Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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21/02/25 Solar wildlife, Scottish land use strategy, regenerative agriculture.
Solar farms managed for nature prove better for birds than intensive arable report says.
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20/02/25 Land Use and solar development, food prices
How would a Land Use Framework affect big solar developments? We report on one in Norfolk.
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19/02/2025 - Inheritance tax row, bottom trawling in MPAs and NI Land Use Framework
The Treasury 'shuts the door' on changes to inheritance tax plans for farms.
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18/02/2025 - UK peatlands at risk, agroforestry tree guide and competing land use
The majority of UK peatlands could be at risk of drying out because of climate change.
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170225: Agriculture Funding, Land Use, Punjabi Farm
Agriculture funding, land use, Punjabi farm film.
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15/02/25 - Farming Today This Week: Inheritance Tax Special
Charlotte Smith is joined by a panel of guests to discuss inheritance tax on farms
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14/02/25 Prime Minster and a tractor protest, the global effect of pesticides on nature, farmers' choir in Northern Ireland
Pesticides are killing plants, insects and animals that they're not aiming to control.
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13/02/2025 - Farmers say the latest measures to combat bird flu don't go far enough, as cases rise in wild birds and poultry
New bird flu restrictions introduced; some farmers want the Government to go further.
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12/02/25 Farm minister at Norfolk Show, rural foodbanks, deer and woodland.
Farm Minister holds the government's line on tax at a conference for Norfolk farmers.
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11/02/25 - Inheritance tax protest and farming mental health
We report from the latest tractor rally in London in opposition to inheritance tax changes
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10/02/25 - Animal protein in livestock feed, hare coursing and community care
Should meat be allowed in some animal feed? The government consults.
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08/02/25 Farming Today This Week: illegal meat imports, call for bird flu housing order, NFUS report on inappropriate language
MPs are told German animal products entered UK despite foot and mouth import ban.
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07/02/2025
An internal report highlights inappropriate language at NFU Scotland meetings.
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06/02/25 - Call for countrywide bird flu housing order, inheritance tax uncertainty for Scottish farm tenants, food preparedness
Egg producers want their chickens ordered inside to protect them from bird flu.
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05/02/25 - Illegal meat imports, council farms and plant nutrients
MPs are told animal products from Germany entered the UK despite an import ban.
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04/02/25 - UK-EU trade relations, the Rock Review, Breckland soils
What could a 'reset' in the UK-EU relationship mean for food and farming?
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03/02/25 - Tenant farmers, silage competition, slow fashion
We talk tenant farmers and prize-winning silage.
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01/02/25 - Land Use Framework, inheritance tax, avian flu
What will the new Land Use Framework mean in practice?
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Land Use Framework; Natural Capital; Brexit transition
Land Use Framework; Natural Capital; Brexit transition.
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Agriculture in Gaza, Reaction to Chancellor's Speech, Brexit Transition
Agriculture in Gaza; Reaction to Chancellor's speech; post Brexit Transition.
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29/01/25 - Avian flu in people, housing orders for birds and English farm payments
What are the risks flu for farmworkers when it comes to avian flu?
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28/01/25 - Storm clear-up, agricultural valuers and Welsh farm policy update
Trees felled by Storm Eowyn are still being cleared up by farmers and land managers.
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27/01/25 - Crops in a new climate, International Barley Hub and agricultural transition
Could UK farmers be growing oranges in the future as the climate warms?
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25/01/25 - Farming Today This Week: Inheritance tax, sheep scanning, neonics and US undocumented farmworkers
Will the supermarkets make a difference on inheritance tax for farmers?
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24/01/25 - Inheritance tax, sheep scanning, neonics and stolen Ukrainian grain
The supermarkets weigh in on farm inheritance tax.
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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.
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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.
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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'"
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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.
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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.