BBC Radio Podcasts from Farming Today
14/10/25 Microplastics and seafood, council farms, trade tariffs and farm machinery.
Scientists challenge reports about microplastics and seafood.
13/10/25 Flood resilience, SNP Conference, county council farms
'Underpowered and fragmented' - MPs criticise the government's approach to flooding
10/10/25: Illegal waste dumping in the countryside, Plaid Cymru, HS2 compulsory purchases
The increasing amounts of waste dumped in the countryside and how to tackle it.
09/10/25 Trump's aid package for soyabean farmers, welfare for farmed insects, hare coursing
President Trump plans to bail out soyabean farmers.
08/10/25: Rive Wye, rural crime, new nature reserve
River Wye pollution, rural crime, new nature reserve.
07/10/25: Skilled workers visas, Neigh-bourhood Watch, British Wool anniversary.
Dairy farmers in Scotland say changing skilled worker visas could leave them shortstaffed.
06/10/25: Rural policing, grape harvest, Conservative Party conference
Is rural crime falling off the radar in some police force areas?
Farming Today This Week: illegal meat, rural poverty, bluetongue, livestock marts, acorns and pigs
Port health authorities say the amount of illegal meat smuggled into the UK is escalating.
02/10/2025 Cuts to milk price, bluetongue virus and food security
Cuts to the price farmers get for milk.
29/09/25: Prime Minister's farming priority, Armagh Bramleys, livestock markets
The Prime Minister says improving profits is his priority for farming.
27/09/25 Farming Today This Week: Bumper harvest of autumn fruits, cybersecurity, eating seasonally
How nervous are the major food retailers about cyber hackers?
26/09/25: Cybersecurity, historic plums, tenant farming commissioner, Autumn arable progress
How nervous are the major food retailers about the risk of a cyber attack?
25/09/25 Bumper crop of damsons, dahlias, water management workshop
The baking heat has had a beneficial impact on this year's damsons and dahlias.
24/09/25: New farmland bird stats, Corn Buntings, precision Plum growing.
England's farmland birds are continuing to decline according to new government figures.
23/09/22: Bluetongue warning, apple harvest, farming for food and nature in Norfolk
Farmers are being warned against complacency over Bluetongue, as we head into Autumn.
22/09/2025 Apples and pears, Lib Dem conference, planting trees by drone
A good year for British apples, but who is planting the orchards of the future?
20/09/25 Farming Today This Week: Rivers in National Parks, Rural Services, Downpour or drought?
Rivers in National Parks, rural health and transport, downpour or drought?
19/09/25 Rural Housing Solutions, NI Rural Politics, Transforming Food Systems
We hear from people tackling the shortage of rural housing.
18/09/25: Drought/downpour, rural crime gang jailed, bus services
Drought will officially stretch into the autumn but rain is the next farming challenge.
17/09/25: Rivers in National Parks, Rural Post Offices, Economics of Fishing.
A new report claims rivers in National Parks need better protection against pollution.
16/09/25: US-UK dairy trade? Health services in rural areas.
UK farmers warn opening the market to US dairy imports could put our industry at risk.
15/09/25 Cheesemakers unhappy with US trade deal, less money for rural services, fishing industry fears ban on bottom trawling
British cheesemakers say they’ve got a raw deal on export tariffs to the US
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?