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14/02/26 Farming Today This Week: Flooding on farms, landscape recovery projects, AI in dairy
Waterlogged fields and flooding misery for farmers.

Somerset floods update, slurry conundrum, drones v weeds, a pivot point for farms?
Tens of thousands of acres of farmland are still under water in Somerset.

12/02/26 Natural flood management, AI pest control, Oatly Supreme Court defeat
We hear from the Environment Agency boss on natural flood management.

Aberdeenshire inundated, Big Brother is watching moo, Welsh suckler beef in decline
About a quarter of a year's rainfall in six weeks has inundated Aberdeenshire's farms.

Flooding, alternatives to farrowing crates, crops through the 'eyes' of AI.
More rain and more flood warnings piling the pressure on farmers.

09/02/26 Farmer protests, Defra farm training, AI in agriculture
More farmer protests about imports and prices.

Farming Today This Week: electric shock collars, taking carbon out of agriculture, UK-EU reset, new entrants, Wagyu beef
RSPCA bans electric shock collars from dairy herds in its assured scheme.

06/02/2026 National Farmers' Union of Scotland Annual Conference, seed production, new tenant farmers
The National Farmers' Union of Scotland calls for more funding to improve profitability.

05/02/26 EFRA Committee report on EU/UK agri-food trade deal, seed science, starting out in agriculture
MPs call for a 'national conversation' on EU/UK agri-food trade agreement.

04/02/26 The cost of decarbonising agriculture, young farmers in Northern Ireland, new entrant crofters
New report says the cost of decarbonising agriculture could leave many farmers in the red.