The latest figures from Defra show nearly 20,000 badgers were killed across England last year, as part of the Government's policy to tackle TB in cattle. Badger campaigners say that the continued culling is leading to local extinctions. Defra says there are no easy answers, but badger culling "has proved highly effective and needs to remain a part of our holistic approach".
Jeremy Clarkson says if he wanted to make money from his thousand acre Oxfordshire farm he'd put as much as possible into government environmental schemes. Instead he's turned it into a TV show and for the third series, which starts today, he's gone into pigs.
Fusarium basal rot: its a fungus and apparently the single biggest problem facing the country's onion growers. This week we're looking at crop pests and diseases and the efforts being made to combat them. Researchers are looking into technology which can sniff-out early stage disease.
Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton.
24/05/2024: Farmers on the election, Mushroom farming, Growing flowers
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
02/05/2024: Illegal waste dumping; NI veterinary medicines; Natural pesticides
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