming Today This Week: Farming underspend, Westmorland Show, fishing

    Caz Graham brings you the biggest rural stories of the week.

  30. 13/09/24 Sinking ropes to save minke whales, cod negotiations with Norway, willow biomass

    Sinking ropes trial to stop minke whales being tangled in fishing gear.

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