Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
Episodes to download
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Farming Today This Week: food industry whistleblowers, red diesel, disease resilience, apprenticeships, Shetland wool, demo farm
Saturday
Whistleblowers warn of the food industry's 'illusion of resilience'.
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02/10/26 Food industry climate whistleblowers, farm apprenticeships, Plaid Cymru conference
Friday
Whistleblowers warning of the food industry's 'illusion of resilience'.
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01/10/26 Red diesel; Labour party conference; getting into farming; the sound of worms.
Thursday
Why spiralling red diesel prices could put some farmers in the red.
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30/09/26 Nitrogen in soil, organic veg scheme, student bursaries.
Wednesday
A new way of looking at the nitrogen cycle helps reduce agricultural emissions.
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29/09/2026: Precision breeding, Community farm, Mentoring on farm
Last Tuesday
Precision breeding, Community farm, Mentoring on farm.
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28/09/2026: Disease resilience, getting young people into agriculture
Last Monday
Disease resilience, getting young people into agriculture.
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26/09/26 Farming Today This Week: 'shambolic' and 'disheartening' SFI application process; pulses; heating oil costs
Sat 26 Sep 2026
The aftermath of the dash for cash from England's biggest environmental scheme.
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25/09/2026: Heating oil costs, Bluetongue lessons, Beans as chicken feed
Fri 25 Sep 2026
Heating oil costs, Bluetongue lessons, Fava beans as chicken feed.
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24/09/26 'Shambolic' and 'disheartening' SFI application process, British baked beans
Thu 24 Sep 2026
The aftermath of the dash for cash from England's biggest environmental scheme.
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23/09/2026: Bluetongue, Defra funding, Growing pulses
Wed 23 Sep 2026
Bluetongue causing infertility, Defra funding, Growing pulses
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22/09/26 Potato yields, Pulse growing
Tue 22 Sep 2026
Potato yields down; growing Carlin Peas in Carmarthenshire.
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21/09/2026 Pulses, SFI 'haves and have-nots', agricultural advisor training
Mon 21 Sep 2026
More beans please - should the UK be growing more pulses?
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19/09/2026 The role of farming co-ops, Shepherd protests in Bucharest, International sheep dog trials
Sat 19 Sep 2026
Calls for more farming co-ops; Farmer protests in Romania; International sheep dog trials.
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18/09/2026: Lib Dem Party Conference, Glutinous Snails, BBC Awards finalists, The Farmers Wife on stage.
Fri 18 Sep 2026
The Liberal Democrats want greater funding, and less red tape, for on-farm reservoirs.
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17/09/26 Farmer protests in Romania, sheepdog trials, Scottish arable cooperative.
Thu 17 Sep 2026
Violent clashes as shepherds in Romania protest over export ban of sheep.
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16/09/26 Young trees in drought, wildfires, agricultural cooperative.
Wed 16 Sep 2026
How will drought affect 1000s of newly planted young trees?
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15.09.26 Calls for a rural reset, how to harvest small scale arable, dairy co-operative.
Tue 15 Sep 2026
Calls for a complete rural reset - a new countryside campaign.
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14/09/26 Calls for more farm co-ops, Hereford cattle dispute, flax and hemp
Mon 14 Sep 2026
Calls for more ‘cooperative working’ amongst farmers.
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Farming Today This Week 12/09/26 Bluetongue disease, Kelso Ram Sales, sheep rustling, farming without fossil fuels, Wild Summit.
Sat 12 Sep 2026
Bluetongue cases top a thousand in the UK’s largest ever outbreak of this disease.
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11/09/26 Bluetongue disease, sheep rustling, Kelso sheep sales
Fri 11 Sep 2026
Bluetongue cases top a thousand in the UK’s largest-ever outbreak of the disease.
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10/09/26 Sustainable dairy farming; Falkland salmon; tractor fuel from willow.
Thu 10 Sep 2026
Dairy industry roadmap to a greener future.
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09/09/2026 UK's self-sufficiency in food; bio-gas production on farm; Shetland's food.
Wed 9 Sep 2026
New report says we are less self-sufficient in home-grown food than we were 30 years ago.
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08/09/2026: Spy in the tractor cab? Surrey hops, The Experimental Farmer
Tue 8 Sep 2026
A think tank warns high-tech farm gear could be used by China to spy on our food system.
