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Farming Today
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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11/05/26: Cage eggs ban call, University vineyard, Environment watchdog on NI water quality
The UK's environment watchdog has warned that regulations designed to reduce water pollution from agricultural sources in Northern Ireland, urgently n...
09/05/26 Wool prices, Sounds from above and below the ground
The price of British wool has gone up. But does it even cover the cost of shearing?
Below ground, we listen to new research on the sounds fr...
07/05/26 Wool prices, bluebells, dawn chorus
The price of wool from British sheep is at a ten year high - on average farmers will see a 70 per cent increase on last year. However that will still...
06/05/26 Weedkiller glyphosate and its use on crops. Sounds of the soil.
The use of the herbicide glyphosate has been long debated, and it’s going to come under intense scrutiny in the coming months. This summer, the Healt...
05/05/26 Ash tree propagation, clinical waste on beach, DIY bat monitoring
A new propagation technique could help restore the ash tree to our landscapes. Scientists across the UK have been working to propagate saplings from r...
04/05/26 Neolithic Farming and Feasting
Neolithic peoples made the transition from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to crop-growing farmers, and their diets are the subject of numerous studies...
02/05/26 Dry April, Agroforestry, Giant greenhouse
Farmers are hoping for more rain in May after an unusually dry and windy April in many part of the UK. The East of England had between 2 and 4 per ce...
01/05/2026 Farmers hoping for rain, English council elections, hedgerows
Farmers are hoping that a dry April will be followed by a wet few weeks. Some parts of the country, notably in the East of England, have had between 2...
30/04/26 Agro-forestry pioneer, Welsh election, decline in dawn chorus birds
Mixing trees and farming in agro-forestry: why the key to resilient farming could be trees. We're looking at this all this week and today we hear fro...
29/04/26 Giant greenhouse, silvohorticulture, Scottish election
A 40 hectare greenhouse has been given the go-ahead in Essex. It'll be the UK's second largest, and will be powered and heated by a domestic waste in...
28/04/2026 Cornish fishing strategy; agroforestry - trees and pasture; potato surplus
A new collaboration has been set up between scientists and the fishing industry in Cornwall, to integrate scientific research with the real experience...
27/04/26 Landmark water pollution court case, MPs recommend a 'sea use framework', agroforestry
A landmark legal case over water pollution gets underway later today. Thousands of people are part of the case which claims that chicken farming and s...
Farming Today This Week 25/04/26 Bird flu vaccine for people, fertiliser, precision-bred barley, thatching.
A new trial is starting this summer, as part of a programme to develop a vaccine for people against bird flu. 3000 volunteers are needed from the UK t...
24/04/26: Cover crop scheme proposal, sourcing thatching materials, gene-edited Barley
Whilst the cost of producing a crop is up, particularly the cost of fuel and fertiliser, the price paid for it hasn't risen by anything like as much....
23/04/26 Fertiliser, fossil fuels, recycling farm plastics.
A new report warns that UK farming's reliance on imported fertiliser and minerals, puts it at risk in times of geopolitical stress. Analysis, publishe...
22/04/26 Bird flu jab for people, fairness in supply chain, vertical farming
A new trial is starting this summer, as part of the third phase of a programme to develop a vaccine for people against bird flu. 3000 volunteers are...
21/04/26 Sustainable pork production, biochar and chicken muck, rare breed cattle
The pig industry has published a new environmental roadmap to help the sector produce pork more sustainably. It's being led by the AHDB and will focus...
20/04/26: Soybean ID, greenhouse gas emissions from farming, a moment to rethink fertiliser 'dependency'?
The Ulster Farmers Union is calling for government help for farmers, because of the impact of the war in Iran on fuel and fertiliser prices. Amongst o...
18/04/26 Farming Today This Week: Uplands report, national parks, impact of the middle east conflict on farms, waste crime
A new independent report, commissioned by DEFRA, examines the unique challenges facing upland farmers and communities in England. We speak to the auth...
17/04/26 Uplands review, The Peak District National Park.
The English Uplands are special and defined as areas of elevated land with rugged terrain from moorlands to mountains and typically above 300 metres....
16/04/26 Lough Neagh dredging, concerns about government labs in Northern Ireland, National Park dark skies, rural church crime
New research suggests that dredging is affecting water quality in Lough Neagh. Scientists from Queen's University Belfast believe that commercial dred...
15/04/2026 Fuel protests in Northern Ireland, waste licences, National Park peat restoration.
Farmers in Northern Ireland have been holding tractor protests and blocking traffic. They’re asking for more financial help as they face rising fuel p...
14/04/2026 Plastic costs, carbon tax, National Parks
Prices are starting to increase for the plastic wrap and twine that farmers will need to store grass silage feed through the year. Plastic is made us...
13/04/26: Alternative fertilisers, Capercaillie in the Cairngorms.
War in the Middle East has led to price shocks in fertiliser and fuel for farmers. The situation puts a sharper focus on products already being develo...
11/04/26 Farming Today This Week: Wildfires, bioethanol plant reopening, spring planting, oilseed rape
In a week that has seen several wildfires break out across the country, we hear from Dr Matthew Jones, who leads a group researching wildfires across...
10/04/12 Wildfire season and recovery after moorland fires last year, planting herbs
The Derbyshire Fire Service is urging people to take more care after they were called to a wildfire across 18,000 square metres on Tuesday. This week...
09/04/26 C02 plant back up and running, planting in a bog, oilseed rape
Farmers in the North East of England have welcomed the re-opening of the UK’s only carbon dioxide production plant after 6 months of inactivity. It wa...
08/04/26 Avian influenza, tenant farmer code in Wales, spring barley.
Free range poultry in England and Wales will be able to once more venture outside as the government lifts mandatory housing measures. The deputy chief...
07/04/2026 Illegal meat, geothermal glasshouse, spring planting
More government funding for security and extra spot checks is the only way to stem the tide of illegal meat being smuggled into the UK. That’s accordi...
06/04/26 Fifty Years of Photographing Farmers
Devon-based photographer Chris Chapman has been photographing Dartmoor and the people who live there for more than 50 years. He's turned his camera m...
04/04/2026 Farming Today This Week: Ferry disruption, fishing industry hit by fuel costs, lambing, wild daffodils
Warnings that animal welfare is at risk on some Scottish Islands because of widespread disruption to ferry services.
Ripples from conflict in th...
03/04/26 "Muddy Fingers" McGurn
Farmer Roger Corrigan is a born storyteller. Now in his 80s, he has spent all his life farming in Fermanagh and is full of tales about the changes h...
02/04/26 Ferries and islanders on Barra, rare breed sheep, soil
There’s concern that animal welfare may be at risk on some Scottish islands because of widespread disruption to ferry services. Eight ferries serving...
01/04/26 Rural fuel poverty; emissions from sheep; Marine Protected Areas.
Fuel prices continue to dominate the headlines, the war in the Middle East has led to them shooting up in recent weeks, causing real concern to those...
31/03/26 Record livestock mart figures, lambing list, Ramblers report
Livestock markets in England and Wales have reported record breaking figures for 2025. The latest numbers from the Livestock Auctioneers Association s...
30/03/2026: Fishing industry hit by fuel costs. A good time to be a sheep farmer? Wild Daffodils
The National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations is asking the Government for help with rising costs because of the conflict in the Middle East. T...
28/03/26 Farming Today This Week: trail hunting; impact of Middle East war; shellfish; geese; Victorian farming; farmer choir.
The Government has opened a consultation on its proposals to ban trail hunting in England and Wales. Anti-hunt campaigners argue it’s a smokescreen fo...
27/03/26: Trail hunting ban consultation, How WWII shaped farming
The Government has opened a consultation on its proposals to ban trail hunting in England and Wales. There’s already a ban in Scotland. The Westminste...
26/03/26 Scottish rural policy, green gas, Victorian farming.
The Scottish Government's published details of its support system for farmers. Agriculture is devolved and since Brexit, each of the UK's four governm...
25/03/26 Environmental regulation, geese, The Enclosure Act and the farming landscape.
MPs on the Public Accounts Committee have called for the merger of the Environment Agency and Natural England. In a new report the committee criticise...