Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
Episodes to download
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20/09/24 - English devolution, funding for rural communities, farm homeless hostel and storks
Today
Chronic underinvestment in the English countryside is costing jobs and money.
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19/09/24 - Radical changes to food safety proposed, tech to fight food fraud, curlew conservation, carers' countryside respite
Yesterday
New plans to use supermarket data to enforce food safety.
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17/09/24 Lib Dem party conference; Farmland birds; Peat
Tuesday
It's party conference season and the Lib Dems map out their vision for the countryside.
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16/09/24 More farmland conservation needed for wild birds, legal challenge halts forest, flood repairs outstanding
Monday
Wild bird populations will only recover if more farmland is set aside for conservation.
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14/09/24 - Farming Today This Week: Farming underspend, Westmorland Show, fishing
Last Saturday
Caz Graham brings you the biggest rural stories of the week.
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13/09/24 Sinking ropes to save minke whales, cod negotiations with Norway, willow biomass
Last Friday
Sinking ropes trial to stop minke whales being tangled in fishing gear.
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12/09/2024 Westmorland Show, farming budget underspend and its impact on the environment
Last Thursday
Small livestock farms are most at threat from cuts to the agriculture budget.
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11/09/24 - Agriculture budget, overfishing, bottom trawling and fishermen health concerns
Wed 11 Sep 2024
Has the government broken the law over fishing quotas?
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10/09/24 - Wet harvest weather, Cornish fish freezing and new EFRA Chair
Tue 10 Sep 2024
Charlotte Smith looks at the impact of the weather on this year's harvest
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09/09/24 - A UK Fishing Strategy, elm disease and a National Park charity
Mon 9 Sep 2024
Does the UK need a fishing strategy?
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07/09/24 Farming Today This Week: bluetongue vaccine, seabed recovery, Β£100m cuts to the farming budget?
Sat 7 Sep 2024
Will the Defra underspend become written into future farming budgets?
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06/09/24 - Bluetongue, temperate rainforests and Scottish veg
Fri 6 Sep 2024
The latest on the bluetongue virus.
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05/09/24 Claims of nature friendly farming budget cuts, commercialising rewilding, hedge cutting
Thu 5 Sep 2024
Will the Defra underspend become written into the future budget for farmers?
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04/09/24 - NI water quality, farmer clusters and potato machinery
Wed 4 Sep 2024
NI water quality targets are likely to be missed, according to a new report.
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03/09/24 - Pharmacy deserts, Biodiversity Net Gain and freeze-dried strawberries
Tue 3 Sep 2024
Rural areas across England are in danger of becoming 'pharmacy deserts'.
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02/09/24 Super resistant potatoes, mussel farming, green finance
Mon 2 Sep 2024
The super potato which may rescue Scotland's tattie business.
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31/08/2024: TB controls; flood relief for farmers; harvest; cattle numbers; saskatoons
Sat 31 Aug 2024
A new approach to controlling TB in cattle is revealed by the Government
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30/08/2024 Bluetongue outbreaks, tea harvest, oilseed rape oil, Food and Farming Award finalists
Fri 30 Aug 2024
Four cases of the bluetongue virus have been confirmed in sheep in Norfolk and Suffolk.
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29/08/2024: Nature in Scotland; a saskatoon berry; pea harvest
Thu 29 Aug 2024
The Scottish Parliament is being urged to introduce legislation for nature targets.
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28/08/2024: Beef production, artificial meat, oilseed rape
Wed 28 Aug 2024
UK beef production is falling, but demand stays steady.
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27/08/2024: Flooding; harvest time; fly-tipping
Tue 27 Aug 2024
Flooded farmers are waiting several months for government grants to pay for the clear-up.
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26/08/24 "Mama Hen" the woman who rescues factory farmed hens
Mon 26 Aug 2024
Mama Hen, the woman who rescues commercial flocks of hens when their laying days are over.
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24/08/2024 Farming Today This Week: Border controls, coastal communities, bracken, curlews, On Your Farm at 60
Sat 24 Aug 2024
Border controls, the elusive curlew and belted Galloways trampling bracken.
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23/08/2024: Brian May and his bTB film; Seaweed and shellfish business
Fri 23 Aug 2024
Rock star Sir Brian May on his film about bTB, cattle and badgers
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22/08/2024: Meat imports; bracken controls; fishing industry
Thu 22 Aug 2024
According to the UK processing industry, costs of importing meat could rise significantly.