BBC Radio Podcasts from Farming Today
11/12/25 Colorado Beetle, fairness in arable supply chain, aid for US farmers, rare breed pigs
Colorado Beetle is officially eradicated from the UK.
10/12/25 Swine fever, Turkeys, Rare breeds
Swine fever, Christmas turkeys, rare breeds.
09/12/25 Off grid communities, rural road deaths, drought, Lincoln Longwool sheep.
Thousands of people not connected to National Grid - charity says they should have help.
08/12/25 Rare breeds, sprout harvest, vets encouraging farmers to visit the doctor
Calls for more support for the UK's rare breeds.
06/12/25 Farming Today This Week: rural traditions supply chain adjudicator, drought, bluetongue, swine fever, winter jobs
Rural traditions, dairy adjudicator, bluetongue, African swine fever, drought, winter jobs
05/12/25 Rural traditions, Adjudicator, Livestock
Rural traditions, dairy adjudicator, winter livestock jobs.
04/12/25 Inheritance Tax, Drought, Cider
Inheritance tax and MPs, drought cost and cider orchard care.
03/12/25: Sugar cane, Battery storage, Vintage wagons
Sugar cane imports, battery storage, vintage wagon auction.
02/12/2025 African swine fever, Bluetongue, Ethical dairy
African swine fever in Spain, bluetongue in Northern Ireland, ethical dairy.
01/12/25 Government's environmental improvement plan, water management and flooding, hedge laying
Government publishes its revised environmental improvement plan.
29/11/25 Farming Today This Week: Farmer protests over the budget and inheritance tax, agriculture course suspended, dairy
Farmer protest in London as the chancellor delivered her budget.
28/11/25 Rural depopulation, organic dairy, potato waste skin care, reservoir farm
Why many residents are considering leaving Scotland's islands and rural areas.
27/11/2025 Budget and inheritance tax, farmer protest
Farmers protest in London as the chancellor delivers her budget.
26/11/25 Planning bill and environmental protections, livestock genetics, robotic dairy.
Conservationists accuse the government of turning its back on nature in new planning bill.
25/11/25 University agriculture courses, bird flu in Wales, dairy farm succession.
The University of Nottingham plans to close its agriculture courses.
24/11/25: Dairy rollercoaster, English farm business incomes, Isle of Man vets
Trouble ahead as the dairy farming rollercoaster heads downwards?
21/11/25 Defra secretary at CLA conference, farm business income, COP and agriculture, prison farm.
England's biggest agri-environment scheme to be relaunched next year says Defra secretary.
20/11/25 Food & Farming Award winner, maltings closures, farming in Brazil, oysters.
A fall in demand for whiskey hits maltsters.
19/11/25 Antibiotic resistance, rice straw, Food & Farming Awards winner
Animals and antibiotics - new report shows a fall in use of antibiotics for livestock.
18/11/25 Inheritance Tax a year on from farmers' rally, soy in animal feed, lanolin protein
Farmers appeal to MPs to think again about Inheritance Tax, a year after London rally.
17/11/25 Rise in wool price, getting out of dairy, fish farming
Wool prices reach a nine year high, but still don't cover the cost of shearing the sheep.
15/11/25 EFRA questions, report on farming in Wales, drought, potato harvest, mushrooms, truffles, cider
Lessons learned: the DEFRA Secretary on the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
14/11/25 Drought warnings, farmers at COP 30, woodland mushrooms, veg grown in Senegal
More warnings of drought in England, despite the rain.
13/11/25 MPs call for inheritance tax impact assessment in Wales, mycelium as insulation, Guernsey cider
MPs call for farm inheritance tax to be halted, without impact assessment in Wales
12/11/25 EFRA questions, pig farm planning permission, truffles, potatoes
The latest DEFRA Secretary has her first grilling by MPs on the EFRA select committee.
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?