BBC Radio Podcasts from Farming Today
27/03/26: Trail hunting ban consultation, How WWII shaped farming
The government is pressing ahead with its ban on trail hunting in England and Wales.
26/03/26 Scottish rural policy, green gas, Victorian farming.
Scottish government reveals how farm support payments will work over next five years.
25/03/26 Environmental regulation, geese, The Enclosure Act and the farming landscape.
Should the Environment Agency and Natural England be merged?
24/03/26 Middle East conflict and supply chains, processing shellfish, medieval farming.
Will continuing conflict in the Middle East now lead to price hikes in the supermarket?
23/03/26 Potato oversupply, history of change in farming, new crop tech research centre
Have potatoes had their chips?
21/03/26 Farming Today This Week: Land Use Framework; heating oil help; new livestock worrying law; oat drink.
What difference will England's Land Use Framework make?
20/03/26 Commoners excluded from environmental schemes, bean processing, new science at the Commonwealth Potato Collection
Why nearly 4,000 farmers are excluded from the new environmental support schemes.
19/03/26 Land Use Framework, oat drink production
What difference will England's Land Use Framework make?
18/03/27 England's new land use framework
The government launches its new land use framework for England.
17/03/26 Energy bills in rural homes, new livestock worrying laws, processing venison
Government pledges £53 million to help vulnerable rural households pay for heating oil.
16/03/26: Impact of war on Ukraine's soil, village cut off by landslide, food processing
New research on the impact of war on the soils of Ukraine.
13/03/26 The foods of the future, farm incomes, chicken muck
Regulating foods of the future, for instance lab-grown meat, insects and 3D printed foods.
12/03/2026 Energy price impact on tomatoes, muck spreading, sheep shearing visas
Rising gas prices will put up the price of tomatoes.
11/03/2026 Inheritance tax for tenant farmers, young farmer training, sewage sludge
Concern about the impact of inheritance tax changes for tenant farmers.
10/03/2026 Abattoir charges, EU trade, slurry.
Meat trade says some abattoirs will be forced to close because of higher inspection costs.
09/03/26 Lead shot ban could hamper deer control, fertiliser, new loom for wool mill
A warning that plans to phase out lead ammunition may hit plans to control deer numbers.
07/03/26 Farming Today This Week: avian influenza vaccine; impact of war in Middle East on fuel and fertiliser; land use.
First UK trials of a bird flu vaccine.
06/03/26 Bird flu vaccine cost prohibitive for chickens, data storage in the countryside, AI in farming in Cornwall
Why UK chickens are unlikely to be vaccinated against avian flu.
05/03/26 Bird flu vaccine, impact of Middle East conflict, water storage.
The first trial of a bird flu vaccine for the UK.
04/03/26 Border checks, solar farms, crops under cover on landfill site
MPs quiz top civil servants about illegal meat smuggled into the UK.
03/03/26 British beef in US supermarkets, managing land to prevent flooding, dandelions for rubber
UK beef arrives on shop shelves in the US - how much difference will the trade make?
02/03/26: Officially enough rain, Mrs Wilmot's Pippin, land use pressure
A silver lining to 2026's wet start: scientists say we're leaving 2025's drought behind.