Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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29/06/26 Water resilience on farms, rural place names, soil
Today
Calls for more government action to protect water supplies for farming.
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27/06/26: Farming in the heat, England's Farming Roadmap, global agritourism.
Saturday
Farming in a heatwave and a 25-year vision for agriculture in England.
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26/06/26 NI to miss its environmental targets, farming in the heatwave, farm campsite
Friday
Northern Ireland's government is warned it'll miss environmental targets
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25/06/2026 The Farming Roadmap, emissions from agriculture, pigs in the heat
Thursday
A landmark day for English farmers? The government's Farming Roadmap is launched.
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24/06/2026 Agritourism - Aberdeen hosts the first global conference of its kind
Wednesday
Global agritourism: how producers around the world are inviting visitors onto their farms.
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23/06/2026: Fighting wildfires, training sheep shearers, from hill farm to heritage events
Last Tuesday
Specialist wildfire firefighting teams are being introduced in England and Wales.
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22/06/26 Agri-tourism, Scottish abattoir costs, seaweed cattle feed to reduce methane
Last Monday
Why more farmers are opening their gates to the public.
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20/06/26 - Royal Highland Show, Scottish farming policy and South West octopus bloom
Sat 20 Jun 2026
Caz Graham has the week's top rural stories - including a trip to the Royal Highland Show.
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19/06/26 The Royal Highland Show and Scottish Government plans to cap prices on some essential foods.
Fri 19 Jun 2026
Scottish government plans to cap prices on some foods in supermarket - who'll pay?
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18/06/26 Change of Defra Farming Minister, Scottish greening policy, connected agri-tech
Thu 18 Jun 2026
We hear why the farming industry really doesn’t like ministerial churn
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17/06/26 Abattoir charges, pheasants and insects, Scottish farming with nature.
Wed 17 Jun 2026
The abattoirs overcharged for official inspections.
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16/06/26 Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy
Tue 16 Jun 2026
Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy.
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15/06/26 Octopus bloom, Scottish organic farming
Mon 15 Jun 2026
Octopus bloom in the south west, organic farming in Scotland.
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13/06/26 Farming Today This Week
Sat 13 Jun 2026
Budget revealed for farm environmental payments - but is it enough?
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12/06/26 Sustainable Farming Incentive, Cereal farming in Cumbria
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Sustainable Farming Incentive budget, growing cereals in Cumbria.
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10/06/26 New bovine TB strategy for England, cereals
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Getting rid of Bovine TB - a new strategy says cattle vaccination is the answer.
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09/06/26 Flood funding, cattle cull, cereals
Tue 9 Jun 2026
£50 million to help Somerset farming communities deal with growing threat of floods.
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08/06/26 Brown or white eggs? The outlook for cereal farmers
Mon 8 Jun 2026
The big egg debate: brown or white?
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06/06/26 - Farming Today This Week: Dartmoor ponies, water voles and land-based jobs
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Could new upland grazing rules mean the loss of Dartmoor ponies?
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05/06/26 Dartmoor ponies, upland economics, Open Farm Sunday
Fri 5 Jun 2026
Fears that Dartmoor may lose its iconic ponies.
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04/06/26 High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged abattoirs, hydropower funding, upland farmer groups
Thu 4 Jun 2026
A victory for abattoirs as High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged them.
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03/06/26 EU trade agreement, peat restoration and water voles, Scottish uplands
Wed 3 Jun 2026
EU alignment - farmers says it's hard to get ready for the change without more detail.
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02/06/26 Rural skills gap, upland farming in Wales, Future Countryside.
Tue 2 Jun 2026
Jobs in farming, fishing and forestry are not being filled because of a "skills squeeze".
