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Farming Today Episodes

  1. 26/02/26 The Farming Minister and reaction to the updated environmental farm payment scheme in England; illegal waste dumping

    The farming minister on changes to England's biggest environmental scheme.

  2. 25/02/26 National Farmers' Union Conference 2026

    More details of the Sustainable Farming Incentive are revealed at the NFU Conference.

  3. 24/02/26 Farming in Ukraine, Wetlands creation

    Farming in Ukraine four years into the war; Wetlands creation.

  4. 23/02/2026 England deer management plan, putting venison on more plates, Northern Ireland farm safety.

    The government's announced a new 10 year plan for controlling deer numbers in England.

  5. 21/02/2026 Farming Today This Week: farm vets, sheep shearer visas, 25 years since Foot and Mouth

    Farm vets, shearer visas, and 25 years since the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak.

  6. 20/02/2026 The 2001 Foot and Mouth Outbreak 25 years on

    The 2001 foot and mouth crisis remembered, 25 years on.

  7. 19/02/26 Wet weather, Community vets practice

    Wet weather stopping farm work, community vets practice on Tiree, graduate vet.

  8. 18/02/26 Record month for illegal meat, independent vet practices, sheep shearers visas

    Seizures of illegal meat imports hit a record high at Dover: 34 tonnes in January.

  9. 17/02/26 Dog attacks on livestock, a cattle vet at work, Hedgerow Heroes

    The cost of dog attacks on livestock has risen 10% year on year.

  10. Fields of yellow, vets and artificial intelligence, vet shortage

    Why there may be bigger swathes of bright yellow oilseed rape across the countryside.

  11. 14/02/26 Farming Today This Week: Flooding on farms, landscape recovery projects, AI in dairy

    Waterlogged fields and flooding misery for farmers.

  12. 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.

  13. 12/02/26 Natural flood management, AI pest control, Oatly Supreme Court defeat

    We hear from the Environment Agency boss on natural flood management.

  14. 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.

  15. Flooding, alternatives to farrowing crates, crops through the 'eyes' of AI.

    More rain and more flood warnings piling the pressure on farmers.

  16. 09/02/26 Farmer protests, Defra farm training, AI in agriculture

    More farmer protests about imports and prices.

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

  20. 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.

  21. 03/02/26 Ban of electric shock collars for cows, grey squirrels, new egg business

    RSPCA bans electric shock collars from dairy herds in its assured scheme.

  22. 02/02/26 Scottish Environment Bill, Ramblers report, new entrants.

    Scotland paves the way for legal targets on nature.

  23. 31/01/26 Farming Today This Week: Sustainable Foods 2026, extreme weather and rural resilience, octopus bloom

    How to make farming better for the environment, and the bottom line.

  24. 30/01/26 Extreme weather and rural resilience, biochar, rare breed cattle

    Rural communities flooded again call for more help.

  25. 29/01/26 Sustainable food and what that means for farming

    Making our food systems more sustainable - what does that mean for agriculture?

  26. 28/01/26 Octopus, gene-edited oilseed rape, sheep dog training

    A big increase in octopus in UK waters and the impact on the fishing industry.

  27. 27/01/2026 Heating rural homes, vertical farm, cost of nature-friendly farming

    New government plan to help with eco-friendly heating. What's in it for rural communities?

  28. 26/01/26 Timber security, feoijas, basic income for farmers.

    Timber - why we're not growing enough.

  29. Milk prices, farm profits, winter feed

    UK farmers are experiencing what's been called the sharpest milk price drop in history.

  30. 23/01/26 Illegal meat, farm incomes, winter feed on the Western Isles

    The trade in illegal meat smuggled in from the EU and the risk it poses to UK livestock.

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