Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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12/02/26 Natural flood management, AI pest control, Oatly Supreme Court defeat
We hear from the Environment Agency boss on natural flood management.
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Aberdeenshire inundated, Big Brother is watching moo, Welsh suckler beef in decline
About a quarter of a year's rainfall in six weeks has inundated Aberdeenshire's farms.
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Flooding, alternatives to farrowing crates, crops through the 'eyes' of AI.
More rain and more flood warnings piling the pressure on farmers.
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09/02/26 Farmer protests, Defra farm training, AI in agriculture
More farmer protests about imports and prices.
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Farming Today This Week: electric shock collars, taking carbon out of agriculture, UK-EU reset, new entrants, Wagyu beef
RSPCA bans electric shock collars from dairy herds in its assured scheme.
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06/02/2026 National Farmers' Union of Scotland Annual Conference, seed production, new tenant farmers
The National Farmers' Union of Scotland calls for more funding to improve profitability.
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05/02/26 EFRA Committee report on EU/UK agri-food trade deal, seed science, starting out in agriculture
MPs call for a 'national conversation' on EU/UK agri-food trade agreement.
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04/02/26 The cost of decarbonising agriculture, young farmers in Northern Ireland, new entrant crofters
New report says the cost of decarbonising agriculture could leave many farmers in the red.
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03/02/26 Ban of electric shock collars for cows, grey squirrels, new egg business
RSPCA bans electric shock collars from dairy herds in its assured scheme.
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02/02/26 Scottish Environment Bill, Ramblers report, new entrants.
Scotland paves the way for legal targets on nature.
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31/01/26 Farming Today This Week: Sustainable Foods 2026, extreme weather and rural resilience, octopus bloom
How to make farming better for the environment, and the bottom line.
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30/01/26 Extreme weather and rural resilience, biochar, rare breed cattle
Rural communities flooded again call for more help.
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29/01/26 Sustainable food and what that means for farming
Making our food systems more sustainable - what does that mean for agriculture?
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28/01/26 Octopus, gene-edited oilseed rape, sheep dog training
A big increase in octopus in UK waters and the impact on the fishing industry.
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27/01/2026 Heating rural homes, vertical farm, cost of nature-friendly farming
New government plan to help with eco-friendly heating. What's in it for rural communities?
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26/01/26 Timber security, feoijas, basic income for farmers.
Timber - why we're not growing enough.
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Milk prices, farm profits, winter feed
UK farmers are experiencing what's been called the sharpest milk price drop in history.
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23/01/26 Illegal meat, farm incomes, winter feed on the Western Isles
The trade in illegal meat smuggled in from the EU and the risk it poses to UK livestock.
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22/01/2026 Geopolitical factors in milk prices, sunflowers for feed, Mercosur vote, river restoration
How geopolitical events are feeding into the milk price slump hitting UK farmers.
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21/01/26 Minette Batters at Efra Committee, animal protein, organic feed
Civil servants are told they should spend time in a lambing shed to understand farmers.
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20/01/26 Water sector reforms and farming, forage shortage, glyphosate
Government plans to overhaul the water system, what will it mean for agriculture?
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19/01/26 Mercosur trade deal between Europe and South America, winter feed.
Warnings that Mercosur trade deal between Europe and South America threatens UK farms.
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Environmental Regulation, Cheese, Storm Goretti
Two reports have criticised the Government's performance on protecting the environment.
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16/01/2026 Cambridge University vet school, artisan cheese, barrister farmer
Campaign to keep training vets at Cambridge University.
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Spending watchdog on environmental regulation, NI agri environment, cheddar in Somerset
The public spending watchdog says reform's needed in the way environmental regulators work
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14/01/26 Sustainable Farming Scheme in Wales, cheese exports, Lamma machinery show.
The Sustainable Farming Scheme and river pollution in Wales.
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13/01/26 Environmental targets, Scottish agricultural policy, goat's cheese.
The government isn't on track to meet its environmental targets according to a new report.
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12/01/26 New approach to upland farming, vintage Land Rovers, cheese
A new government approach to England's uplands.
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Farming Today This Week 10/01/26: The Oxford farming conferences
We hear from the Defra Secretary and Charlotte Church at the Oxford farming conferences.
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09/01/26 Politics, protests and Charlotte Church at the Oxford Farming Conferences
We hear from the Defra Secretary and Charlotte Church at the Oxford Farming Conferences.
