Farming Today

01/02/2024 Welsh Sustainable Farming Scheme; Farmland birds; Meat imports and exports.

Welsh farmers fear their government is moving to reduce the number of cattle and sheep in the...

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31/01/2024 Northern Ireland power sharing government and what it could mean for farmers; Dairy exports; Upland farmers.

As politicians look set to return to Stormont in Northern Ireland, we look at what that means for...

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30/01/2024 French farmers' protests; Import checks on fresh fruit and veg

Thousands of French farmers have been protesting, blocking major routes across the country, and...

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29/01/24 International trade; Pollock fishermen; Land sales.

New border controls are being phased in - these are the checks on imports introduced post Brexit,...

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Farming Today This Week: threat to hedgerows, farmers versus supermarkets, health rules for fishermen, family farms

This week, MPs debated giving hedges legal protection in England. Rules that had stopped farmers...

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26/01/2024 Sustainable beef premium; Four Nations farm policy; Family farms

The Co-op is launching a new scheme to encourage its beef producers to cut emissions. The Beef...

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25/01/2024 Animal transport; Hedgerow protection; Family farms

Billions of farm animals are transported around the world every year, both within the borders of...

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24/01/24 Grocery debate; Review into farm assurance schemes; Alternative to neonicotinoids; Family farm in Northern...

After a Westminster debate, prompted by an online petition with more than 110 thousand...

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23/01/24 Grocery debate; Bird flu compensation; Fishermen medicals; Family farms and succession.

More than 100 thousand people have signed an online petition and triggered an MPs' debate about...

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20/01/24 Environmental targets; Neonicotinoids; Risk of animal disease at ports; LAMMA show and AI drone mapping;...

The Government is doing too little, too slowly, to meet its own environmental ambitions and...

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19/01/24 Biosecurity fears following cuts for border checks, AI drone mapping, Rare Earth first episode

Farmers warn that cuts to, and changes in, inspections at the Port of Dover raise the risk of...

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18/01/24 Government is too slow on its environmental ambitions, says OEP report; LAMMA Show, waxwings

The Government is doing too little, too slowly, to meet its own environmental ambitions and...

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16/01/24 No reason to subsidise agriculture? Cuts to woodland creation in Scotland. Methane tractors.

A member of the Welsh Senedd Mike Hedges suggests that subsidies for farmers could be used...

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15/01/2024 Cost of flooding, bluetongue meeting, machinery week

The floodwater may have receded from much of the countryside - but now farmers are counting the...

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13/01/24 German farmer protests; Fairness in supply chain; Soy and insects in animal feed; Mid-winter British...

Farmers in Germany have been protesting about plans to cut subsidies on diesel. The cuts were...

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12/01/24 Footpaths; Soy in animal feed; Three generations of female farmers.

Walkers in England and Wales are being blocked or obstructed in nearly 32,000 places - and face...

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11/01/24 Insects for animal feed and the scientists behind the research

Behind the scenes at the Food and Environment Research Agency or FERA where scientists are...

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09/01/2024 Managing flood water; Starlings and animal feed; The cost of cheap food

As farmers contemplate thousands of hectares under water, the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology...

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06/01/2024

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

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05/01/24 Oxford farming conferences: politics and agri-spin

From the Oxford Farming Conference, we hear from the Environment Secretary and his Labour shadow...

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