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  1. 12/03/24 River pollution from poultry farming; Chicken litter used to generate power; Ramadan lamb

    Soil Association report calls for a halt to any new intensive broiler farms.

  2. 11/03/24 Tree planting and agroforestry; Pesticides report; Fertiliser from byproducts.

    Children create agroforestry; MPs report on insect decline; Byproducts.

  3. Lambing, hedgerow cutting, new farming entrants

    Lambing, hedge trimming rules, new farming entrants.

  4. 08/03/24 Farmer protests; Red Tractor / green tractor row; Learning to lamb.

    AHDB and the National Farmers Union call on Red Tractor to drop its green tractor element.

  5. 07/03/24 Spring budget and farming communities: Lambing

    The spring budget and what is, or isn't, in it for rural communities.

  6. 06/03/24 - Hedgerow rules, neonics and lambing

    Do the new rules protecting hedgerows go far enough?

  7. 05/03/24 - Fertilising by drone, heritage wheat traits and multiple lambs

    Farming Today discusses the use of drones to apply fertiliser on wet fields.

  8. 04/03/24 Local food for public sector; Rural crime; Lambing

    Why don't councils, schools and hospitals buy more food from local farmers?

  9. 02/03/24 Welsh farmers' protest; UK rivers' health

    Farmers' protests; and the state of UK rivers.

  10. 01/03/24 AI Weather forecasts six weeks in advance; Trout farm; River pollution.

    How AI could help farmers with weather forecasts six weeks ahead.

  11. 29/02/24 Welsh farmers protest at Senedd; Natural flood management; Battery storage plans

    Thousands of farmers protest outside the Welsh Senedd about plans for new subsidies.

  12. 28/02/24 Phone masts in remote areas, river pollution, chalkstreams on farms

    New phone masts in remote areas.

  13. 27/02/24 Pollack fishermen criticise government scheme to help. Pollution on the River Wye. Food systems.

    Pollack fishermen in Cornwall say government package of help won't save their fishery.

  14. 26/02/24 Welsh farmers welcoming a greener farming policy; river pollution and flooding

    Farmers in Wales who support a new green subsidy scheme feel afraid to speak out.

  15. Farming Today This Week 24/02/24 Farmer protests in Wales; Lesley Griffiths; Prime minister at NFU Conference; new NFU president

    Farmer protests in Wales, minister says she's listening. Prime minister at NFU Conference.

  16. 23/02/24 Farmer protests in Wales: Lesley Griffiths; next farming generation; outgoing president of the NFU

    As farmer protests continue in Wales the Rural Affairs Minister tells us she is listening.

  17. 22/02/24 NFU Conference: Political hustings and a new president

    Political hustings at the NFU Conference and a new NFU president.

  18. 21/02/24 NFU Conference: Prime Minister makes a raft of announcements, Minette Batters' farewell speech.

    Food security and supply chains: prime minister makes announcements at NFU Conference.

  19. 20/02/24 Farmer Protests; Prime Minister's funding announcement; Red Tractor; Next generation and family farms.

    Welsh First Minister says it's not up to farmers to decide how subsidy money is spent.

  20. 19/02/2024

    The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

  21. 17/02/24 Farming Today This Week: N.I.'s new minister for agriculture; Farm support in England; Paper work; Green investment.

    Northern Ireland's new agriculture minister, the first in 2 years, what's top of his list?

  22. 16/02/24 Small abattoir closure, farm training courses

    Closure of McIntyre Meats in the Yorkshire Dales.

  23. 15/02/24 Green land investment in Scotland and its impact; Farm diversification businesses.

    Large estates managed for the environment and the impact on rural communities in Scotland.

  24. 14/02/24 Environmental payments to farms - details of the Sustainable Farming Incentive; Lower carbon beef

    More farmers take up payments to farm for nature, but does that mean growing less food?

  25. 13/02/24 Northern Ireland's new DAERA minister; NI farmers' concerns about ammonia regulations; Farm paperwork.

    We speak to Northern Ireland's new agriculture and environment minister.

  26. 12/02/24 Biodiversity Net Gain not ambitious enough, says Wildlife Trusts; the business of farming; Ashdown Forest

    The Wildlife Trusts say the government's Biodiversity Net Gain ambition is too low.

  27. 10/02/24 Farming Today This Week: Protests in Wales; Subsidies in Scotland; Anniversary of cockle pickers tragedy; Working dogs.

    Scottish farmers keep 70% of subsidies but warnings of "huge unrest" about Welsh reforms.

  28. 09/02/2024 NFU Scotland Conference, Cumbrian rainforests, working goats

    Farmers say the Scottish government should return more than 拢60m of deferred funding.

  29. 08/02/24 Morecambe Bay cockle picking tragedy: changes to the industry 20 years on; new DAERA minister, working horses.

    The Morecambe Bay disaster: we look changes it led to in the rights of migrant workers.

  30. 07/02/2043 Transition to net zero and farmers' concerns, Views on farmer protests, Gun dogs

    Farmers are concerned about the impact on food production of net-zero policies.

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