Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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20/05/26 Climate Change Committee report, EU alignment, flower grower hub.
Today
What does the latest Climate Change Committee report mean for farmers?
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19/05/26 Pollution from moorland burning, Duchy of Cornwall regen tenancies, tulips.
Yesterday
Moorland management - to burn or not to burn?
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18/05/26: Grow more British flowers, new hands at the wheel of Red Tractor, hare coursing crackdown
Monday
A call for more British flower growers to set up in business to meet blooming demand.
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16/05/26 Farming Today This Week: too many pigs, new strategy to tackle animal disease, call for caged eggs ban, Balmoral Show
Saturday
Too many pigs, not enough space: farmers struggling to sell their livestock
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15/05/2026 Balmoral Show, Northern Ireland
Friday
A celebration of Northern Ireland's food and farming at the Balmoral Show.
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14/05/26 New strategy to combat pig disease, farming issues in the King's Speech, sepsis risk for farmers
Last Thursday
New strategies for tackling African Swine Fever.
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13/05/26 Pig supply, Northumberland National Park, profitability of farms in Northern Ireland
Last Wednesday
Some farmers lose supermarket contracts as the pig supply chain takes a downturn.
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12/05/26 Farming in Wales after Senedd elections; mapping soils in Northern Ireland; new national plant health centre
Last Tuesday
What will a new Welsh government mean for agriculture?
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11/05/26: Cage eggs ban call, University vineyard, Environment watchdog on NI water quality
Mon 11 May 2026
The UK's environment watchdog says Northern Ireland needs to improve water quality policy.
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09/05/26 Wool prices, Sounds from above and below the ground
Sat 9 May 2026
The price of wool and the sounds of the countryside.
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06/05/26 Weedkiller glyphosate and its use on crops. Sounds of the soil.
Wed 6 May 2026
Should the weedkiller glyphosate be banned for use on crops before harvest?
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05/05/26 Ash tree propagation, clinical waste on beach, DIY bat monitoring
Tue 5 May 2026
A new growing technique which could help save the ash.
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04/05/26 Neolithic Farming and Feasting
Mon 4 May 2026
What Neolithic people on the Isle of Lewis foraged and ate.
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02/05/26 Dry April, Agroforestry, Giant greenhouse
Sat 2 May 2026
Dry spring, agroforestry, giant greenhouse.
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01/05/2026 Farmers hoping for rain, English council elections, hedgerows
Fri 1 May 2026
The farmers hoping for a wet bank holiday weekend.
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30/04/26 Agro-forestry pioneer, Welsh election, decline in dawn chorus birds
Thu 30 Apr 2026
Why the key to resilient farming could be trees.
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29/04/26 Giant greenhouse, silvohorticulture, Scottish election
Wed 29 Apr 2026
Giant greenhouse, silvohorticulture, Scottish election.
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28/04/2026 Cornish fishing strategy; agroforestry - trees and pasture; potato surplus
Tue 28 Apr 2026
Fishermen and scientists come together in Cornwall to better manage fisheries.
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27/04/26 Landmark water pollution court case, MPs recommend a 'sea use framework', agroforestry
Mon 27 Apr 2026
A landmark water pollution court case starts today.
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Farming Today This Week 25/04/26 Bird flu vaccine for people, fertiliser, precision-bred barley, thatching.
Sat 25 Apr 2026
Bird flu vaccine for people; fertiliser and fuel prices; gene-edited barley; thatching.
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24/04/26: Cover crop scheme proposal, sourcing thatching materials, gene-edited Barley
Fri 24 Apr 2026
Calls for government funding to grow green manures on land left fallow due to war in Iran.
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23/04/26 Fertiliser, fossil fuels, recycling farm plastics.
Thu 23 Apr 2026
New report warns UK is too reliant on global supply chains for its fertiliser.
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22/04/26 Bird flu jab for people, fairness in supply chain, vertical farming
Wed 22 Apr 2026
New vaccine trial to protect people against bird flu.
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18/04/26 Farming Today This Week: Uplands report, national parks, impact of the middle east conflict on farms, waste crime
Sat 18 Apr 2026
A new report explores the ways the uplands can flourish.
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14/04/2026 Plastic costs, carbon tax, National Parks
Tue 14 Apr 2026
Plastic costs, carbon tax, National Parks celebration.
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06/04/26 Fifty Years of Photographing Farmers
Mon 6 Apr 2026
Photographing the changing face of agriculture over fifty years.
