Farming Today Episodes Available now
19/09/24 - Radical changes to food safety proposed, tech to fight food fraud, curlew conservation, carers' countryside respite
New plans to use supermarket data to enforce food safety.
18/08/24 Trail hunting, Blackberries, Lapwings
Trail hunting - both sides of the debate.
17/09/24 Lib Dem party conference; Farmland birds; Peat
It's party conference season and the Lib Dems map out their vision for the countryside.
16/09/24 More farmland conservation needed for wild birds, legal challenge halts forest, flood repairs outstanding
Wild bird populations will only recover if more farmland is set aside for conservation.
14/09/24 - Farming Today This Week: Farming underspend, Westmorland Show, fishing
Caz Graham brings you the biggest rural stories of the week.
13/09/24 Sinking ropes to save minke whales, cod negotiations with Norway, willow biomass
Sinking ropes trial to stop minke whales being tangled in fishing gear.
12/09/2024 Westmorland Show, farming budget underspend and its impact on the environment
Small livestock farms are most at threat from cuts to the agriculture budget.
11/09/24 - Agriculture budget, overfishing, bottom trawling and fishermen health concerns
Has the government broken the law over fishing quotas?
10/09/24 - Wet harvest weather, Cornish fish freezing and new EFRA Chair
Charlotte Smith looks at the impact of the weather on this year's harvest
09/09/24 - A UK Fishing Strategy, elm disease and a National Park charity
Does the UK need a fishing strategy?