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  1. 23/01/25 Climate change impact on Scottish marine life, muck spreading and the rules around it.

    Report looks at how climate change and warmer waters are affecting Scottish marine life.

  2. 22/01/25 - US undocumented farmworkers, hedge laying, avian flu and the art of soil

    How President Trump's plans to deport illegal immigrants could hit farmworkers.

  3. 21/01/25 - Farm Assurance Review, sandeel court case and calf weaning

    "Too many farmers feel farm assurance is 'done to them' rather than 'delivered with them'"

  4. 20/01/25 - Warnings over the future of the Scottish salmon industry, succession on farms, fencing

    Scottish Government too slow in implementing reforms recommended for salmon farming.

  5. 18/01/25 - Farming Today This Week: LAMMA machinery show, Climate advice on meat, Foot and Mouth

    Charlotte Smith visits the LAMMA machinery show in Birmingham.

  6. 17/01/25 - CCC changes advice on eating meat, report finds environmental targets off track, adapting farm machinery

    The Climate Change Committee is revising its advice on eating meat.

  7. 16/01/25 - The LAMMA 2025 Farm Machinery Show

    Charlotte Smith checks out the latest in farm machinery at LAMMA 2025

  8. 15/01/2025 - UK bans imports of German meat following foot & mouth outbreak in Germany, devolved agriculture ministers, combines

    UK bans imports of German meat, as authorities there tackle an outbreak of foot and mouth.

  9. 14/01/2025 - Trade with the EU, gene editing, robotic milking and small abattoir closures

    England diverges from the EU and the rest of the UK on gene editing.

  10. 13/01/25 - Glyphosate resistant weeds, willow trial for sheep, farm machinery sales down

    Glyphosate resistant weeds discovered in the UK for the first time, on a farm in Kent.

  11. 11/01/25 Farming Today This Week: the farming conferences in Oxford

    Thousands of farmers descend on Oxford for two big farming conferences.

  12. 10/01/25 The Defra Secretary at the Oxford Farming Conference

    With tractors protesting outside, what will the Defra Secretary say to farmers?

  13. 09/01/24 - Day one at the Oxford Farming Conferences

    Anna Hill is at the Oxford farming conferences where farmers are facing change.

  14. 08/01/25 - Money for farming, Bake-Off Farmer and nitrogen fixing tech

    The Wildlife Trusts want more money for farming and a stronger vision from government.

  15. 07/01/25 - Wet weather, HS2 limbo and innovative food and farming ideas

    What does the wet weather mean for farmers?

  16. 06/01/25 Bird numbers down around Lough Neagh, Scottish whisky adapting to climate change, Robot dog

    Bird counts reveal a drop in numbers around Lough Neagh - could algal blooms be to blame?

  17. 04/01/2025 Farming Today This Week: Restoring ancient barns, The Department Bull, The Derby Tup

    Ancient barns restored in the Lake District, the Department Bull, the Derby Tup.

  18. 03/01/25 Breeding dairy cows for methane reduction, Pig social skills, Salt marsh restoration

    How Hilda, a newborn dairy calf, has been bred to help tackle climate change.

  19. 02/01/25 - Gene edited indoor tomatoes, rural crime, chemical free dairy cleaning

    Doing away with chemical cleaners in dairies and using electricity and oxygen instead.

  20. 01/01/25 Crofters and the ancient Calanais Standing Stones

    Farming around the Calanais Standing Stones on the Isle of Lewis.

  21. 31/12/24 - The Derby Tup

    The Derby Tup - an ancient tradition which celebrates sheep farming.

  22. 30/12/24 - The Otter Estuary

    Sarah Swadling visits a newly created salt marsh.

  23. 28/12/24 The bogs of the Flow Country - a peatland that is now a World Heritage Site.

    Bog restoration in the Flow Country - a peatland which is now a World Heritage Site.

  24. 27/12/24 Lake District Barn Rescue

    Twenty historic Lakeland barns are being saved for the nation's rural cultural heritage.

  25. 26/12/24 - Solomon the government bull

    Solomon - the bull who's hired out to crofters.

  26. 25/12/24 - Farming and star gazing in an International Dark Skies Reserve

    Farming in an an international dark sky reserve: Cranborne Chase National Landscape.

  27. 24/12/24 - Powerless: the rural community getting connected to the national grid

    A remote community in Northumberland is about to get connected to the national grid.

  28. 23/12/24 - 'Difficult' Stormont budget for environment minister, Victorian farm diaries, Turkey farmers

    No specific funding allocated in the NI budget to address pollution in Lough Neagh.

  29. 21/12/24 - Inheritance tax row, poinsettia troubles and ancient carols

    Caz Graham brings you the week's top rural stories.

  30. 20/12/24 - Rural councils warn of tax rises, surplus veg, pub Christmas carols.

    Rural councils warn that council tax will have to rise and there will be cuts in services.

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