Farming Today

01/03/24 AI Weather forecasts six weeks in advance; Trout farm; River pollution.

A new 15 year, £30 million partnership between Reading University, the Met Office and the...

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29/02/24 Welsh farmers protest at Senedd; Natural flood management; Battery storage plans

Thousands of Welsh farmers have protested outside the Senedd, the Welsh Parliament, in Cardiff....

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27/02/24 Pollack fishermen criticise government scheme to help. Pollution on the River Wye. Food systems.

Pollack fishermen are selling their boats after quotas for pollack were cut to zero. Defra says...

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26/02/24 Welsh farmers welcoming a greener farming policy; river pollution and flooding

The BBC has been told that farmers in Wales who support overhauling their subsidies to help the...

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23/02/24 Farmer protests in Wales: Lesley Griffiths; next farming generation; outgoing president of the NFU

As farmer protests continue in Wales the Rural Affairs Minister tells us she is listening. We've...

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22/02/24 NFU Conference: Political hustings and a new president

Politicians have been setting out their stall to farmers at the NFU Conference in Birmingham....

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21/02/24 NFU Conference: Prime Minister makes a raft of announcements, Minette Batters' farewell speech.

1500 farmers from across England and Wales have gathered in Birmingham for the National Farmers'...

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20/02/24 Farmer Protests; Prime Minister's funding announcement; Red Tractor; Next generation and family farms.

The First Minister of Wales says it shouldn't be up to farmers to decide how subsidy money is...

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19/02/2024

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside.

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17/02/24 Farming Today This Week: N.I.'s new minister for agriculture; Farm support in England; Paper work; Green...

The return of the Northern Ireland Assembly means there's a new man in charge at the Department...

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16/02/24 Small abattoir closure, farm training courses

Another small abattoir has announced it’s to close its doors for good. McIntyre Meats in...

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15/02/24 Green land investment in Scotland and its impact; Farm diversification businesses.

In the Scottish Highlands, rewilding and planting trees for carbon capture are increasingly...

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14/02/24 Environmental payments to farms - details of the Sustainable Farming Incentive; Lower carbon beef

As more farmers take up payments to farm in a more environmentally-friendly way, will that mean...

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13/02/24 Northern Ireland's new DAERA minister; NI farmers' concerns about ammonia regulations; Farm paperwork.

After two years without a government, Northern Ireland's got a minister for agriculture and the...

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12/02/24 Biodiversity Net Gain not ambitious enough, says Wildlife Trusts; the business of farming; Ashdown Forest

Today Biodiversity Net Gain becomes the law in England. It means that any developer building ten...

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10/02/24 Farming Today This Week: Protests in Wales; Subsidies in Scotland; Anniversary of cockle pickers tragedy;...

Farming leaders in Wales have warned of "huge unrest" over planned Welsh government reforms to...

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09/02/2024 NFU Scotland Conference, Cumbrian rainforests, working goats

Farmers in Scotland want to see cuts to the Holyrood agriculture budget reversed and an extra...

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08/02/24 Morecambe Bay cockle picking tragedy: changes to the industry 20 years on; new DAERA minister, working horses.

This week marks 20 years since the Morecambe Bay cockling disaster. 23 Chinese migrants lost...

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07/02/2043 Transition to net zero and farmers' concerns, Views on farmer protests, Gun dogs

Protests by European farmers have sparked a wider debate across the UK, about whether farmers...

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06/02/2024 Rural domestic abuse, Microplastics in soil, Birds of prey to control pests

One in three women, and one in five men in the UK are affected by domestic abuse according to a...

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