Farming Today Episodes Episode guide
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29/01/26 Sustainable food and what that means for farming
Making our food systems more sustainable - what does that mean for agriculture?
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28/01/26 Octopus, gene-edited oilseed rape, sheep dog training
A big increase in octopus in UK waters and the impact on the fishing industry.
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27/01/2026 Heating rural homes, vertical farm, cost of nature-friendly farming
New government plan to help with eco-friendly heating. What's in it for rural communities?
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26/01/26 Timber security, feoijas, basic income for farmers.
Timber - why we're not growing enough.
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Milk prices, farm profits, winter feed
UK farmers are experiencing what's been called the sharpest milk price drop in history.
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23/01/26 Illegal meat, farm incomes, winter feed on the Western Isles
The trade in illegal meat smuggled in from the EU and the risk it poses to UK livestock.
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22/01/2026 Geopolitical factors in milk prices, sunflowers for feed, Mercosur vote, river restoration
How geopolitical events are feeding into the milk price slump hitting UK farmers.
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21/01/26 Minette Batters at Efra Committee, animal protein, organic feed
Civil servants are told they should spend time in a lambing shed to understand farmers.
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20/01/26 Water sector reforms and farming, forage shortage, glyphosate
Government plans to overhaul the water system, what will it mean for agriculture?
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19/01/26 Mercosur trade deal between Europe and South America, winter feed.
Warnings that Mercosur trade deal between Europe and South America threatens UK farms.
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Environmental Regulation, Cheese, Storm Goretti
Two reports have criticised the Government's performance on protecting the environment.
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16/01/2026 Cambridge University vet school, artisan cheese, barrister farmer
Campaign to keep training vets at Cambridge University.
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Spending watchdog on environmental regulation, NI agri environment, cheddar in Somerset
The public spending watchdog says reform's needed in the way environmental regulators work
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14/01/26 Sustainable Farming Scheme in Wales, cheese exports, Lamma machinery show.
The Sustainable Farming Scheme and river pollution in Wales.
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13/01/26 Environmental targets, Scottish agricultural policy, goat's cheese.
The government isn't on track to meet its environmental targets according to a new report.
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12/01/26 New approach to upland farming, vintage Land Rovers, cheese
A new government approach to England's uplands.
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Farming Today This Week 10/01/26: The Oxford farming conferences
We hear from the Defra Secretary and Charlotte Church at the Oxford farming conferences.
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09/01/26 Politics, protests and Charlotte Church at the Oxford Farming Conferences
We hear from the Defra Secretary and Charlotte Church at the Oxford Farming Conferences.
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The opening of Oxford Farming Conference 2026
The Oxford Farming Conference 2026.
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07/01/26 Cereals, solar farms, farmer wellbeing.
Arable farmers question whether growing cereals is worth the effort.
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06/01/26 Welsh Sustainable Farming Scheme, row over Scottish agri-environment policy, climate resilience.
Wales's new Sustainable Farming Scheme comes into force.
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05/01/26 Growing resilience and transforming our farming system, raw milk vending
We preview the Oxford farming conferences on this week.
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03/01/26 Farming Today This Week: Farms for City Children at 50, horse-powered pints, mart tradition, 18th century farmer diary
Farms for City Children turns 50, horse-powered pints, livestock mart traditions
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02/01/26 Wildlife or Pest? The Wild Goats of Langholm Moor
Wild goats: culling, conservation and controversy.
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01/01/26 Isaac Fletcher's Farming Diaries
The farming diaries of an 18th-century yeoman farmer.
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31/12/25 Cider Apple DNA
How DNA testing is unlocking the secrets of historic cider orchards.
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30/12/25 The Luck Penny
The luck penny tradition still practised at livestock marts in Northern Ireland.
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The Longhorns of Salisbury Plain
The Longhorn cattle of Salisbury Plain.
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27/12/26: Anna Hill's 30 years on Farming Today
Anna Hill discusses her 30 years as a presenter of Farming Today with Charlotte Smith.
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Horse-powered Pint
An Oxfordshire brewery using heavy horses to deliver beer.
