Farming Today Podcast
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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20/06/26 - Royal Highland Show, Scottish farming policy and South West octopus bloom
Yesterday
Caz Graham has the week's top rural stories - including a trip to the Royal Highland Show.
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19/06/26 The Royal Highland Show and Scottish Government plans to cap prices on some essential foods.
Friday
Scottish government plans to cap prices on some foods in supermarket - who'll pay?
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18/06/26 Change of Defra Farming Minister, Scottish greening policy, connected agri-tech
Thursday
We hear why the farming industry really doesn’t like ministerial churn
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17/06/26 Abattoir charges, pheasants and insects, Scottish farming with nature.
Wednesday
The abattoirs overcharged for official inspections.
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16/06/26 Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy
Tuesday
Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy.
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15/06/26 Octopus bloom, Scottish organic farming
Last Monday
Octopus bloom in the south west, organic farming in Scotland.
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13/06/26 Farming Today This Week
Last Saturday
Budget revealed for farm environmental payments - but is it enough?
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12/06/26 Sustainable Farming Incentive, Cereal farming in Cumbria
Fri 12 Jun 2026
Sustainable Farming Incentive budget, growing cereals in Cumbria.
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10/06/26 New bovine TB strategy for England, cereals
Wed 10 Jun 2026
Getting rid of Bovine TB - a new strategy says cattle vaccination is the answer.
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09/06/26 Flood funding, cattle cull, cereals
Tue 9 Jun 2026
£50 million to help Somerset farming communities deal with growing threat of floods.
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08/06/26 Brown or white eggs? The outlook for cereal farmers
Mon 8 Jun 2026
The big egg debate: brown or white?
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06/06/26 - Farming Today This Week: Dartmoor ponies, water voles and land-based jobs
Sat 6 Jun 2026
Could new upland grazing rules mean the loss of Dartmoor ponies?
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05/06/26 Dartmoor ponies, upland economics, Open Farm Sunday
Fri 5 Jun 2026
Fears that Dartmoor may lose its iconic ponies.
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04/06/26 High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged abattoirs, hydropower funding, upland farmer groups
Thu 4 Jun 2026
A victory for abattoirs as High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged them.
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03/06/26 EU trade agreement, peat restoration and water voles, Scottish uplands
Wed 3 Jun 2026
EU alignment - farmers says it's hard to get ready for the change without more detail.
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02/06/26 Rural skills gap, upland farming in Wales, Future Countryside.
Tue 2 Jun 2026
Jobs in farming, fishing and forestry are not being filled because of a "skills squeeze".
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01/06/26 Cost of wildfires, methane from sheep, upland farming
Mon 1 Jun 2026
Mega wildfires - UK is the latest member of a club no one wants to join.
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30/05/26 - Farming Today This Week: pig supply chain problems, hot weather impacts and singing farmers
Sat 30 May 2026
Charlotte Smith looks at the biggest rural stories of the week.
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29/05/26 Water abstraction, food inflation, local food systems.
Fri 29 May 2026
Will the record breaking heat hit farmers irrigation plans this summer?
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28/05/26 Rural crime, restoring signposts, Welsh food project
Thu 28 May 2026
Rural crime - how countryside communities working together foiled organised criminals.
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27/05/26 Heatwave and water shortages - the impact on farming, Scottish farm co-operative.
Wed 27 May 2026
How are livestock farmers keeping their animals cool in the heat?
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26/05/26 Mounting pressure for Scottish pig farmers, funding for rural churches, selling farm produce at markets
Tue 26 May 2026
Pig farmers in Scotland say 10% of their national herd has gone to waste.
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23/05/26 Farming Today This Week: red diesel, Gulf trade deal, Climate Change Committee report, regen tenancies, flowers.
Sat 23 May 2026
We ask what the latest government cost of living measures mean for farmers.
