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Farming Today (Agriculture)

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  • News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.
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  • Host: Miriam O'reilly, Sarah Mukhurjee, Anna Hill
  • All rural life is here: daily news of food, farming, the countryside and the environment with analysis and context from the BBC’s experts in the field. Presented by Anna Hill, Miriam O’Reilly, Charlotte Smith and Mark Holdstock.
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  • Genres: Agriculture
  • Location: London, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Networks: BBC
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Farming Today This Week

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Robotic milking machines and meat grown in the lab; the innovations shaping farming.

Farming: 04 Dec 09 Welsh Dairy Promise

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
A Welsh Assembly member tells Charlotte Smith that, like the banks, the Welsh dairy industry is too important to fail.

Fri, Dec 4 Listen
A Welsh Assembly member says the Welsh dairy industry is too important to fail.

Farming: 03 Dec 09 Robot millkers

Thu, Dec 3 Listen
Charlotte Smith hears about cows that can milk themselves and how Britain can eradicate salmonella

Thu, Dec 3 Listen
News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.

Farming: 02 Dec 09 Salmonella and Spanish Eggs

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
Investigations are launched into whether Spanish eggs are causing salmonella poisoning in the UK.

Wed, Dec 2 Listen
News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.

Farming: 01 Dec 09

Tue, Dec 1 Listen
Meat has been grown in the lab for the first time. Anna Hill reports.

Tue, Dec 1 Listen
Anna Hill speaks to the scientist who has grown meat in the laboratory for the first time.

Farming: 30 Nov 09 Sewage pipes and food origins

Mon, Nov 30 Listen
Unregulated overflow pipes which are pumping sewage into rivers and the discovery which makes it possible to prove the country of origin of the food we eat

Mon, Nov 30 Listen
Charlotte Smith hears how 3,000 unregulated overflow pipes are pumping sewage into rivers.

Farming: 28 Nov 09 Buying British

Sat, Nov 28 Listen
Charlotte Smith asks why trying to buy British is so complicated.

Farming: 27 Nov 09 Commercial versus Sustainable farming

Fri, Nov 27 Listen
Charlotte Smith asks whether sustainable agriculture, whilst being better for the environment, is going to provide enough food to feed the world.. And is 'country of origin' labelling in supermarkets clear enough? Defra minister Jim Fitzpatrick says that if a product is labelled British, then it should definitely be produced in Britain.

Farming: 26 Nov 09 Food and Farming Awards

Thu, Nov 26 Listen
Farming Today reports from the annual Food and Farming Awards and Charlotte Smith meets this year's Farmer of the Year.

Farming: 25 Nov 09 Misleading cheese labelling

Wed, Nov 25 Listen
British cheesemakers say the industry is being undermined by mislabelled imported cheese. And the superbug MRSA has been found in a quarter of EU pig herds. So could it come here?

Farming: 24 Nov 09 Cumbrian Floods

Tue, Nov 24 Listen
Farmers in Cumbria tell Anna Hill of their deperate bid to rescue farm animals from the floods.

Farming: 23 Nov 09 British bread and better labelling

Mon, Nov 23 Listen
The first commercially available 100% British loaf will be sold in January.

Farming: 21 Nov 09 Rural skills on the rise

Sat, Nov 21 Listen
Anna Hill hears about a resurgence in rural craft skills.

Farming: 20 Nov 2009 Battery Cage Ban

Fri, Nov 20 Listen
An EU ban on battery hens could mean massive imports of eggs from battery hens outside of Europe and Defra figures show that farm incomes are set to rise by 25%. And the age old art of dry stone walling is enjoying something of a revival. Charlotte Smith finds out why.

Farming: 19 Nov 09 Warwick HCI cuts

Thu, Nov 19 Listen
Charlotte Smith hears about major cuts to a UK horticultural research centre

Farming: 18 Nov 09 World's Largest Dairy

Wed, Nov 18 Listen
Anna Hill hears the world’s largest dairy will be built in London

Farming: 17 Nov 09 Thatching and fishing

Tue, Nov 17 Listen
With traditional rural crafts such as dry-stone walling and hedge-laying enjoying a resurgence in popularity, Anna Hill meets a thatcher and his apprentice hoping to keep such skills alive and thriving.

Farming: 16 Nov 09 Rural Skills and winter bees

Mon, Nov 16 Listen
Rural crafts have recently been on the decline, leaving a shortage of workers skilled in countryside skills.

Farming: 14 Nov 09 Wind Turbines

Sat, Nov 14 Listen
On Farming Today This Week, Charlotte Smith hears from those in favour of turbines in the countryside and from those who believe wind energy is not the solution to meeting the UK’s renewable energy targets.

Farming: 13 Nov 09: Fat Horses

Fri, Nov 13 Listen
New research suggests more than half of horse owners can't tell when their animal is overweight.

Farming: 12 Nov 09 Hill Farmers' Plight

Thu, Nov 12 Listen
Charlotte Smith hears that hill farming could die out within a decade.

Farming: 11 Nov 2009 Turbines are not the answer

Wed, Nov 11 Listen
Anna Hill hears from one landowner who's turned down the opportunity to earn thousands by refusing to have a wind farm because he doesn’t think they are the solution to meeting our renewables target.

Farming: 10 Nov 09 At The Top Of A Turbine

Tue, Nov 10 Listen
Anna Hill visits the top of a 100 metre high wind turbine.

Farming: 09 Nov 09 Wind farms and cider

Mon, Nov 9 Listen
Farmers and landowners are lining up to offer land for wind turbines. And it's been a good year for cider apples.

Farming: 07 Nov 09 Rise of the Common Breeds

Sat, Nov 7 Listen
Charlotte Smith hears that we're farming fewer breeds than ever before, to feed our desire for consistent cuts of meat.

News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.

Mon, Dec 7

News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.

Tue, Dec 8

News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hill.

Wed, Dec 9
News and issues in rural Britain with Anna Hilld.

News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.

Thu, Dec 10

News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.

Fri, Dec 11

Farming Today This Week

Sat, Dec 12
News and issues in rural Britain with Charlotte Smith.

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