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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 31/10/2024 - The Budget: inheritance tax will apply to farms from April 2026

    Farming has 'nothing left to give', says the National Farmers' Union.

  2. 30/10/24 Budget preview, environmental targets, soil health on dairy farm, pumpkins

    What will the budget mean for farming and the environment?

  3. 29/10/24 Hedgehogs on red list, soil survey in Northern Ireland, wet weather and grape harvest

    Hedgehogs are in decline and have been moved up the red list of threatened species.

  4. 28/10/24 - Salmon deaths, mink eradication and soil

    High sea temperatures are blamed for the death of more than a million farmed salmon.

  5. 26/10/24 Farming Today This Week: greenhouse gas emissions from livestock, illegal meat imports, alpaca spit test, white maize

    We hear from farmers working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

  6. 25/10/24 - Neonics, reducing emission from dairy and PYO pumpkins

    The latest on a long running row over neonics.

  7. 24/10/24 - Reducing emissions from beef, diversity training in farming, cattle sold as no one to take on farm

    How beef farmers are reducing emissions by growing cattle faster.

  8. 23/10/24 - Bird of prey deaths, ruminant emissions and spitting alpacas

    Why are birds of prey still being illegally killed?

  9. 22/10/24 - Unspent flood money, low emission sheep, seasonal workers and bison calves

    Just 拢2.1 million has been handed out from a 拢50 million flood fund for farmers.

  10. 21/10/24 - Budget concerns for farming and the environment, emissions from livestock

    Today warnings that changing tax rules for farms in the budget could close many down.

  11. 19/10/24 - Farming Today This Week: Biodiversity COP, UK wine and organic milk shortages

    The UK is in danger of violating international agreements on restoring nature.

  12. 18/10/24 - COP 16, soil microbes, wine tourisim

    UK in danger of violating international agreements on nature, says the Wildlife Trusts.

  13. 17/10/24 - Review of Defra's rules, decline in the beef herd, wine harvest

    The government announces a review of Defra's rules, to drive economic growth.

  14. 16/10/24 Bluetongue restrictions, champagne producers in Kent, organic milk

    Sheep breeder says bluetongue restrictions are wrecking his business.

  15. 15/10/24 - Renewable community benefits, English sparking wine, grassland payments

    Would you say yes to a wind or solar farm near your home if it meant lower energy bills?

  16. 14/10/24 - Harvest 2024, eco-friendly twine, UK wine

    Harvest 2024 hasn't been great - what will it mean for farmers and consumers?

  17. 12/10/24 Farming Today This Week: charges for inspections at abattoirs, beef prices, slurry spreading in Wales, water management

    Abattoir inspection charges; high beef prices; muck-spreading ban; water management.

  18. 11/10/24 - Employment rights, beavers, Welsh slurry spreading rules

    What will the Government鈥檚 new deal for workers mean for farming?

  19. 10/10/24 Threat of the bark beetle to UK forestry, seabed damage in protected areas, re-wiggling rivers

    Efforts to halt the spread of a beetle that could have a huge impact on UK forestry.

  20. 09/10/24 - Natural capital report, Thames Water reservoir, beef prices

    The economy is dependent on nature - according to a new report.

  21. 08/10/24 - Cell-cultivated protein, natural flood management, Dartmoor wild camping

    How can we be sure new 'cell-cultivated' foods are safe to eat?

  22. 07/10/24 Charges for abattoir inspections, water management

    Meat industry says many small abattoirs will close if inspection charges go up.

  23. 05/10/24 Farming Today This Week: 'Poultry police', dairy recruitment crisis, imported carrots, deer.

    IT problems with the new poultry register.

  24. 04/10/24 Poultry register, fishing and offshore wind farms, TB in deer

    IT problems with new national bird register.

  25. 03/10/24 - Crisis in dairy recruitment, deer damage to trees, imported carrots

    The dairy industry highlights a crisis in recruitment - how can farmers attract new staff?

  26. 02/10/24 Flood task force, Conservative party conference, farmed deer.

    Flooded farmers and the government's new flood resilience taskforce.

  27. 01/10/24 New kept-bird register, US certification scheme for regen ag, deer cull.

    All kept birds must now be registered, to help stop bird flu.

  28. 30/09/24 - Council farms sell-off, health checks at livestock markets, the problem with deer

    Another council sells off its farms to balance the books.

  29. 28/09/24 Farming Today This Week: Henry Dimbleby, Environmental Land Management Schemes, Planning, Cider Apples

    National Food Strategy author Henry Dimbleby says the agriculture budget must be retained.

  30. 27/09/24 - Henry Dimbleby, dead Scottish salmon, underground energy cables

    Agriculture budget must be retained, says Henry Dimbleby, National Food Strategy author.

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