Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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Farming Today This Week 25/04/26 Bird flu vaccine for people, fertiliser, precision-bred barley, thatching.
Yesterday
Bird flu vaccine for people; fertiliser and fuel prices; gene-edited barley; thatching.
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24/04/26: Cover crop scheme proposal, sourcing thatching materials, gene-edited Barley
Friday
Calls for government funding to grow green manures on land left fallow due to war in Iran.
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23/04/26 Fertiliser, fossil fuels, recycling farm plastics.
Thursday
New report warns UK is too reliant on global supply chains for its fertiliser.
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22/04/26 Bird flu jab for people, fairness in supply chain, vertical farming
Wednesday
New vaccine trial to protect people against bird flu.
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21/04/26 Sustainable pork production, biochar and chicken muck, rare breed cattle
Tuesday
New 'roadmap' for producing pork to reduce environmental impact of pig farming.
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20/04/26: Soybean ID, greenhouse gas emissions from farming, a moment to rethink fertiliser 'dependency'?
Last Monday
A call for global farming to end its dependence on fertiliser made from fossil fuel.
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18/04/26 Farming Today This Week: Uplands report, national parks, impact of the middle east conflict on farms, waste crime
Last Saturday
A new report explores the ways the uplands can flourish.
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17/04/26 Uplands review, The Peak District National Park.
Fri 17 Apr 2026
New report suggests ways to transform uplands to support communities and landscapes.
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16/04/26 Lough Neagh dredging, concerns about government labs in Northern Ireland, National Park dark skies, rural church crime
Thu 16 Apr 2026
New research suggests dredging is affecting water quality in Lough Neagh.
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15/04/2026 Fuel protests in Northern Ireland, waste licences, National Park peat restoration.
Wed 15 Apr 2026
Tractor protests in Northern Ireland over spiralling fuel costs.
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14/04/2026 Plastic costs, carbon tax, National Parks
Tue 14 Apr 2026
Plastic costs, carbon tax, National Parks celebration.
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13/04/26: Alternative fertilisers, Capercaillie in the Cairngorms.
Mon 13 Apr 2026
The search for fertilisers which don't have to be imported, to lessen price shocks.
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11/04/26 Farming Today This Week: Wildfires, bioethanol plant reopening, spring planting, oilseed rape
Sat 11 Apr 2026
Why the risk of wildfires is so high in the spring.
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10/04/12 Wildfire season and recovery after moorland fires last year, planting herbs
Fri 10 Apr 2026
UK wildfire season and the farmer recovering after a moorland blaze last year.
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09/04/26 C02 plant back up and running, planting in a bog, oilseed rape
Thu 9 Apr 2026
Farmers can once again sell their wheat for bioethanol, as CO2 plant reopens.
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08/04/26 Avian influenza, tenant farmer code in Wales, spring barley.
Wed 8 Apr 2026
Free range poultry can range freely outdoors again as housing order is lifted.
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07/04/2026 Illegal meat, geothermal glasshouse, spring planting
Tue 7 Apr 2026
Illegal meat still breaching UK borders, with 14 tonnes seized at Dover in a single week.
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06/04/26 Fifty Years of Photographing Farmers
Mon 6 Apr 2026
Photographing the changing face of agriculture over fifty years.
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04/04/2026 Farming Today This Week: Ferry disruption, fishing industry hit by fuel costs, lambing, wild daffodils
Sat 4 Apr 2026
Warnings ferry service disruption putting animal welfare at risk on Scottish islands.
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03/04/26 "Muddy Fingers" McGurn
Fri 3 Apr 2026
The potter using clay from the land to tell the story of a County Fermanagh farm.
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02/04/26 Ferries and islanders on Barra, rare breed sheep, soil
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Major disruption to Scottish ferry services and its toll on a small Hebridean island.
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01/04/26 Rural fuel poverty; emissions from sheep; Marine Protected Areas.
Wed 1 Apr 2026
Fuel poverty hits deeper and is growing more quickly in rural areas, new figures show.
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31/03/26 Record livestock mart figures, lambing list, Ramblers report
Tue 31 Mar 2026
Livestock markets report a record turnover - how much longer can high prices last?
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30/03/2026: Fishing industry hit by fuel costs. A good time to be a sheep farmer? Wild Daffodils
Mon 30 Mar 2026
The fishing industry seeks government help over spiralling diesel costs.
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28/03/26 Farming Today This Week: trail hunting; impact of Middle East war; shellfish; geese; Victorian farming; farmer choir.
Sat 28 Mar 2026
Trail hunting - the government wants to ban it, the consultation's started.
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27/03/26: Trail hunting ban consultation, How WWII shaped farming
Fri 27 Mar 2026
The government is pressing ahead with its ban on trail hunting in England and Wales.
