BBC Radio Podcasts from Farming Today
17/10/26 Farming Today This Week: The Future of Farming
As The Archers turns 75, Farming Today is looking ahead to the future of British farming.
16/10/26 What will a farmer be?
The Archers at 75: what will it mean to be a farmer in the next 75 years?
15/10/26 Succession
The Archers at 75: will family farms survive the next 75 years?
14/10/26 Homegrown
The future of food: what should Britain be growing in 75 years' time?
13/10/26 Tech
From robots to AI: what will technology mean for farming over the next 75 years?
12/10/26 Land Use
As The Archers turns 75 we ask: what is the future of farmland?
10/10/2026: Harvest, Bird flu, Farm boundaries
Harvest, bird flu and farm boundaries.
09/10/26 Drought aftermath, Cornish hedges, SNP conference, AI and farming
Counting the cost of drought on this year's harvest.
08/10/2926: Fly tipping, History of barbed wire, Energy from heat
Fly tipping, history of barbed wire, energy from heat.
07/10/26 Sugar beet, flagstone walls, dairy show.
Negotiators agree price for sugar beet. Will it be enough for farmers to plant again?
06/10/26 Rural connectivity, dry stone walls, Conservative party conference.
Will reduced rents for mobile phone masts affect rural connectivity?
05/10/26 Pig industry in crisis, beating the bounds, Green Party conference
Pig farmers say they're facing a crisis.
Farming Today This Week: food industry whistleblowers, red diesel, disease resilience, apprenticeships, Shetland wool, demo farm
Whistleblowers warn of the food industry's 'illusion of resilience'.
02/10/26 Food industry climate whistleblowers, farm apprenticeships, Plaid Cymru conference
Whistleblowers warning of the food industry's 'illusion of resilience'.
01/10/26 Red diesel; Labour party conference; getting into farming; the sound of worms.
Why spiralling red diesel prices could put some farmers in the red.
30/09/26 Nitrogen in soil, organic veg scheme, student bursaries.
A new way of looking at the nitrogen cycle helps reduce agricultural emissions.
29/09/2026: Precision breeding, Community farm, Mentoring on farm
Precision breeding, Community farm, Mentoring on farm.
28/09/2026: Disease resilience, getting young people into agriculture
Disease resilience, getting young people into agriculture.
26/09/26 Farming Today This Week: 'shambolic' and 'disheartening' SFI application process; pulses; heating oil costs
The aftermath of the dash for cash from England's biggest environmental scheme.
25/09/2026: Heating oil costs, Bluetongue lessons, Beans as chicken feed
Heating oil costs, Bluetongue lessons, Fava beans as chicken feed.
24/09/26 'Shambolic' and 'disheartening' SFI application process, British baked beans
The aftermath of the dash for cash from England's biggest environmental scheme.
23/09/2026: Bluetongue, Defra funding, Growing pulses
Bluetongue causing infertility, Defra funding, Growing pulses
22/09/26 Potato yields, Pulse growing
Potato yields down; growing Carlin Peas in Carmarthenshire.
21/09/2026 Pulses, SFI 'haves and have-nots', agricultural advisor training
More beans please - should the UK be growing more pulses?
19/09/2026 The role of farming co-ops, Shepherd protests in Bucharest, International sheep dog trials
Calls for more farming co-ops; Farmer protests in Romania; International sheep dog trials.
18/09/2026: Lib Dem Party Conference, Glutinous Snails, BBC Awards finalists, The Farmers Wife on stage.
The Liberal Democrats want greater funding, and less red tape, for on-farm reservoirs.