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14/10/25 Microplastics and seafood, council farms, trade tariffs and farm machinery.
A new report says that the presence of microplastics in seafood has been overstated by the media. The paper, by researchers at Heriot-Watt University,...
13/10/25 Flood resilience, SNP Conference, county council farms
England's current approach to planning for floods is "underpowered and fragmented". That's according to a report from MPs which is published today.
10/10/25: Illegal waste dumping in the countryside, Plaid Cymru, HS2 compulsory purchases
We report on the increasing amounts of waste dumped in the countryside and how to tackle it.
As party conference season continues, we're hearing...
09/10/25 Trump's aid package for soyabean farmers, welfare for farmed insects, hare coursing
As President Trump plans to bail out soyabean farmers and China goes to South America for supplies, how will UK animal feed be affected by the turmoil...
08/10/25: Rive Wye, rural crime, new nature reserve
What has been described as the biggest legal claim ever brought in the UK over environmental pollution has been filed at the High Court. Almost 4000...
07/10/25: Skilled workers visas, Neigh-bourhood Watch, British Wool anniversary.
More than twenty five dairy farms in Scotland say their businesses could be at risk after the UK Government removed farm workers from the visa system...
06/10/25: Rural policing, grape harvest, Conservative Party conference
A rural crime expert tells us there's been an 'ideological and material' shift away from the problem in some police force areas. Dr Kate Tudor from Du...
Farming Today This Week: illegal meat, rural poverty, bluetongue, livestock marts, acorns and pigs
Twenty tonnes of illegal meat and animal products have been intercepted at Dover in September alone according to Dover's Head of Port Health and Publi...
02/10/2025 Cuts to milk price, bluetongue virus and food security
The price farmers are paid for milk is falling. This comes at a bad time for many farmers who are having to buy in forage for their cows after the lo...
01/10/25: Illegal meat at Dover, farm wages, economic impact of Wales' environment scheme
20 tonnes of illegal meat and animal products have been intercepted at Dover in September alone. Dover's Head of Port Health and Public Protection tel...
30/09/25: Who let the pigs out? Heat pump 'fixation'? Mart socialising
Every autumn pigs are released into the New Forest - the tradition of Pannage. The pigs gobble up the acorns from the thousands of oak trees in the Fo...
29/09/25: Prime Minister's farming priority, Armagh Bramleys, livestock markets
As the Labour Party Conference continues, the Prime Minister says improving profitability is his priority for farming. There's no sign of change on th...
27/09/25 Farming Today This Week: Bumper harvest of autumn fruits, cybersecurity, eating seasonally
As the fallout continues from cyber attacks on Jaguar Land Rover and nursery chain Kido in recent days, so too does scrutiny of the food supply chain...
26/09/25: Cybersecurity, historic plums, tenant farming commissioner, Autumn arable progress
As the fallout from a cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover continues, how vulnerable are the major retailers' food supply chains to hackers? The Grocer's...
25/09/25 Bumper crop of damsons, dahlias, water management workshop
This year's baking heat has had a beneficial impact on damsons and dahlias.
The Lyth Valley in south Cumbria is known for its damson orchards, a...
24/09/25: New farmland bird stats, Corn Buntings, precision Plum growing.
Farmland bird populations in England have seen a 'rapid nosedive' says the RSPB. It's worried by new Government figures showing an 11% decrease in far...
23/09/22: Bluetongue warning, apple harvest, farming for food and nature in Norfolk
Bluetongue affects ruminant animals, like Sheep and Cattle, and it's spread between animals by biting midges. The disease tends to subside as temperat...
22/09/2025 Apples and pears, Lib Dem conference, planting trees by drone
It's a good year for British apples, a lack of frost and an abundance of warm weather should mean a bumper crop. Harvest is underway and hopes are hi...
20/09/25 Farming Today This Week: Rivers in National Parks, Rural Services, Downpour or drought?
A new report into the health of waterways in National Parks in England and Wales claims that they aren't being properly protected from agricultural an...
19/09/25 Rural Housing Solutions, NI Rural Politics, Transforming Food Systems
The lack of affordable housing has long been a barrier to people living and working in rural areas. The Rural Services Network described it this year...
18/09/25: Drought/downpour, rural crime gang jailed, bus services
The Environment Agency announced this week that drought is likely to extend into the autumn for some areas. But September is making up for August's la...
17/09/25: Rivers in National Parks, Rural Post Offices, Economics of Fishing.
A new report claims rivers in England and Wales' National Parks aren't protected adequately against sewage discharges and agricultural runoff. 'Rivers...
16/09/25: US-UK dairy trade? Health services in rural areas.
As President Trump arrives for his State Visit, farmers and milk processors are warning that allowing US dairy producers access to our markets could p...
15/09/25 Cheesemakers unhappy with US trade deal, less money for rural services, fishing industry fears ban on bottom trawling
British cheesemakers say they’ve got a raw deal on export tariffs to the US compared to their EU competitors.
The Government is consulting on ex...
13/09/25: Farmland Birds, Wild Summit, Illegal Meat
Populations of birds which live on farmland have declined sharply since the 1970s, although there are signs the rate of decline is now slowing. We vis...
11/09/2025 Corn belt farmers, seeds for future forests, bioacoustics
We've discussed the impact of President Trump's trade policy on producers here in the UK, we now turn our attention to American farmers, who are being...
10/09/25: A reset for farming and government? Licences to burn peatland, Corncrakes on Lewis
Could the reshuffle be an opportunity to reset the relationship between farmers and the government? The National Farmers Union President is optimistic...
09/09/25: More school meals using more British produce? The Nightjars of Cannock Chase
Free school meals are set to be extended to families on Universal Credit from September next year. A new report says serving more free school meals co...
08/09/25: Biosecurity at the borders, Forage Aid grants, farmland birds.
MPs deliver their verdict on measures to prevent meat and dairy products being imported illegally into the UK. The report published today by the Commo...
06/09/25 Farming Today This Week: Bovine TB strategy review, rural racism, algal blooms, short straw
There should be more urgency and a bigger budget to tackle TB in cattle in England while farmers should be empowered to do more to eradicate the disea...
05/09/2025: Short straw, party conference season, helpful insects
A wet winter and dry spring means cereal crops were hard to sow and grew slowly. The result: straw short in stature and in short supply, so greater co...
04/09/2025 New bovine TB strategy review, Welsh meat promotion reform
There should be more urgency and a bigger budget to tackle TB in cattle in England while farmers should be empowered to do more to eradicate the disea...
01/09/2025 Concerns about winter animal feed, working with pesticides and health risks, surveying the fishing fleet
Concern is growing about a shortage of fodder this winter. Drought in some parts of the UK has meant that the grass just hasn't grown, so farmers hav...
03/09/25 Lough Neagh blue green algae, feed mill, Unst Show
People living and working around Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland say pollution in the lake has become worse over the hot summer this year. The Lough s...
02/09/25 Rural racism, dairy prices, pulses for animal feed.
A new report says racist abuse is too often "tolerated or even normalised" in the English countryside, with many incidents going unreported by victims...
Farming Today This Week: EU border checks; impact of pig & poultry farms; pollinators; off-grid farms connected
Changes to the costs, paperwork and bureaucracy that are hampering agri-food exports from Great Britain to the European Union won’t be in place until...
29/08/2025 Pig and poultry pollution, Highland sheep shearing, moth pollinators
A new report from the Wildlife Trusts outlines the environmental damage caused by pig and poultry pollution. Caz Graham talks to the report authors a...
28/08/25 'Disappointment' from food industry as minister says EU export checks to last until 2027, bee insemination
Changes to the costs, paperwork and bureaucracy that are hampering agri-food exports from Great Britain to the European Union won’t be in place until...
27/08/25 Water scarcity, Scottish harvest, grazing for butterflies
Three river catchments in the East of Scotland are now in a state of significant scarcity - that’s the most extreme level of water shortage issued by...