Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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08/07/23 Farming Today This Week. Eggs: hatchery; beak trimming; free-range to barn; bird flu and vaccine. UK-grown flowers.
Saturday
Which comes first the chicken or the egg? A look at egg production.
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07/07/23 Egg laying hen hatchery, beak trimming, hunt prosecutions, cheese making
Friday
How close are we to banning the trimming of chicks’ beaks?
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06/07/23 Vaccination still not an option for tackling bird flu, smashing eggs, farming flowers
Thursday
Chief vet says vaccination is still not an option for tackling bird flu in free-range hens
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04/07/23 Bird flu and egg production; Bovine TB and badger cull; Hottest June
Last Tuesday
Egg production and avian influenza: producers call for a vaccine.
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03/07/23 Methane in sheep; Egg producers; Smooth snakes.
Last Monday
Measuring methane in sheep to breed an animal with a low carbon footprint.
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30/06/23 Labour shortage review; Highly protected marine zones; Nitrates and bacon
Fri 30 Jun 2023
A review into labour shortages in the food supply chain is about to be published.
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29/06/23 Welsh Agriculture Bill; Pig abattoir; Silver Lapwing conservation award.
Thu 29 Jun 2023
Welsh Agriculture Bill voted in by the Senedd, what will it mean for farmers in Wales?
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28/06/23 Climate Change Committee report; tenant farmers; pig market.
Wed 28 Jun 2023
Climate Change Committee less confident about net zero goals than it was a year ago.
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27/06/23 Woodland investment plan; Scottish ferries; rearing pigs for bacon.
Tue 27 Jun 2023
The Woodland Trust is calling for a billion pounds to rescue England's ancient woodlands.
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23/06/23 Royal Highland Show: food & drink; agricultural policy; sheep and robots.
Fri 23 Jun 2023
Reporting from the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh.
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22/06/2023 Royal Highland Show: Golden Shears competition; farming policy; Clydesdales.
Thu 22 Jun 2023
The Royal Highland Show - international sheep shearing and Clydesdales.
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21/06/23 Sustainable Farm Incentive; Methane testing and Sheep
Wed 21 Jun 2023
The long awaited detail of the new 'Sustainable Farming Incentive' is published.
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20/06/23 Wildfires; rural broadband; giant hogweed and sheep.
Tue 20 Jun 2023
Experts say number of wildfires set to increase in future, how can land be manged to help?
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19/06/2023 Soy in animal feed, Grading wool, Sheep
Mon 19 Jun 2023
Calls for farmers to grow more protein crops and reduce amount of imported soy in feed.
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16/06/23 Farm deaths, tree planting targets, estate tourism
Fri 16 Jun 2023
18 people have died on farms this year, almost double at this time last year, we ask why.
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15/06/23 Tree planting targets; Environmental Land Management Schemes; Gamekeeping
Thu 15 Jun 2023
Tree-planting targets; ELMs and income foregone; Gamekeeping on an agricultural estate.
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14/06/23 Antibiotic use in pigs; Dual purpose sheep; Estate livestock and conservation
Wed 14 Jun 2023
Reduction in pig antibiotics, Welsh sheep good for lamb and wool and estate conservation.
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13/06/23 Small abattoirs, Cereals, Farm accounts
Tue 13 Jun 2023
Small abattoirs. Predicted fall in profits for cereal farmers. Farm accounts.
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24/05/2023 Food prices and supply chain; new marine & wildlife code; ammonia in Northern Ireland; fruit glut in Ghana
Wed 24 May 2023
Food supply chain; ammonia investigation; marine & wildlife code; fruit glut in Ghana.
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31/12/22 - 100 Years of Farm Broadcasting
Sat 31 Dec 2022
Charlotte Smith delves into the BBC sound archives to celebrate 100 years of farming radio
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30/12/22 - Natural plant dyes
Fri 30 Dec 2022
Rachel Lovell meets a plant dye farmer in Devon to hear more about her specialist crop.
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29/12/22 - Vital Roots Garden
Thu 29 Dec 2022
How a Dorset couple is using climate change to grow subtropical foods.
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27/12/22 - Forty Farms
Tue 27 Dec 2022
A portrait in pictures of 40 Cumbrian farms at a time of major change to UK farming.
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26/12/22 - Kingdom Forge Blacksmiths & Brewery
Boxing Day 2022
Step into the Brundish countryside to explore the UK's only licensed forge
