Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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04/10/23 Hormone-treated beef row; Migration review; Carrots
Beef about beef at the Conservative Party Annual Conference. Migration review. Carrots.
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03/09/23 Conservative policies on rural affairs; Scottish Agriculture Bill; New variety of salad potatoes
Conservative party conference. Scottish Agriculture Bill. New variety of salad potato.
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02/10/23 Beavers in Scotland; Root veg; Cocksfoot grass
Re-introducing wild beavers in Scotland. Root vegetables. Cocksfoot grass to improve soil.
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30/09/23 - Farming Today This Week: The State of Nature, rural youth groups and nature writing
Charlotte Smith brings you the week's rural news
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29/09/23 Windsor Framework; Overfishing; Harvest poetry.
Windsor Framework; conservation charity takes legal action over fishing; harvest poems.
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28/09/2023 State of Nature report; Nature writing in Wales
Decline in UK nature, charted by State of Nature report. Nature writing in Wales.
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27/09/2023 Agri centres that support innovation in farming merge; Nature writing
Three of the UK's agri-tech centres are to merge. Nature writing.
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26/09/23 Dairy haulier in administration; Biodiversity audit of coastline; Nature writing
Dairy haulier in administration. Coastal bio-diversity audit. Nature writing.
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25/09/23 Services for young people in rural areas; Lib Dems and farming; Nature writing
Youth services in rural areas. Lib Dem vision for farming and environment. Nature writing.
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23/09/23 - Farming Today This Week: de-banking, rural crime and muck
Charlotte Smith brings you the week's rural news.
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22/09/23 Tree planting in Wales; Turkeys and avian flu; Rural buses; Local barley for local beer.
Tree planting in Wales; Turkey farmers and avian flu; Rural buses; Barley for local beer.
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21/09/23 Lough Neagh pollution; Sustainable beef; Creating a vineyard.
Toxic algae on Lough Neagh. Supermarket's sustainable beef range. Vineyard creation.
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20/09/23 Shooting businesses say they're being de-banked; Ukrainian students; Barley for beer
Shooting businesses say they're being de-banked. Ukrainian students in UK. Barley & beer.
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19/09/23 Fruit and veg growers campaign; Seeding by drone; Cider.
Fruit & veg growers campaign for fair dealing; Sowing seed by drone; Cider.
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18/09/23 Rural crime; Hops for beer; World sheep dog trials.
Rural crime. Hop growers struggling. World sheep dog trials in Northern Ireland.
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New farming support scheme
Defra promises to fast-track new support payments to farmers in England.
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15/09/23 Small abattoirs and extra funding; Sheep on Hampstead Heath
Reaction to a 拢4 million fund to help small abattoirs. Grazing sheep on Hampstead Heath.
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Westmorland Show
The Westmorland Show in Cumbria.
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13/09/2023 Flea beetle; sugar beet; robotic fruit pickers
Flea beetle destroys oil seed rape; Sugar beet harvest; Robotic pickers on fruit farm.
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12/09/23 Bird flu and game; Dolly the sheep creator dies; giving away apple crop; Colorado potato beetle.
Bird flu and game; Dolly the sheep scientist dies; farmer gives away crop; Colorado beetle
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11/09/23 Sustainable supply chains for top fruit growers; Scotland's 'outcomes for farming'; pine martens spotted in Yorkshire
Top fruit farmers say they're not being paid enough by retailers for their crop.
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09/09/23 - Farming Today This Week: fruit and veg supply chains, agricultural science and hot weather impacts
Charlotte Smith brings you the week's farming and rural news.
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08/09/23 Fairness in the fruit and veg supply chain; badger cull announcement; UK chickpeas; Scotland's hardy herbs
The government plans to launch an inquiry into the fruit and veg supply chain.
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07/09/23 Scientific research in agriculture, blanket peat bog, herbs grown in glasshouses
How science is shaping British and global farming for the future.
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06/09/23 Agroforestry show, keeping pigs cool, native herbs
How can trees be integrated into all types of farming?
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05/09/23 Invasive species report, herbs grown in the field and indoors
Thousands of invasive species around the world are a major part of biodiversity loss.
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04/09/23 Scrapping pollution rules for housing; developing homes on Dartmoor; growing herbs in the UK
Farmers warn that the government is undercutting its own environmental schemes.
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Farmers' concerns over new land protections
Farmers' concerns over new land protections.
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01/09/23 Farming on sites of special scientific interest; steam weeding trials; harvesting blackcurrants
Farmers warn that environmental protections will put them out of business.
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31/08/23 Sustainable Farming Incentive delays; hare coursing; harvesting flax
Sustainable Farming Incentive delays for England's common land farmers