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Farming Today

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

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22/03/25 - Farming Today This Week: Hare coursing, Fairness in food supply chain, Covid's legacy on farms, Biosecurity
Farmers fear the rise in violent encounters with illegal hare coursers.
22 Mar 2025,25 mins
21/03/25 New National Forest, Biosecurity at the border, farming medicinal cannabis.
A new National Forest for England, the first in 30 years.
21 Mar 2025,14 mins
20/03/25 - Fairness in the supply chain, biosecurity measures to prevent a livestock epidemic
Are biosecurity measures good enough to prevent another major epidemic in farm livestock?
20 Mar 2025,14 mins
19/03/25 - Rural pubs, avian flu biosecurity and nurdles on beaches
Concern for the future of rural pubs after government fund closes.
19 Mar 2025,14 mins
18/03/25 - Hare coursing, xylella and soil microplastics
Farmers fear the rise in violent encounters with illegal hare coursers.
18 Mar 2025,14 mins
17/03/25 Covid anniversary and its legacy on farms. Biosecurity and keeping diseases at bay.
What did the farming and food industry learn from the Covid lockdowns?
17 Mar 2025,12 mins
15/03/25 - Farming Today This Week: The closure of SFI, foot and mouth disease and agricultural drones
The SFI has been closed - we hear from farmers, environmentalists and the farming minister
15 Mar 2025,25 mins
14/03/25 - Farming Minister on closing the environmental farming scheme
The Farming Minister says closing environmental farming scheme is a sign of its success.
14 Mar 2025,14 mins
13/03/25 Farmers react to environmental scheme closure
The government halts applications to a major environmental farming scheme.
13 Mar 2025,14 mins
12/03/25 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill and an agricultural drone contractor
What will the Planning and Infrastructure Bill mean for rural communities?
12 Mar 2025,14 mins
11/03/25 - Foot and Mouth Disease in Hungary and agricultural contractors
Are UK border controls good enough to keep UK farmers safe from foot and mouth disease?
11 Mar 2025,14 mins
10/03/25 - Lead shot and agricultural contractors
The phase-out of lead shot and why it doesn't seem to be happening.
10 Mar 2025,12 mins
08/03/25 Farming Today This Week: Impact of US tariffs on global agri-trade, Sir James Dyson, supply chains, cost of bird flu
Trump's trade tariffs: what do they mean for world trade and us?
08 Mar 2025,25 mins
07/03/25 - Rural connectivity, farmers co-ops and farming on an island
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
07 Mar 2025,14 mins
06/03/2025 - What do Trump's tariffs mean for global agri-trade?, James Dyson's farm, sustainable potatoes
American farmers are being urged to produce more by their president.
06 Mar 2025,14 mins
05/03/2025 - Pig supply chain, blossom watch and a charity farm for women
Will new rules for the pig supply chain make it fairer for farmers?
05 Mar 2025,14 mins
04/03/25 - The cost of avian flu, apple supply chain and soy-free dairy cow feed
The hidden costs of clearing up after being culled out with avian flu.
04 Mar 2025,14 mins
03/03/25 - Solar farms on tenant farms, the wisdom of retired fishermen and supply chain fairness
A warning for tenant farmers as a Yorkshire solar farm gets the go-ahead.
03 Mar 2025,12 mins
01/03/25 - Farming Today This Week: NFU Conference, Climate Change Committee report, bulbs for methane, beavers, ploughing.
NFU Conference, Climate Change Committee report, bulbs for methane, beavers, ploughing.
01 Mar 2025,25 mins
28/02/25 - Trade rules, native bulbs and high beef and lamb prices
Would trade rules allow the UK to ban the import of food produced to lower standards?
28 Feb 2025,14 mins
27/02/25 Climate Change Committee report, daffodil bulbs to reduce methane, illegal waste.
Climate Change Committee calls for a transformation in agriculture.
27 Feb 2025,14 mins
26/02/25 - NFU Conference 2025: Inheritance tax, technology funding, farm profitability
Charlotte Smith reports from the NFU Conference in London.
26 Feb 2025,14 mins
25/02/25 - Land classification, UK grown tulips and driverless tractors
Why land classification in England is decades out of date, according to a new report.
25 Feb 2025,14 mins
24/02/25 Avian flu vaccines; bulb growing in Cornwall
Avian flu - the on farm impact and the science of vaccines, and Cornish daffodil picking.
24 Feb 2025,12 mins
22/02/25 - Farming Today This Week: Peat and climate change, bottom trawling, inheritance tax
Charlotte Smith brings you the week's rural news.
22 Feb 2025,25 mins