Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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31/07/2024: Farming widow speaks; Sheep farming; Hydro-electric power
An adverse farm inspection contributed to the death of a farmer according to his widow.
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30/07/2024: Rural broadband, Weather and the harvest, Solar farms
A survey of farmers shows only 34% of them have a superfast fibre connection.
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29/07/2024: River pollution, Rural energy, New game butchery
A warning not to swim in a newly designated Welsh designated bathing area.
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27/07/24 Farming Today This Week: what next for agriculture in Wales?
A special panel programme recorded in front of an audience at the Royal Welsh Show.
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26/07/2024: Illegal fishing in Wales; sheep shearing; robot dog
Illegal fishing is 'out of control' on rivers across Wales, endangering species.
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25/07/24 - The Royal Welsh Show 2024
Charlotte Smith reports from the Royal Welsh Show 2024.
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24/07/2024: NAO report into farming; A tree nursery; Insect study
A report by the NAO into farming published today shows much room for improvement.
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23/07/2024: Agriculture budget; Scottish national park; Rural crime; Horticulture
Farming budgets must rise to meet nature and climate targets, conservation campaigners say
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22/07/2024: Flooding, Nurseries, Farm safety
New figures out today confirm that farming is the most dangerous job in the UK.
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20/07/24 - Farming Today This Week: Housebuilding, solar farms and Welsh farm policy
What will government plans to reform planning mean for the countryside?
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19/07/2024: Seasonal Workers Visa Review; Cricket Bat Willow: Organic Farming Pressures
Examining the findings of the seasonal workers visa review.
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18/07/2024: Dairy, Kings Speech, EV range anxiety
A large dairy processor is ending contracts with many smaller farms.
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17/07/2024: Welsh farm payments, Rural doctors, Health drones
The Welsh government outlines its plans for replacing EU payments for farmers.
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16/07/2024: Climate change; Rural housing; Moorland learning
The government is being urged to do more to help farmers meet net zero targets.
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15/07/2024: Wind farms, Rural services, Insect decline
An industry chief reacts to the lifting of the de facto ban on on-shore wind farms.
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13/07/24 Farming Today This Week: The new Defra Secretary, Great Yorkshire Show, new planning rules in rural areas
Pigs, pigeons and politicians at the Great Yorkshire Show.
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12/07/2024: Welsh farm payments, Michael Mosley a tribute, Lab-grown meat, AI in ecosystems
A consultation on Welsh farm payments replacing EU funding.
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11/07/24 - The Great Yorkshire Show
Anna Hill talks pigs, pigeons and politics at the Great Yorkshire Show.
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10/07/2024: Great Yorkshire Show; Coughing pigs; AI weather forecasting
Farmers at the Great Yorkshire Show are hoping for support from the new government.
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09/07/2024: New farming minister; Rural housing; Robots
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has committed to relaxing planning rules, what will this mean?
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08/07/24 Artificial intelligence for agri market research, Lakenheath Fen, vertical salad farm
How AI is used to sift out inaccurate agricultural market research.
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06/07/24 - Farming Today This Week: Election analysis, soft fruit farming and bee breeding
Helen Mark asks what Labour's election win will mean for farming.
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04/07/24 University investment, farmer comedian, blueberries
University investment, erosion repair, comedian farmer.
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03/07/2024 - Creamery closure, bee numbers, wildflowers, Scottish raspberries
A 240-year-old Stilton creamery in Melton Mowbray is due to close.
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02/07/24 - Danish methane tax, Electric Berries and rural/urban voting habits
Danish farmers are facing a tax on methane from cattle, pigs and slurry.
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01/07/2024 Fishing industry's election wish list; Breeding bees; Soft fruits
Fishermen call for a national fishing strategy.
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29/06/2024 - Farming Today This Week: Election Special
Charlotte Smith hosts an election special looking at rural manifesto promises.
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28/06/2024 Election manifestos; Flower farming; Hemlock
A round-up of manifesto pledges on food and farming; Cornish flower farm; Hemlock.
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27/06/24 Lib Dem's Manifesto, Groundswell regenerative farming, Sark considers Sunday tractors
Today tractors, regen ag and politics.
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26/06/24 - Labour's Manifesto, regen farming and high yielding wheat
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.
