Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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04/09/26 National Audit Office report on food security resilience, corncrakes, late strawberries
The government 鈥榗ould do better鈥� at ensuring England鈥檚 food security.
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03/09/2026 Scientists dealing with bluetongue, Lough Neagh sampling, Normandy food producers.
On the frontline - the government vets and scientists dealing with the bluetongue outbreak
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02/09/2926 Data centres on farmland, harvest in Uist, River Tweed.
Plans for data centres on farmland in Scotland.
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01/09/26 Crisis loans, pasture for drought resilience, river DNA testing
Farmers press for interest-free loans from a government bank.
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31/08/2026: Wildlife corridors
Anna Hill discovers farmer-created wildlife corridors across Norfolk.
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29/08/2026: bluetongue, future crops, lavender farm
Bluetongue, future crops, lavender farm.
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28/08/26 Licensing firearms and shotguns, lavender in the Lakes, gene-edited salad crops
Not fit for purpose - the verdict on the firearms licensing system.
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27/08/2026: Beef imports, Miscanthus
Beef import concerns in US and UK, Miscanthus as future crop.
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26/08/2026: gene editing, Bernard Matthews factory closure
Gene editing, Bernard Matthews factory closure.
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25/08/2026: Milk prices, bluetongue, future crops
Milk prices, bluetongue in Europe, future crops.
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24/08/2026: bluetongue, future foods, farm app
Bluetongue in Scotland, future-proof crops, teen's farming app.
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22/08/26 Solar power - a panel discussion exploring the issues around solar development in the countryside.
Solar energy - we need it to combat climate change, but how much and where should it go?
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21/08/2026: Drought farmer, biodiversity on solar farm, choral work
Drought farmer, biodiversity on solar farm, sheep music.
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20/08/26 Salmonella in eggs, bees in drought, roof-top solar
Investigating an outbreak of salmonella - believed to come from imported eggs.
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19/08/2026 Village agricultural show
Village agricultural show in the Lake District.
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18/08/2026 Bluetongue, solar farm row, vineyards
Bluetongue vaccine, solar farm row, and the heat and vineyards.
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17/08/2026 Drought aid, Solar farms
Government aid for drought-hit farmers in England, solar farms.
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Farming Today This Week: New drought package for farmers, bluetongue, brassica crisis, hot salads, B12 peashoots, cherries.
Prime minister announces new support package to help farmers in England cope with drought.
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14/08/2026 Brassicas, cherries, salad
Brassica crisis, salad, cherry harvest.
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13/08/26 Bluetongue in sheep, growing more UK fruit and veg, B12 in salads
Surviving bluetongue, the sheep farmer's story.
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12/08/2026 Controversial cattle cull, impact of drought on fish stocks, salads.
Controversial cattle cull leaves farmers in Northern Ireland furious.
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11/08/2026 Impact of bluetongue on farmers, harvest in Europe, glass house salads.
Counting the human cost of the livestock disease bluetongue.
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10/08/2026 Financial planning, farming in drought, salad
The finances of farming in and after a heatwave.
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Farming Today This Week: Bluetongue cases continue to rise; impact of climate change on this year's harvest
As bluetongue cases continue to rise, farmers are urged to vaccinate their livestock.
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07/08/2026 Resilient crops for a changing climate, planting in a drought, Sheeted Somerset cattle
We hear of work to make the UK鈥檚 arable crops more resilient in a changing climate.
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06/08/26 Bluetongue cases on the rise, vaccination and testing for the disease. Harvest in Perthshire.
As bluetongue cases continue to rise, farmers are urged to vaccinate their livestock.
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05/08/26 Scottish first minister on farming resilience; the cost of drought; harvest in Cumbria
Scotland's first minister on farming policy and how to deal with wildfires in future.
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04/08/26 Wheat harvest, waste whey, sheep farmers at risk from disease
This year's harvest puts many farmers in the red.
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03/08/26 Wildlife in drought, harvest 2026
How wildlife is coping in the drought
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Farming Today This Week 01/08/26 Drought, water abstraction, food inflation, bluetongue, young Cornish dairy farmer.
Half of England and all of Wales are in drought, how's this affecting farmers?
