Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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22/01/25 - US undocumented farmworkers, hedge laying, avian flu and the art of soil
Today
How President Trump's plans to deport illegal immigrants could hit farmworkers.
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21/01/25 - Farm Assurance Review, sandeel court case and calf weaning
Yesterday
"Too many farmers feel farm assurance is 'done to them' rather than 'delivered with them'"
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20/01/25 - Warnings over the future of the Scottish salmon industry, succession on farms, fencing
Monday
Scottish Government too slow in implementing reforms recommended for salmon farming.
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18/01/25 - Farming Today This Week: LAMMA machinery show, Climate advice on meat, Foot and Mouth
Saturday
Charlotte Smith visits the LAMMA machinery show in Birmingham.
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17/01/25 - CCC changes advice on eating meat, report finds environmental targets off track, adapting farm machinery
Friday
The Climate Change Committee is revising its advice on eating meat.
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16/01/25 - The LAMMA 2025 Farm Machinery Show
Last Thursday
Charlotte Smith checks out the latest in farm machinery at LAMMA 2025
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15/01/2025 - UK bans imports of German meat following foot & mouth outbreak in Germany, devolved agriculture ministers, combines
Last Wednesday
UK bans imports of German meat, as authorities there tackle an outbreak of foot and mouth.
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14/01/2025 - Trade with the EU, gene editing, robotic milking and small abattoir closures
Last Tuesday
England diverges from the EU and the rest of the UK on gene editing.
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11/01/25 Farming Today This Week: the farming conferences in Oxford
Sat 11 Jan 2025
Thousands of farmers descend on Oxford for two big farming conferences.
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10/01/25 The Defra Secretary at the Oxford Farming Conference
Fri 10 Jan 2025
With tractors protesting outside, what will the Defra Secretary say to farmers?
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09/01/24 - Day one at the Oxford Farming Conferences
Thu 9 Jan 2025
Anna Hill is at the Oxford farming conferences where farmers are facing change.
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08/01/25 - Money for farming, Bake-Off Farmer and nitrogen fixing tech
Wed 8 Jan 2025
The Wildlife Trusts want more money for farming and a stronger vision from government.
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07/01/25 - Wet weather, HS2 limbo and innovative food and farming ideas
Tue 7 Jan 2025
What does the wet weather mean for farmers?
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06/01/25 Bird numbers down around Lough Neagh, Scottish whisky adapting to climate change, Robot dog
Mon 6 Jan 2025
Bird counts reveal a drop in numbers around Lough Neagh - could algal blooms be to blame?
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04/01/2025 Farming Today This Week: Restoring ancient barns, The Department Bull, The Derby Tup
Sat 4 Jan 2025
Ancient barns restored in the Lake District, the Department Bull, the Derby Tup.
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03/01/25 Breeding dairy cows for methane reduction, Pig social skills, Salt marsh restoration
Fri 3 Jan 2025
How Hilda, a newborn dairy calf, has been bred to help tackle climate change.
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28/12/24 The bogs of the Flow Country - a peatland that is now a World Heritage Site.
Sat 28 Dec 2024
Bog restoration in the Flow Country - a peatland which is now a World Heritage Site.
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27/12/24 Lake District Barn Rescue
Fri 27 Dec 2024
Twenty historic Lakeland barns are being saved for the nation's rural cultural heritage.
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26/12/24 - Solomon the government bull
Boxing Day 2024
Solomon - the bull who's hired out to crofters.
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25/12/24 - Farming and star gazing in an International Dark Skies Reserve
Christmas Day 2024
Farming in an an international dark sky reserve: Cranborne Chase National Landscape.
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24/12/24 - Powerless: the rural community getting connected to the national grid
Christmas Eve 2024
A remote community in Northumberland is about to get connected to the national grid.
