BBC Radio Podcasts from Farming Today
Farming Today This Week: EU border checks; impact of pig & poultry farms; pollinators; off-grid farms connected
EU checks for food exports to last 'til 2027, impact of pig & poultry farms, pollinators.
29/08/2025 Pig and poultry pollution, Highland sheep shearing, moth pollinators
Pig and poultry pollution, Highland sheep shearing and alternative pollinators.
28/08/25 'Disappointment' from food industry as minister says EU export checks to last until 2027, bee insemination
Costly border checks and paperwork for British food exporters will last until 2027.
27/08/25 Water scarcity, Scottish harvest, grazing for butterflies
Water shortages in Scotland and the impact on farmers.
26/08/25 Countryside Code, pollinators, fruit farm bees.
The Countryside Code - how's it working?
23/08/25 Farming Today This Week: early apples, bioethanol industry in trouble, rise in avian flu
Why some apples are early, the collapse of UK bioethanol production and a rise in bird flu
22/08/25 Bird flu, high-tech lettuce growing, early apples, aftermath of wildfires
Summer spread of bird flu through gulls.
21/08/25 Bird flu and game birds, bluetongue, peat-free salad trials, David Richardson remembered
New rules for shoots in England to help prevent bird flu.
20/08/2025 Funding for rural councils, spinach, bioethanol
Will rural councils lose out when big changes to local authority funding are introduced?
19/08/2025 Bluetongue restrictions in Wales, border checks, fertiliser trials, nighthawking
Changes to bluetongue restrictions in Wales.
15/08/25: Rural buses, feeding lions, Inheritance tax analysis
MPs say 'ambitious action' is needed to improve bus services in rural England.
18/08/2025: Crop prices, frozen trees, the UK salad industry
Does a tough autumn lie ahead for UK arable farmers?
16/08/25 Farming Today This Week: shooting licenses restricted, pig supply chain rules, carcass balance
Salted pig's trotter? Brains on toast? Why the carcass balance is important to farmers.
14/08/25 Game bird shooting licences and avian influenza. Exporting less popular cuts of meat
Shooting club says being refused a licence to release game birds could force it to close.
13/08/25 Pig rules, drought, carcass use
Pig rules, drought, using fallen livestock.
12/08/25 Dairy exports to Egypt, eating all the pig, Bronze Age cattle
New deal for dairy exports to Egypt.
110825: environmental payments, meat carcass use
Fears over environmental farm payments; meat carcass use.
09/08/25 Harvest 2025 - from barley and peas, to cherries and sweetcorn.
Harvest 2025: a tough year for some crops, but others have done well.
08/08/25 Heather burning and wildfires, cherry harvest, green road bridge for wildlife.
Gamekeepers may refuse to help tackle wildfires in row over controlled burning of heather.
07/08/25 Farmwatch: a celebration of farming across England, sweetcorn harvest.
A celebration of farming across England and the BBC - Farmwatch.
06/08/25 Parasite control, barn owls, pea harvest
Vets urge livestock owners to cut back on use of treatments for parasites.
05/08/25 Egg imports and salmonella concerns, plum boom, oil seed rape harvest
Rise in imported eggs and concerns over salmonella.
The rise and rise of beef prices, carp growing, agroforestry
What's behind 2025's unprecedented increase in UK farmers' beef prices?
Foot and mouth personal meat import ban, gearing up for sheep shearing as overseas shearer visas granted
Travellers banned from bringing meat from the EU into the UK, due to Foot and Mouth risk.
12/04/2025 Farming Today This Week: Salmon Farming, Wildfire and Trade
Does the future of salmon farming lie in deeper water?