BBC Radio Podcasts from Farming Today
28/08/26 Licensing firearms and shotguns, lavender in the Lakes, gene-edited salad crops
Not fit for purpose - the verdict on the firearms licensing system.
27/08/2026: Beef imports, Miscanthus
Beef import concerns in US and UK, Miscanthus as future crop.
26/08/2026: gene editing, Bernard Matthews factory closure
Gene editing, Bernard Matthews factory closure.
25/08/2026: Milk prices, bluetongue, future crops
Milk prices, bluetongue in Europe, future crops.
24/08/2026: bluetongue, future foods, farm app
Bluetongue in Scotland, future-proof crops, teen's farming app.
22/08/26 Solar power - a panel discussion exploring the issues around solar development in the countryside.
Solar energy - we need it to combat climate change, but how much and where should it go?
21/08/2026: Drought farmer, biodiversity on solar farm, choral work
Drought farmer, biodiversity on solar farm, sheep music.
20/08/26 Salmonella in eggs, bees in drought, roof-top solar
Investigating an outbreak of salmonella - believed to come from imported eggs.
19/08/2026 Village agricultural show
Village agricultural show in the Lake District.
18/08/2026 Bluetongue, solar farm row, vineyards
Bluetongue vaccine, solar farm row, and the heat and vineyards.
17/08/2026 Drought aid, Solar farms
Government aid for drought-hit farmers in England, solar farms.
Farming Today This Week: New drought package for farmers, bluetongue, brassica crisis, hot salads, B12 peashoots, cherries.
Prime minister announces new support package to help farmers in England cope with drought.
14/08/2026 Brassicas, cherries, salad
Brassica crisis, salad, cherry harvest.
13/08/26 Bluetongue in sheep, growing more UK fruit and veg, B12 in salads
Surviving bluetongue, the sheep farmer's story.
12/08/2026 Controversial cattle cull, impact of drought on fish stocks, salads.
Controversial cattle cull leaves farmers in Northern Ireland furious.
11/08/2026 Impact of bluetongue on farmers, harvest in Europe, glass house salads.
Counting the human cost of the livestock disease bluetongue.
10/08/2026 Financial planning, farming in drought, salad
The finances of farming in and after a heatwave.
Farming Today This Week: Bluetongue cases continue to rise; impact of climate change on this year's harvest
As bluetongue cases continue to rise, farmers are urged to vaccinate their livestock.
07/08/2026 Resilient crops for a changing climate, planting in a drought, Sheeted Somerset cattle
We hear of work to make the UK’s arable crops more resilient in a changing climate.
06/08/26 Bluetongue cases on the rise, vaccination and testing for the disease. Harvest in Perthshire.
As bluetongue cases continue to rise, farmers are urged to vaccinate their livestock.
05/08/26 Scottish first minister on farming resilience; the cost of drought; harvest in Cumbria
Scotland's first minister on farming policy and how to deal with wildfires in future.
04/08/26 Wheat harvest, waste whey, sheep farmers at risk from disease
This year's harvest puts many farmers in the red.
03/08/26 Wildlife in drought, harvest 2026
How wildlife is coping in the drought
Farming Today This Week 01/08/26 Drought, water abstraction, food inflation, bluetongue, young Cornish dairy farmer.
Half of England and all of Wales are in drought, how's this affecting farmers?
29/07/26: Cairngorms wildfire two weeks in, South Wales hare coursing, wildflower seed farm
It's been two weeks since a devastating wildfire began in the Cairngorms National Park.
31/07/26 Calls for a food system change, the reality of farming in drought, pressure on rivers
As drought spreads across the UK we hear calls for our water and food systems to change.