BBC Radio Podcasts from Farming Today
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.
11/11/25 Fishing action plan, Scottish farming fund, farmers' arthritis, mushrooms
A new action plan for fishing is launched by MPs.
10/11/2025: Family farms, 'Aginflation', mushroom growing in NI
What could the future hold for family farms?
08/11/25 Farming Today This Week: Bird flu, low farmer confidence, Millennium Seed Bank, food security
Poultry farmers warned this may be one of the worst years for avian flu.
07/11/2025: Bird flu warning, Wrinkled Crinkled Crumpled Cress, low farmer confidence
Poultry farmers are warned this winter could be among the worst for Avian Flu.
06/11/25 Millennium Seed Bank - how wild seeds can help agriculture and landscape restoration.
Behind the scenes with plant experts as Kew's Millennium Seed Bank marks 25 years.
05/11/25 Preparedness for animal disease, bird flu housing order, seeds, oat genome.
How ready are we for a major outbreak of animal disease? MPs say we're not ready enough.
04/11/25 Seasonal workers, seed merchant, farm profitability.
Visa numbers for next year's seasonal workers announced.
03/11/2025: Food security, no confidence in DAERA, where seeds start
A group of MPs warn that almost a quarter of current UK farmland could be lost by 2050.
01/11/2025: Drought, invasive species, waste
Drought prediction, invasive species, and waste as organised crime.
31/10/25: Pumpkin growers' nightmare. Drought to continue into 2026? UK Carbon budget. Invasive species
Why Halloween pumpkin growers have been having nightmares this year.
30/10/25: An uncomfortable transition? The buzz about Asian hornets. Cosmic ray neutrons and soil moisture
The boss of one of the UK's biggest farming companies says a painful transition is ahead.
29/10/25 Scottish Land Reform Bill, bird flu housing order, Himalayan Basalm, historic farming landscapes.
Scotland's controversial Land Reform 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?