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  1. 19/06/26 The Royal Highland Show and Scottish Government plans to cap prices on some essential foods.

    Scottish government plans to cap prices on some foods in supermarket - who'll pay?

  2. 18/06/26 Change of Defra Farming Minister, Scottish greening policy, connected agri-tech

    We hear why the farming industry really doesn鈥檛 like ministerial churn

  3. 17/06/26 Abattoir charges, pheasants and insects, Scottish farming with nature.

    The abattoirs overcharged for official inspections.

  4. 16/06/26 Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy

    Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy.

  5. 15/06/26 Octopus bloom, Scottish organic farming

    Octopus bloom in the south west, organic farming in Scotland.

  6. 13/06/26 Farming Today This Week

    Budget revealed for farm environmental payments - but is it enough?

  7. 12/06/26 Sustainable Farming Incentive, Cereal farming in Cumbria

    Sustainable Farming Incentive budget, growing cereals in Cumbria.

  8. 11/06/26 Cereals 2026

    The National Farmers' Union calls for government support with the price of fertiliser.

  9. 10/06/26 New bovine TB strategy for England, cereals

    Getting rid of Bovine TB - a new strategy says cattle vaccination is the answer.

  10. 09/06/26 Flood funding, cattle cull, cereals

    拢50 million to help Somerset farming communities deal with growing threat of floods.

  11. 08/06/26 Brown or white eggs? The outlook for cereal farmers

    The big egg debate: brown or white?

  12. 06/06/26 - Farming Today This Week: Dartmoor ponies, water voles and land-based jobs

    Could new upland grazing rules mean the loss of Dartmoor ponies?

  13. 05/06/26 Dartmoor ponies, upland economics, Open Farm Sunday

    Fears that Dartmoor may lose its iconic ponies.

  14. 04/06/26 High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged abattoirs, hydropower funding, upland farmer groups

    A victory for abattoirs as High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged them.

  15. 03/06/26 EU trade agreement, peat restoration and water voles, Scottish uplands

    EU alignment - farmers says it's hard to get ready for the change without more detail.

  16. 02/06/26 Rural skills gap, upland farming in Wales, Future Countryside.

    Jobs in farming, fishing and forestry are not being filled because of a "skills squeeze".

  17. 01/06/26 Cost of wildfires, methane from sheep, upland farming

    Mega wildfires - UK is the latest member of a club no one wants to join.

  18. 30/05/26 - Farming Today This Week: pig supply chain problems, hot weather impacts and singing farmers

    Charlotte Smith looks at the biggest rural stories of the week.

  19. 29/05/26 Water abstraction, food inflation, local food systems.

    Will the record breaking heat hit farmers irrigation plans this summer?

  20. 28/05/26 Rural crime, restoring signposts, Welsh food project

    Rural crime - how countryside communities working together foiled organised criminals.

  21. 27/05/26 Heatwave and water shortages - the impact on farming, Scottish farm co-operative.

    How are livestock farmers keeping their animals cool in the heat?

  22. 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.

  23. 25/05/26 - The History of Crofting

    Richard Baynes explores the history of crofting.

  24. 23/05/26 Farming Today This Week: red diesel, Gulf trade deal, Climate Change Committee report, regen tenancies, flowers.

    We ask what the latest government cost of living measures mean for farmers.

  25. 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.

  26. 21/05/26 Drought report, impact of Middle East war on berry growers, farm flower garden.

    New report from House of Lords warns taps could run dry if we don't manage water better.

  27. 20/05/26 Climate Change Committee report, EU alignment, flower grower hub.

    What does the latest Climate Change Committee report mean for farmers?

  28. 19/05/26 Pollution from moorland burning, Duchy of Cornwall regen tenancies, tulips.

    Moorland management - to burn or not to burn?

  29. 18/05/26: Grow more British flowers, new hands at the wheel of Red Tractor, hare coursing crackdown

    A call for more British flower growers to set up in business to meet blooming demand.

  30. 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

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