Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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21/01/26 Minette Batters at Efra Committee, animal protein, organic feed
Wednesday
Civil servants are told they should spend time in a lambing shed to understand farmers.
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20/01/26 Water sector reforms and farming, forage shortage, glyphosate
Tuesday
Government plans to overhaul the water system, what will it mean for agriculture?
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19/01/26 Mercosur trade deal between Europe and South America, winter feed.
Monday
Warnings that Mercosur trade deal between Europe and South America threatens UK farms.
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Environmental Regulation, Cheese, Storm Goretti
Last Saturday
Two reports have criticised the Government's performance on protecting the environment.
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16/01/2026 Cambridge University vet school, artisan cheese, barrister farmer
Last Friday
Campaign to keep training vets at Cambridge University.
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Spending watchdog on environmental regulation, NI agri environment, cheddar in Somerset
Last Thursday
The public spending watchdog says reform's needed in the way environmental regulators work
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14/01/26 Sustainable Farming Scheme in Wales, cheese exports, Lamma machinery show.
Wed 14 Jan 2026
The Sustainable Farming Scheme and river pollution in Wales.
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13/01/26 Environmental targets, Scottish agricultural policy, goat's cheese.
Tue 13 Jan 2026
The government isn't on track to meet its environmental targets according to a new report.
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12/01/26 New approach to upland farming, vintage Land Rovers, cheese
Mon 12 Jan 2026
A new government approach to England's uplands.
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Farming Today This Week 10/01/26: The Oxford farming conferences
Sat 10 Jan 2026
We hear from the Defra Secretary and Charlotte Church at the Oxford farming conferences.
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09/01/26 Politics, protests and Charlotte Church at the Oxford Farming Conferences
Fri 9 Jan 2026
We hear from the Defra Secretary and Charlotte Church at the Oxford Farming Conferences.
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07/01/26 Cereals, solar farms, farmer wellbeing.
Wed 7 Jan 2026
Arable farmers question whether growing cereals is worth the effort.
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06/01/26 Welsh Sustainable Farming Scheme, row over Scottish agri-environment policy, climate resilience.
Tue 6 Jan 2026
Wales's new Sustainable Farming Scheme comes into force.
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05/01/26 Growing resilience and transforming our farming system, raw milk vending
Mon 5 Jan 2026
We preview the Oxford farming conferences on this week.
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03/01/26 Farming Today This Week: Farms for City Children at 50, horse-powered pints, mart tradition, 18th century farmer diary
Sat 3 Jan 2026
Farms for City Children turns 50, horse-powered pints, livestock mart traditions
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02/01/26 Wildlife or Pest? The Wild Goats of Langholm Moor
Fri 2 Jan 2026
Wild goats: culling, conservation and controversy.
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01/01/26 Isaac Fletcher's Farming Diaries
New Year's Day 2026
The farming diaries of an 18th-century yeoman farmer.
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31/12/25 Cider Apple DNA
Wed 31 Dec 2025
How DNA testing is unlocking the secrets of historic cider orchards.
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30/12/25 The Luck Penny
Tue 30 Dec 2025
The luck penny tradition still practised at livestock marts in Northern Ireland.
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27/12/26: Anna Hill's 30 years on Farming Today
Sat 27 Dec 2025
Anna Hill discusses her 30 years as a presenter of Farming Today with Charlotte Smith.
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25/12/25 Farms for City Children - 50 years of Michael & Clare Morpurgo's charity.
Christmas Day 2025
Children's author Michael Morpurgo and his wife Clare mark 50 years of their farm charity.
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24/12/25 The Ceremony of the Christmas Cheeses
Christmas Eve 2025
Chelsea Pensioners receive their traditional Christmas present from the UK dairy industry.
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17/12/2025 Planning reforms and the environment, rural churches.
Wed 17 Dec 2025
Planning reforms announced - what will they mean for the countryside and the environment?
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The rise and rise of beef prices, carp growing, agroforestry
Tue 22 Apr 2025
What's behind 2025's unprecedented increase in UK farmers' beef prices?
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Foot and mouth personal meat import ban, gearing up for sheep shearing as overseas shearer visas granted
Tue 15 Apr 2025
Travellers banned from bringing meat from the EU into the UK, due to Foot and Mouth risk.
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12/04/2025 Farming Today This Week: Salmon Farming, Wildfire and Trade
Sat 12 Apr 2025
Does the future of salmon farming lie in deeper water?
