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Farming Today This Week 25/04/26 Bird flu vaccine for people, fertiliser, precision-bred barley, thatching.
Bird flu vaccine for people; fertiliser and fuel prices; gene-edited barley; thatching.
24/04/26: Cover crop scheme proposal, sourcing thatching materials, gene-edited Barley
Calls for government funding to grow green manures on land left fallow due to war in Iran.
23/04/26 Fertiliser, fossil fuels, recycling farm plastics.
New report warns UK is too reliant on global supply chains for its fertiliser.
22/04/26 Bird flu jab for people, fairness in supply chain, vertical farming
New vaccine trial to protect people against bird flu.
21/04/26 Sustainable pork production, biochar and chicken muck, rare breed cattle
New 'roadmap' for producing pork to reduce environmental impact of pig farming.
20/04/26: Soybean ID, greenhouse gas emissions from farming, a moment to rethink fertiliser 'dependency'?
A call for global farming to end its dependence on fertiliser made from fossil fuel.
18/04/26 Farming Today This Week: Uplands report, national parks, impact of the middle east conflict on farms, waste crime
A new report explores the ways the uplands can flourish.
17/04/26 Uplands review, The Peak District National Park.
New report suggests ways to transform uplands to support communities and landscapes.
16/04/26 Lough Neagh dredging, concerns about government labs in Northern Ireland, National Park dark skies, rural church crime
New research suggests dredging is affecting water quality in Lough Neagh.
15/04/2026 Fuel protests in Northern Ireland, waste licences, National Park peat restoration.
Tractor protests in Northern Ireland over spiralling fuel costs.
