Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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21/08/25 Bird flu and game birds, bluetongue, peat-free salad trials, David Richardson remembered
New rules for shoots in England to help prevent bird flu.
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20/08/2025 Funding for rural councils, spinach, bioethanol
Will rural councils lose out when big changes to local authority funding are introduced?
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19/08/2025 Bluetongue restrictions in Wales, border checks, fertiliser trials, nighthawking
Changes to bluetongue restrictions in Wales.
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18/08/2025: Crop prices, frozen trees, the UK salad industry
Does a tough autumn lie ahead for UK arable farmers?
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16/08/25 Farming Today This Week: shooting licenses restricted, pig supply chain rules, carcass balance
Salted pig's trotter? Brains on toast? Why the carcass balance is important to farmers.
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15/08/25: Rural buses, feeding lions, Inheritance tax analysis
MPs say 'ambitious action' is needed to improve bus services in rural England.
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14/08/25 Game bird shooting licences and avian influenza. Exporting less popular cuts of meat
Shooting club says being refused a licence to release game birds could force it to close.
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13/08/25 Pig rules, drought, carcass use
Pig rules, drought, using fallen livestock.
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12/08/25 Dairy exports to Egypt, eating all the pig, Bronze Age cattle
New deal for dairy exports to Egypt.
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110825: environmental payments, meat carcass use
Fears over environmental farm payments; meat carcass use.
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09/08/25 Harvest 2025 - from barley and peas, to cherries and sweetcorn.
Harvest 2025: a tough year for some crops, but others have done well.
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08/08/25 Heather burning and wildfires, cherry harvest, green road bridge for wildlife.
Gamekeepers may refuse to help tackle wildfires in row over controlled burning of heather.
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07/08/25 Farmwatch: a celebration of farming across England, sweetcorn harvest.
A celebration of farming across England and the 91福利社 - Farmwatch.
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06/08/25 Parasite control, barn owls, pea harvest
Vets urge livestock owners to cut back on use of treatments for parasites.
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05/08/25 Egg imports and salmonella concerns, plum boom, oil seed rape harvest
Rise in imported eggs and concerns over salmonella.
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04/08/25 Harvest and the impact of this year's dry weather on crops
Harvest 2025 - what's been the impact of weather extremes on this year's crops?
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02/08/25: Coping With Downpour And Drought, Inheritance Tax
How can farmers manage water more effectively in times of drought and downpour?
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01/08/25 Impact of war on Ukraine farmland, river management, slurry storage
Impact of war on farmland in Ukraine.
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31/07/25 Bioethanol, managing water in the Norfolk Broads, pesticides petition
What impact would the closure of a UK bioethanol plant have on farmers?
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30/07/25: Climate Threat to Fruit and Veg Imports, Water Summit, Incentivising Beavers.
Climate change risks to fruit and veg imports are set to intensify by 2050.
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29/07/25 Water management, agricultural chaplain, slug control
Reducing flood risk on farm land.
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28/07/2025: Inheritance tax fight goes on, Lough Neagh eels, too much/too little water.
The fight over farm Inheritance Tax goes on, despite the government publishing legislation
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26/07/25 Farming Today This Week: Why would young people farm?
Given all the challenges, why on earth would young people get into farming?
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25/07/25: Don't pack foot and mouth, Blackcurrant harvest, Leech farming, Mobile mart nurses
The UK's Chief Vet says don't risk bringing back foot and mouth in holiday food souvenirs.
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24/07/25 The Royal Welsh Show - the sustainable farming scheme and sheep shearing.
Celebrating Welsh farming, food and rural life at the Royal Welsh Show.
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23/07/25: battery storage, farmer wellbeing, plastic recycling
Battery storage, farmer wellbeing, plastic recycling.
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22/07/2025: water pollution, farmers' wellbeing
Water pollution, farmers' wellbeing.
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21/07/2025: shellfish report, rural wellbeing, chicken welfare
Shellfish report, rural wellbeing, chicken welfare.
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19/07/2025 Farming Today This Week: Wales's new Sustainable Farming Scheme, National Food Strategy, blueberries
Has the government's Food Strategy been watered down?
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18/07/25: wildfires, crofting, strawberries
Wildfires, crofting, and strawberry trials.