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05/06/26 Dartmoor ponies, upland economics, Open Farm Sunday
Concerns have been raised that new agri-environment schemes will require such a steep drop in the numbers of grazing livestock that 90% of Dartmoor po...
04/06/26 High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged abattoirs, hydropower funding, upland farmer groups
A judgement from the High Court yesterday ruled that the Food Standards Agency has been 'unlawfully' charging abattoirs too much and that it wasn’t tr...
03/06/26 EU trade agreement, peat restoration and water voles, Scottish uplands
The government has published fresh guidance for farmers and food businesses to help them prepare for the new sanitary and phytosanitary - or SPS - ag...
02/06/26 Rural skills gap, upland farming in Wales, Future Countryside.
A new report says there should be plenty of opportunities for young people to take up training and jobs in land-based work - but there's a 'skills squ...
01/06/26 Cost of wildfires, methane from sheep, upland farming
The latest analysis of wildfires shows that last year the UK recorded its highest burned area on record, including the country's first documented ‘meg...
30/05/26 - Farming Today This Week: pig supply chain problems, hot weather impacts and singing farmers
Its been a record breakingly hot week across much, though not all, of the UK, and that's brought probems for farmers, with crops struggling and livest...
29/05/26 Water abstraction, food inflation, local food systems.
Water is a main topic of conversation amongst farmers at the moment - because it's in short supply. Memories of the wet winter have been dried out by...
28/05/26 Rural crime, restoring signposts, Welsh food project
A new report shows that the cost of rural crime has fallen. Insurer NFU Mutual paid out £41.5 million in claims in 2025, compared to £44.1 million in...
27/05/26 Heatwave and water shortages - the impact on farming, Scottish farm co-operative.
It’s been unseasonably hot over the last few days across much of the UK. Extreme heat means extra concerns for livestock farmers. The Irish government...
26/05/26 Mounting pressure for Scottish pig farmers, funding for rural churches, selling farm produce at markets
Pig farmers in Scotland say 10% of their national herd has gone to waste because there's oversupply in the market. They're asking their government fo...
25/05/26 - The History of Crofting
Crofting is embedded in life in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, but it's an unusual form of farming, with a family plot rarely able to provide...
23/05/26 Farming Today This Week: red diesel, Gulf trade deal, Climate Change Committee report, regen tenancies, flowers.
The cost of growing our food is still higher than before the conflict in the Middle East. To counteract some of that, the government's laid out a "Gr...
22/05/2026 Gulf trade deal, tax cut on red diesel, cuts to tariffs on food imports, flowers, farmers going out of business
We ask what the latest government cost of living measures mean for farmers.
How a Fenland farmer must decide whether to keep on his struggling f...
21/05/26 Drought report, impact of Middle East war on berry growers, farm flower garden.
'The taps could run dry' - that's the warning from a new report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Environment and Climate Change. The report,...
20/05/26 Climate Change Committee report, EU alignment, flower grower hub.
The Climate Change Committee has published a new report about the consequences of a 2% rise in global temperatures and what the UK needs to do about i...
19/05/26 Pollution from moorland burning, Duchy of Cornwall regen tenancies, tulips.
Researchers at Leeds University say a new study shows deliberate burning of moorland for grouse shooting leads to an additional half a million people,...
18/05/26: Grow more British flowers, new hands at the wheel of Red Tractor, hare coursing crackdown
Today is final judging day at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, ahead of the show's opening to the public tomorrow. This year, the Great Pavilion will incl...
16/05/26 Farming Today This Week: too many pigs, new strategy to tackle animal disease, call for caged eggs ban, Balmoral Show
Too many pigs, not enough space: farmers struggling to sell their livestock.
New strategies for tackling the spread of animal disease. We ask,...
15/05/2026 Balmoral Show, Northern Ireland
The Balmoral Show near Belfast is Northern Ireland's biggest agricultural show. It's held over four days and attracts more than 100,000 visitors. This...
14/05/26 New strategy to combat pig disease, farming issues in the King's Speech, sepsis risk for farmers
New strategies for tackling African Swine Fever. We ask how much is being done to stop it getting here in the first place.
Yesterday the King de...
13/05/26 Pig supply, Northumberland National Park, profitability of farms in Northern Ireland
The supermarket Morrisons has given notice to some of its pig farmers, because of an oversupply in the market. In a statement, Morrisons said it has t...
12/05/26 Farming in Wales after Senedd elections; mapping soils in Northern Ireland; new national plant health centre
Farmers in Wales and Scotland are asking what last week's elections in Scotland and Wales will mean for agriculture. Neither Plaid Cymru in Wales nor...
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...