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    30/04/26 Agro-forestry pioneer, Welsh election, decline in dawn chorus birds

    Why the key to resilient farming could be trees.

  2. 29/04/26 Giant greenhouse, silvohorticulture, Scottish election

    Giant greenhouse, silvohorticulture, Scottish election.

  3. 28/04/2026 Cornish fishing strategy; agroforestry - trees and pasture; potato surplus

    Fishermen and scientists come together in Cornwall to better manage fisheries.

  4. 27/04/26 Landmark water pollution court case, MPs recommend a 'sea use framework', agroforestry

    A landmark water pollution court case starts today.

  5. Farming Today This Week 25/04/26 Bird flu vaccine for people, fertiliser, precision-bred barley, thatching.

    Bird flu vaccine for people; fertiliser and fuel prices; gene-edited barley; thatching.

  6. 24/04/26: Cover crop scheme proposal, sourcing thatching materials, gene-edited Barley

    Calls for government funding to grow green manures on land left fallow due to war in Iran.

  7. 23/04/26 Fertiliser, fossil fuels, recycling farm plastics.

    New report warns UK is too reliant on global supply chains for its fertiliser.

  8. 22/04/26 Bird flu jab for people, fairness in supply chain, vertical farming

    New vaccine trial to protect people against bird flu.

  9. 21/04/26 Sustainable pork production, biochar and chicken muck, rare breed cattle

    New 'roadmap' for producing pork to reduce environmental impact of pig farming.

  10. 20/04/26: Soybean ID, greenhouse gas emissions from farming, a moment to rethink fertiliser 'dependency'?

    A call for global farming to end its dependence on fertiliser made from fossil fuel.

  11. 18/04/26 Farming Today This Week: Uplands report, national parks, impact of the middle east conflict on farms, waste crime

    A new report explores the ways the uplands can flourish.

  12. 17/04/26 Uplands review, The Peak District National Park.

    New report suggests ways to transform uplands to support communities and landscapes.

  13. 16/04/26 Lough Neagh dredging, concerns about government labs in Northern Ireland, National Park dark skies, rural church crime

    New research suggests dredging is affecting water quality in Lough Neagh.

  14. 15/04/2026 Fuel protests in Northern Ireland, waste licences, National Park peat restoration.

    Tractor protests in Northern Ireland over spiralling fuel costs.

  15. 14/04/2026 Plastic costs, carbon tax, National Parks

    Plastic costs, carbon tax, National Parks celebration.

  16. 13/04/26: Alternative fertilisers, Capercaillie in the Cairngorms.

    The search for fertilisers which don't have to be imported, to lessen price shocks.

  17. 11/04/26 Farming Today This Week: Wildfires, bioethanol plant reopening, spring planting, oilseed rape

    Why the risk of wildfires is so high in the spring.

  18. 10/04/12 Wildfire season and recovery after moorland fires last year, planting herbs

    UK wildfire season and the farmer recovering after a moorland blaze last year.

  19. 09/04/26 C02 plant back up and running, planting in a bog, oilseed rape

    Farmers can once again sell their wheat for bioethanol, as CO2 plant reopens.

  20. 08/04/26 Avian influenza, tenant farmer code in Wales, spring barley.

    Free range poultry can range freely outdoors again as housing order is lifted.

  21. 07/04/2026 Illegal meat, geothermal glasshouse, spring planting

    Illegal meat still breaching UK borders, with 14 tonnes seized at Dover in a single week.

  22. 06/04/26 Fifty Years of Photographing Farmers

    Photographing the changing face of agriculture over fifty years.

  23. 04/04/2026 Farming Today This Week: Ferry disruption, fishing industry hit by fuel costs, lambing, wild daffodils

    Warnings ferry service disruption putting animal welfare at risk on Scottish islands.

  24. 03/04/26 "Muddy Fingers" McGurn

    The potter using clay from the land to tell the story of a County Fermanagh farm.

  25. 02/04/26 Ferries and islanders on Barra, rare breed sheep, soil

    Major disruption to Scottish ferry services and its toll on a small Hebridean island.

  26. 01/04/26 Rural fuel poverty; emissions from sheep; Marine Protected Areas.

    Fuel poverty hits deeper and is growing more quickly in rural areas, new figures show.

  27. 31/03/26 Record livestock mart figures, lambing list, Ramblers report

    Livestock markets report a record turnover - how much longer can high prices last?

  28. 30/03/2026: Fishing industry hit by fuel costs. A good time to be a sheep farmer? Wild Daffodils

    The fishing industry seeks government help over spiralling diesel costs.

  29. 28/03/26 Farming Today This Week: trail hunting; impact of Middle East war; shellfish; geese; Victorian farming; farmer choir.

    Trail hunting - the government wants to ban it, the consultation's started.

  30. 27/03/26: Trail hunting ban consultation, How WWII shaped farming

    The government is pressing ahead with its ban on trail hunting in England and Wales.

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