Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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18/06/26 Change of Defra Farming Minister, Scottish greening policy, connected agri-tech
Today
We hear why the farming industry really doesn鈥檛 like ministerial churn
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17/06/26 Abattoir charges, pheasants and insects, Scottish farming with nature.
Yesterday
The abattoirs overcharged for official inspections.
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16/06/26 Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy
Tuesday
Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy.
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15/06/26 Octopus bloom, Scottish organic farming
Monday
Octopus bloom in the south west, Organic farming in Scotland.
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13/06/26 Farming Today This Week
Saturday
Budget revealed for farm environmental payments - but is it enough?
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12/06/26 Sustainable Farming Incentive, Cereal farming in Cumbria
Last Friday
Sustainable Farming Incentive budget, growing cereals in Cumbria.
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10/06/26 New bovine TB strategy for England, cereals
Last Wednesday
Getting rid of Bovine TB - a new strategy says cattle vaccination is the answer.
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09/06/26 Flood funding, cattle cull, cereals
Tue 9 Jun 2026
拢50 million to help Somerset farming communities deal with growing threat of floods.
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08/06/26 Brown or white eggs? The outlook for cereal farmers
Mon 8 Jun 2026
The big egg debate: brown or white?
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06/06/26 - Farming Today This Week: Dartmoor ponies, water voles and land-based jobs
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Could new upland grazing rules mean the loss of Dartmoor ponies?
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05/06/26 Dartmoor ponies, upland economics, Open Farm Sunday
Fri 5 Jun 2026
Fears that Dartmoor may lose its iconic ponies.
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04/06/26 High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged abattoirs, hydropower funding, upland farmer groups
Thu 4 Jun 2026
A victory for abattoirs as High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged them.
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03/06/26 EU trade agreement, peat restoration and water voles, Scottish uplands
Wed 3 Jun 2026
EU alignment - farmers says it's hard to get ready for the change without more detail.
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02/06/26 Rural skills gap, upland farming in Wales, Future Countryside.
Tue 2 Jun 2026
Jobs in farming, fishing and forestry are not being filled because of a "skills squeeze".
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01/06/26 Cost of wildfires, methane from sheep, upland farming
Mon 1 Jun 2026
Mega wildfires - UK is the latest member of a club no one wants to join.
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30/05/26 - Farming Today This Week: pig supply chain problems, hot weather impacts and singing farmers
Sat 30 May 2026
Charlotte Smith looks at the biggest rural stories of the week.
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29/05/26 Water abstraction, food inflation, local food systems.
Fri 29 May 2026
Will the record breaking heat hit farmers irrigation plans this summer?
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28/05/26 Rural crime, restoring signposts, Welsh food project
Thu 28 May 2026
Rural crime - how countryside communities working together foiled organised criminals.
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27/05/26 Heatwave and water shortages - the impact on farming, Scottish farm co-operative.
Wed 27 May 2026
How are livestock farmers keeping their animals cool in the heat?
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26/05/26 Mounting pressure for Scottish pig farmers, funding for rural churches, selling farm produce at markets
Tue 26 May 2026
Pig farmers in Scotland say 10% of their national herd has gone to waste.
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23/05/26 Farming Today This Week: red diesel, Gulf trade deal, Climate Change Committee report, regen tenancies, flowers.
Sat 23 May 2026
We ask what the latest government cost of living measures mean for farmers.
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22/05/2026 Gulf trade deal, tax cut on red diesel, cuts to tariffs on food imports, flowers, farmers going out of business
Fri 22 May 2026
We ask what the latest government cost of living measures mean for farmers.
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21/05/26 Drought report, impact of Middle East war on berry growers, farm flower garden.
Thu 21 May 2026
New report from House of Lords warns taps could run dry if we don't manage water better.
