Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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19/10/26 Defra secretary on organic farming and sustainable farming incentive; cider apples
Today
How will the government avoid a repeat of this year's funding application chaos?
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17/10/26 Farming Today This Week: The Future of Farming
Saturday
As The Archers turns 75, Farming Today is looking ahead to the future of British farming.
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16/10/26 What will a farmer be?
Friday
The Archers at 75: what will it mean to be a farmer in the next 75 years?
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13/10/26 Tech
Last Tuesday
From robots to AI: what will technology mean for farming over the next 75 years?
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10/10/2026: Harvest, Bird flu, Farm boundaries
Sat 10 Oct 2026
Harvest, bird flu and farm boundaries.
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09/10/26 Drought aftermath, Cornish hedges, SNP conference, AI and farming
Fri 9 Oct 2026
Counting the cost of drought on this year's harvest.
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08/10/2926: Fly tipping, History of barbed wire, Energy from heat
Thu 8 Oct 2026
Fly tipping, history of barbed wire, energy from heat.
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07/10/26 Sugar beet, flagstone walls, dairy show.
Wed 7 Oct 2026
Negotiators agree price for sugar beet. Will it be enough for farmers to plant again?
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06/10/26 Rural connectivity, dry stone walls, Conservative party conference.
Tue 6 Oct 2026
Will reduced rents for mobile phone masts affect rural connectivity?
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05/10/26 Pig industry in crisis, beating the bounds, Green Party conference
Mon 5 Oct 2026
Pig farmers say they're facing a crisis.
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Farming Today This Week: food industry whistleblowers, red diesel, disease resilience, apprenticeships, Shetland wool, demo farm
Sat 3 Oct 2026
Whistleblowers warn of the food industry's 'illusion of resilience'.
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02/10/26 Food industry climate whistleblowers, farm apprenticeships, Plaid Cymru conference
Fri 2 Oct 2026
Whistleblowers warning of the food industry's 'illusion of resilience'.
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01/10/26 Red diesel; Labour party conference; getting into farming; the sound of worms.
Thu 1 Oct 2026
Why spiralling red diesel prices could put some farmers in the red.
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30/09/26 Nitrogen in soil, organic veg scheme, student bursaries.
Wed 30 Sep 2026
A new way of looking at the nitrogen cycle helps reduce agricultural emissions.
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29/09/2026: Precision breeding, Community farm, Mentoring on farm
Tue 29 Sep 2026
Precision breeding, Community farm, Mentoring on farm.
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28/09/2026: Disease resilience, getting young people into agriculture
Mon 28 Sep 2026
Disease resilience, getting young people into agriculture.
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26/09/26 Farming Today This Week: 'shambolic' and 'disheartening' SFI application process; pulses; heating oil costs
Sat 26 Sep 2026
The aftermath of the dash for cash from England's biggest environmental scheme.
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25/09/2026: Heating oil costs, Bluetongue lessons, Beans as chicken feed
Fri 25 Sep 2026
Heating oil costs, Bluetongue lessons, Fava beans as chicken feed.
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24/09/26 'Shambolic' and 'disheartening' SFI application process, British baked beans
Thu 24 Sep 2026
The aftermath of the dash for cash from England's biggest environmental scheme.
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23/09/2026: Bluetongue, Defra funding, Growing pulses
Wed 23 Sep 2026
Bluetongue causing infertility, Defra funding, Growing pulses
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22/09/26 Potato yields, Pulse growing
Tue 22 Sep 2026
Potato yields down; growing Carlin Peas in Carmarthenshire.
Farming Tomorrow: Another Country with James Rebanks
A document of the lives of rural workers in and around three English villages.
