BBC Radio Podcasts from Farming Today

10/07/26 Calls to ban bottom trawling to protect dolphins, Wimbledon strawberries

Calls for wider bans on bottom trawling to protect dolphins and porpoises.

09/07/26 Growing crops in a mine, scallop fishing, RHS Badminton

Farming underground - scientists grow crops in a mine a km beneath the earth's surface.

08/07/2026 Environment Agency agriculture & water report, fishing visas, animal health

Inspections up, but serious pollution incidents not declining says new report.

07/07/2026 Rehydrating dry grain, fishing resilience, school farm visits.

Rewetting very dry grain - will that become a thing, and is it a good idea?

06/07/2026 Commoners can apply for government schemes, fishing, fertiliser

Computer that said no, now says yes! Commoners can apply for agri-environment schemes.

04/07/26 Farming Today This Week: Groundswell regenerative agriculture, the Environment Secretary on the 25 year Farming Roadmap

What will the government's new 25-year Farming Roadmap mean for farmers?

02/07/26 Groundswell Regenerative Agriculture 2026

Ten years of the regenerative farming festival Groundswell.

03/07/2026 Farming roadmap, food security, protecting soils

What will the farming roadmap mean for farmers? We ask the secretary of state.

01/07/2026 Muirburn, grain that's too dry, intercropping

New code for controlled burning of moorland is delayed.

30/06/26 Scottish organic farmed salmon, soil health, water management

Scottish organic farmed salmon, soil health, water management.

29/06/26 Water resilience on farms, rural place names, soil

Calls for more government action to protect water supplies for farming.

27/06/26: Farming in the heat, England's Farming Roadmap, global agritourism.

Farming in a heatwave and a 25-year vision for agriculture in England.

26/06/26 NI to miss its environmental targets, farming in the heatwave, farm campsite

Northern Ireland's government is warned it'll miss environmental targets

25/06/2026 The Farming Roadmap, emissions from agriculture, pigs in the heat

A landmark day for English farmers? The government's Farming Roadmap is launched.

24/06/2026 Agritourism - Aberdeen hosts the first global conference of its kind

Global agritourism: how producers around the world are inviting visitors onto their farms.

23/06/2026: Fighting wildfires, training sheep shearers, from hill farm to heritage events

Specialist wildfire firefighting teams are being introduced in England and Wales.

22/06/26 Agri-tourism, Scottish abattoir costs, seaweed cattle feed to reduce methane

Why more farmers are opening their gates to the public.

20/06/26 - Royal Highland Show, Scottish farming policy and South West octopus bloom

Caz Graham has the week's top rural stories - including a trip to the Royal Highland Show.

15/06/26 Octopus bloom, Scottish organic farming

Octopus bloom in the south west, organic farming in Scotland.

19/06/26 The Royal Highland Show and Scottish Government plans to cap prices on some essential foods.

Scottish government plans to cap prices on some foods in supermarket - who'll pay?

18/06/26 Change of Defra Farming Minister, Scottish greening policy, connected agri-tech

We hear why the farming industry really doesn’t like ministerial churn

17/06/26 Abattoir charges, pheasants and insects, Scottish farming with nature.

The abattoirs overcharged for official inspections.

16/06/26 Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy

Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy.

13/06/26 Farming Today This Week

Budget revealed for farm environmental payments - but is it enough?

12/06/26 Sustainable Farming Incentive, Cereal farming in Cumbria

Sustainable Farming Incentive budget, growing cereals in Cumbria.