Farming Today

04/01/23 Oxford farming conferences: diversity and food supply chains

On the first day of the Oxford Farming Conference and the Oxford Real Farming Conference, we talk...

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03/01/24 Blind farmer; Wet weather; New rules on bottling wine; Upland farmers.

The Oxford Real Farming Conference and the Oxford Farming Conference take place this week. They...

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02/01/24 Girls studying agriculture, Decarbonising pork production, Tweed

Labour shortages have long been a problem for agricultural businesses, but there may be some...

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30/12/2023 The Pull of the Plough

The art of ploughing the land and keeping a straight furrow has been a way of life in the British...

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29/12/2023 - Rare White Deer

Deer specialist John Fletcher and his wife Nichola reflect on a life spent trying to educate the...

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28/12/2023 Middleton North. From 2023 to 1805.

Charlotte and Charlie Bennett are on a mission. Over the last four years they’ve been converting...

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27/12/2023 The Welsh Grand National

The Welsh Grand National is one of the biggest dates in the racing calendar and a favourite with...

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26/12/2023 - The Rainforest Barge

Saving the rainforest is great in principle - but what if to do it, you face driving a 10-mile...

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25/12/23 - Christmas Trees

This year about eight million real Christmas trees have been sold in the UK. It’s impossible to...

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23/12/23 Farming Today This Week: Welsh and Scottish rural budget cuts, Dental deserts, Agricultural hiphop, The...

Rural affairs budgets for next year are being cut by both the Scottish and Welsh governments. In...

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21/12/23 Cuts to agriculture budgets in Scotland and Wales, The Archers' comedy night, Operation turtle dove

Rural affairs budgets for next year are being cut by both the Scottish and Welsh governments. In...

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20/12/23 Rural dentists, swede harvest, mistletoe auction

The Nuffield Trust has published a damning report saying that NHS dentistry was in 'perilous...

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18/12/23 Welsh magpie row, Christmas farm experience, review into fresh produce sector

Come the new year, it'll be an offence for farmers in Wales to kill or take a magpie. The change...

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16/12/23 Farming Today This Week: Dartmoor review; Community deer stalking; Rare breeds; Drones to spray nematodes;...

An independent review has told Natural England it needs to completely change the way it engages...

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15/12/2023 Farmers' concerns over 30by30, community deer stalking, rare Welsh pigs

The Government launches its plan to protect 30% of land in England for the environment by 2030,...

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14/12/2023 Dartmoor review; Winter veg; Small abattoir fund; Rare breeds farm

The government's published an independent review into the management of protected sites on...

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13/12/23 Food and farming at COP28; Ecology out of kilter; Suffolk Punch horses

For the first time, agriculture and its impact on climate change, was on the official agenda at...

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12/12/23 Bluetongue; Treetop nematodes; Rare breed sheep

Next year could see drones being used for the first time to drop microscopic worms on trees, to...

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11/12/23 Sugar row; Minecraft and conservation; Rare breeds.

British Sugar says it may put negotiations over the price it'll pay farmers next year into...

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09/12/23 Farming Today This Week: COP28 food and agriculture; Food as a public good; Snow

Food security is a public good and the Government should use England's post Brexit environmental...

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