Country Focus Episodes Episode guide
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Bird Flu and a Year of Legends
There is a risk of more cases of bird flu, plus a look at Welsh myths and legends.
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Farming the Great Orme
New tenants of a Llandudno sheep farm rented for one pound a year settle in for Christmas.
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Bells, Clogs and Flatcaps
A festive ring to Country Focus with the 'must have' rural presents of 2016.
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The Welsh Game Supply Chain and Other Stories
Country Focus hears about a project to boost the value of game meat to the Welsh economy.
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New Bovine TB Plans
A look at the Welsh government's 'refreshed' policy on tackling bovine TB.
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Rural Schools, Horse Safety and a Hidden Walled Garden
Wales has got a rural schools policy, plus the campaign to pass horses wide and slow.
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Dairy Diversification, Seaweed and Bara Brith
Farmers doing their own milk processing, farming seaweed, and the Great Welsh Bake Off.
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Scallop Dredging, Dormice and a Concert of Birdsong
Controversial plans to allow limited scallop dredging have been given the go-ahead.
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Farms for city children
Celebrating forty years of giving children an understanding of farming and the countryside
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A Green Flag for a Green Space
Rachael Garside visits Swansea to look at the Green Flag Award Scheme.
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Kerosene Pipe Leak, Lugworms and Otters
A look at the environmental damage following the ruptured pipeline in Carmarthenshire.
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Rural Schools, Pond Life and Apples
Rural news, including how a new law could be introduced to support rural education.
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The migrant workforce and a rescued cob
A look at how restricting the free movement of people could affect rural industries.
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The State of Nature, White Park Cattle and the Dog Bakery
Featuring the erosion of wildlife in Wales and how to protect rare cattle.
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Agricultural Slurry, Foraging for Fungi and Risso's Dolphins
There is concern over Welsh Government plans to expand controls on agricultural pollution.
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Sheep Trade, Beavers and Salmon
Why a potential Australian post-Brexit trade deal could pose a threat to our sheep sector.
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Britain's Best Food Market
Rachael Garside visits the local produce market in St Dogmaels, Pembrokeshire.
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The Year of Adventure
Rachael Garside takes a splash into the unknown.
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Wales YFC at 80
In the week of the Royal Welsh Show, Rachael Garside meets the younger rural generation.
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The Royal Welsh Agricultural Show 2016
Rachael Garside broadcasts live from the 2016 Royal Welsh Agricultural Show.
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On Your Bike, Capability Brown and Making Sticks
Exploring getting up the Clwydian Range, a renowned landscape gardener and carving a stick
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Parking, a Butterfly House and a Beach Hut
Asking if parking should be free in rural towns. Plus the National Botanic Garden of Wales
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The EU Referendum, Barefoot Walking and Gin
Reaction to and analysis of the EU and the rural vote, plus gin and hiraeth.
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Vet School, Wildflowers and the Summer Solstice
Plans for a Wales veterinary college, 'off-the-shelf' wildflower seeds and Bryn Celli Ddu.
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Wildlife Magazine, Tree Seeds and the Community Pub
Exploring an environment magazine's sustainability, collecting seeds and a village local.
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A Heart of Wales Walk
Exploring the Heart of Wales rural walking trail.
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The Welsh Pig Industry
The rural news magazine explores what the future holds for the Welsh pig industry.
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Leave or Remain?
Weighing up the agricultural arguments for both remaining in and leaving the EU.
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Say Cheese, the Curlew Walk and Saving Swifts
A co-operative expanding its cheese production facilities, plus two birds under threat.
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Natural Navigation and Let the Ducks Eat Kale
Navigation the natural way and what to feed ducks if not bread.