BBC Radio Podcasts from Farming Today
24/12/25 The Ceremony of the Christmas Cheeses
Chelsea Pensioners receive their traditional Christmas present from the UK dairy industry.
Trail hunting ban, Christmas trees, Combating rural loneliness at Christmas
Could this year's Boxing Day hunt meets be the last, with a ban on trail hunting proposed?
22/12/25 Government animal welfare reforms, reaction to the Farm Profitability Review
Trail hunting and caged hens are to go in a new government animal welfare strategy.
20/12/25 Farming review, cheap veg, historic buildings
Farming review, cheap veg, historic buildings.
19/12/25 Farm profitability review, charcuterie, mill stones
Major changes needed to make farming profitable - we hear from Baroness Batters.
18/12/25 Loss leaders, small ducks, historic houses
Loss leader veg, small ducks, historic houses.
17/12/2025 Planning reforms and the environment, rural churches.
Planning reforms announced - what will they mean for the countryside and the environment?
16/12/2025 MPs challenge prime minister about inheritance tax, planning and green belt, restoring rural buildings
Prime minister is grilled by his own MPs about the impact of inheritance tax on farmers.
EU tractor protest, hill farm nature reserve, heritage buildings in the countryside
European farmers are travelling to Brussels for a protest over CAP and trade deals.
13/12/25 Farming Today This Week: turkeys; rural roads; off-grid communities; African swine fever; rare breed pigs.
Turkeys; rural road deaths; off-grid communities; African swine fever; rare breed pigs.
12/12/25 Abattoirs, Farm sitters, Welsh rare breeds
Abattoirs, farm sitters, Welsh rare breeds.
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.
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?