New physical checks have been brought in on some imports of food and plants from the EU. Products deemed high or medium risk now have to be inspected - including live animals, meat and some plant products. Inspections can be done either at Government run sites or at commercial facilities - we report from both to find out how it works.
The major political parties are all competing for the rural vote ahead of the local elections. A combination of councillors, mayors and police and crime commissioners will be selected across England and Wales.
And, blackgrass is a weed that can grow amongst fields of commercial crops, competing for nutrients in the soil, and reducing yields. We meet a team of scientists at Rothamsted Research who are looking into how to tackle this pernicious weed.
Presented by Anna Hill Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons
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23/05/24 General election and rural vote; Daffodils; New planning rules and land values.
22/05/24 - Farm labour, flower growers and live export ban
21/05/24 - Planning rules change, growing roses and no Spring flush
20/05/24 Illegal waste; Environmental benchmarking; Flower industry
18/05/24 - Farming Today This Week: Farm to Form Summit and the Balmoral Show
17/05/24 The Balmoral Show
16/05/24 - Water company landscape plan, solar farm planning, horticulture strategy and rural tourism
15/05/24 - The Farm to Fork Summit at 10 Downing Street
14/05/24 - Farm to Fork Summit, Welsh holiday homes and a conservation dog
11/05/24 Farming Today This Week: Sandeels, funding for robotic pickers, crisis of confidence for farmers, European roadtrip.
13/05/2024 - Food exports, rural tourism and new Welsh creamery
10/05/2024 - Seasonal labour, Portuguese rice and growing wasabi
09/05/24 - Regen ag, Iberico pork, OEP water report and tractor factory strike
08/05/24 - Coast path, carbon sequestration and selling fruit direct
07/05/24 UK EU row over sandeels, farmers' collapse in confidence, Bordeaux wine growers in trouble
06/05/24 Behind the scenes on the Wildland Estate where Scotland's largest landowner is making big changes.
04/05/24 - Farming Today This Week: Border checks, cider orchards and illegal waste dumping
03/05/24 Latest badger cull figures, Jeremy Clarkson, sniffing onion disease
02/05/2024: Illegal waste dumping; NI veterinary medicines; Natural pesticides
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