BBC Radio Podcasts from Farming Today
26/02/26 The Farming Minister and reaction to the updated environmental farm payment scheme in England; illegal waste dumping
The farming minister on changes to England's biggest environmental scheme.
25/02/26 National Farmers' Union Conference 2026
More details of the Sustainable Farming Incentive are revealed at the NFU Conference.
24/02/26 Farming in Ukraine, Wetlands creation
Farming in Ukraine four years into the war; Wetlands creation.
23/02/2026 England deer management plan, putting venison on more plates, Northern Ireland farm safety.
The government's announced a new 10 year plan for controlling deer numbers in England.
21/02/2026 Farming Today This Week: farm vets, sheep shearer visas, 25 years since Foot and Mouth
Farm vets, shearer visas, and 25 years since the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak.
20/02/2026 The 2001 Foot and Mouth Outbreak 25 years on
The 2001 foot and mouth crisis remembered, 25 years on.
19/02/26 Wet weather, Community vets practice
Wet weather stopping farm work, community vets practice on Tiree, graduate vet.
18/02/26 Record month for illegal meat, independent vet practices, sheep shearers visas
Seizures of illegal meat imports hit a record high at Dover: 34 tonnes in January.
17/02/26 Dog attacks on livestock, a cattle vet at work, Hedgerow Heroes
The cost of dog attacks on livestock has risen 10% year on year.
Fields of yellow, vets and artificial intelligence, vet shortage
Why there may be bigger swathes of bright yellow oilseed rape across the countryside.
14/02/26 Farming Today This Week: Flooding on farms, landscape recovery projects, AI in dairy
Waterlogged fields and flooding misery for farmers.
Somerset floods update, slurry conundrum, drones v weeds, a pivot point for farms?
Tens of thousands of acres of farmland are still under water in Somerset.
12/02/26 Natural flood management, AI pest control, Oatly Supreme Court defeat
We hear from the Environment Agency boss on natural flood management.
Aberdeenshire inundated, Big Brother is watching moo, Welsh suckler beef in decline
About a quarter of a year's rainfall in six weeks has inundated Aberdeenshire's farms.
Flooding, alternatives to farrowing crates, crops through the 'eyes' of AI.
More rain and more flood warnings piling the pressure on farmers.
09/02/26 Farmer protests, Defra farm training, AI in agriculture
More farmer protests about imports and prices.
Farming Today This Week: electric shock collars, taking carbon out of agriculture, UK-EU reset, new entrants, Wagyu beef
RSPCA bans electric shock collars from dairy herds in its assured scheme.
06/02/2026 National Farmers' Union of Scotland Annual Conference, seed production, new tenant farmers
The National Farmers' Union of Scotland calls for more funding to improve profitability.
05/02/26 EFRA Committee report on EU/UK agri-food trade deal, seed science, starting out in agriculture
MPs call for a 'national conversation' on EU/UK agri-food trade agreement.
04/02/26 The cost of decarbonising agriculture, young farmers in Northern Ireland, new entrant crofters
New report says the cost of decarbonising agriculture could leave many farmers in the red.
03/02/26 Ban of electric shock collars for cows, grey squirrels, new egg business
RSPCA bans electric shock collars from dairy herds in its assured scheme.
02/02/26 Scottish Environment Bill, Ramblers report, new entrants.
Scotland paves the way for legal targets on nature.
31/01/26 Farming Today This Week: Sustainable Foods 2026, extreme weather and rural resilience, octopus bloom
How to make farming better for the environment, and the bottom line.
30/01/26 Extreme weather and rural resilience, biochar, rare breed cattle
Rural communities flooded again call for more help.
29/01/26 Sustainable food and what that means for farming
Making our food systems more sustainable - what does that mean for agriculture?
24/12/25 The Ceremony of the Christmas Cheeses
Chelsea Pensioners receive their traditional Christmas present from the UK dairy industry.
17/12/2025 Planning reforms and the environment, rural churches.
Planning reforms announced - what will they mean for the countryside and the environment?
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?