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27/06/26: Farming in the heat, England's Farming Roadmap, global agritourism.
Jun 27, 2026
25m 02s
26/06/26 NI to miss its environmental targets, farming in the heatwave, farm campsite
Jun 26, 2026
13m 34s
25/06/2026 The Farming Roadmap, emissions from agriculture, pigs in the heat
Jun 25, 2026
13m 34s
24/06/2026 Agritourism - Aberdeen hosts the first global conference of its kind
Jun 24, 2026
13m 42s
23/06/2026: Fighting wildfires, training sheep shearers, from hill farm to heritage events
Jun 23, 2026
14m 11s
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| 6/27/26 | ![]() 27/06/26: Farming in the heat, England's Farming Roadmap, global agritourism. | This week farmers have coped with heavy thundery rain and record breaking temperatures. We hear from a pig farmer keeping his stock cool, a livestock auctioneer who's had to cancel sales due to the heat, and a major potato and beetroot grower contemplating an irrigation bill of £3 million this year. But for winemakers the sunshine has come at just the right moment.The Government has invested in strategic teams of specialist firefighters in England and South Wales to tackle wildfires. The Fire Chiefs Council's wildfire expert tells us the teams are trained in techniques to cope with a ferocity of fire becoming more common due to the effects of climate change. Despite all the Prime Ministerial flux the Government revealed its long term (and long awaited) vision for farming: England's Farming Roadmap 2050. The idea is to have a 25 year vision for agriculture, to give farmers certainty 'beyond the next harvest'. It was the brainchild of Steve Reed when he was secretary of state for the environment. Two years down the line, the current incumbent, Emma Reynolds announced the plan in the House of Commons this week.Aberdeen hosted the first Global Agritourism Conference this week. Anna Hill met some of the delegates to hear about farm tourism in India, Ukraine, Italy, and Canada. | 25m 02s | ||||||
| 6/26/26 | ![]() 26/06/26 NI to miss its environmental targets, farming in the heatwave, farm campsite | Northern Ireland is 'largely' missing the targets in its own Environmental Improvement Plan. A report from the environment watchdog, the Office for Environmental Protection, says of 38 targets, just two are likely to be met and that ministers must now move from 'planning and strategies into delivery'. The heatwave isn't a problem for everyone - it's mostly welcome in vineyards. Some had a difficult spring with badly timed frosts, so winemakers are glad to see the sun at an opportune moment. We've been looking at the tourism businesses farmers have diversified into. There is a huge variety, everything from the familiar b&bs to off road experiences and walking with llamas. Today we visit a farm campsite.Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton. | 13m 34s | ||||||
| 6/25/26 | ![]() 25/06/2026 The Farming Roadmap, emissions from agriculture, pigs in the heat | 'The most significant moment for English agriculture since the Second World War'; that's the Government's claim for their Farming Roadmap which has just been released. We hear reaction to the long awaited 25 year vision for agriculture.The Climate Change Committee's annual report on the UK's greenhouse gas emissions says while agriculture is moving in the right direction, emissions aren't falling fast enough and adaptation is needed as well as mitigation. How farmers are coping with pigs in the heat.Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Beatrice Fenton | 13m 34s | ||||||
| 6/24/26 | ![]() 24/06/2026 Agritourism - Aberdeen hosts the first global conference of its kind | Aberdeen is hosting the first global agritourism conference. It's the brainchild of Caroline Millar who runs an agritourism business from her family farm in Scotland. Delegates from around the world have been exploring how producers can make more money by opening up their farms to visitors.Presenter = Anna Hill Producer = Rebecca Rooney | 13m 42s | ||||||
| 6/23/26 | ![]() 23/06/2026: Fighting wildfires, training sheep shearers, from hill farm to heritage events | The Met Office has issued a rare red 'extreme heat’ warning for parts of southern England, the Midlands and southern Wales for tomorrow and Thursday with amber warnings already in place more widely in England and Wales. Some fire services are warning of a increased risk of wildfires as temperatures are set to reach the high 30s. It comes just as the government’s announced a one hundred million pound investment to help tackle wildfires, to offer better protection for the countryside and rural communities after some truly devastating fires last summer: 2025 broke the record for the number of wild fires reported in the UK. The Fire Chiefs' Council's Wildfire Tactical Advisor tells us the new strategic teams will be trained in skills needed to tackle large scale ferocious blazes, which are becoming more frequent in the UK.Sheep shearing is an international industry and each summer between 50 and 75 professional shearers from overseas take out temporary visas to work with the UK flock. But the government says this is the last year they’ll allow that to happen and that the sheep industry needs to train up more home-grown shearers. To cope with the demand, British Wool is laying on extra courses around the country.All this week we are looking at agri-tourism, how farmers are boosting their incomes with everything from farm safaris and events for foodies to the traditional campsite. Today we visit a small hill farm in the Glens of Antrim which has reinvented itself as the venue for heritage events.Presenter: Caz Graham Producer: Sarah Swadling | 14m 11s | ||||||
| 6/22/26 | ![]() 22/06/26 Agri-tourism, Scottish abattoir costs, seaweed cattle feed to reduce methane | Why more farmers are opening their gates to the public - all week we're looking at agri-tourism.Scientists across the world are investigating ways to reduce the climate change gas methane produced by livestock, using feed supplements made of synthetic chemicals, tannins, fats and even seaweed. Asparagopsis is a red seaweed that reacts with enzymes in the final stages of digestion and stops methane from being produced. The cost of abattoir inspections is proving contentious in Scotland where Food Standards Scotland is the body responsible for these.Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton. | 11m 44s | ||||||
| 6/20/26 | ![]() 20/06/26 - Royal Highland Show, Scottish farming policy and South West octopus bloom | The Royal Highland Show hopes to welcome 200,000 visitors across four days. In this programme we report from the show, hearing farmers' views on the Scottish Government's plan for a supermarket price cap on essential food items, speaking to the new Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Rural Affairs and hearing about the hardest job on the showground... ice cream tasting!Meanwhile in the south west of England, we hear about an emergency by-law that's been passed in Cornwall, to restrict the number of boats coming in to fish for octopus. The ongoing octopus bloom has been described as a 'gold rush' as huge sums are being made - two weeks ago Brixham fish market experienced a record catch of 103 tonnes, worth £400,000. But the octopus are also causing problems - eating crab and lobster and devastating that industry locally.Presented by Caz Graham Produced by Heather Simons | 24m 47s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | ![]() 15/06/26 Octopus bloom, Scottish organic farming | An emergency by-law has been passed in Cornwall, to restrict the number of boats coming in to take advantage of the ongoing bloom of octopus on the south coast. It's been described as a 'gold rush' as huge sums are being made - Brixham fish market recently experienced a record catch of 103 tonnes - worth £400,000. But the octopus are also causing problems - eating crab and lobster and devastating that industry locally. It's hoped the new by-law will help those stocks recover. The latest Government figures show a 27% rise in the amount of Scottish land farmed organically in the year to June 2025 - that compares to a 7.3% rise across the UK as a whole. Over the past five years, the Scottish Government had the goal of doubling the area of land managed organically, and the organic certifiying and campaigning group The Soil Association says that political backing - along with scrapping an upper limit on farm size for organic grants - has helped. Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Sally Challoner.The programme has been edited since broadcast to correct a statistic on the amount of organic farmland in Scotland. | 12m 13s | ||||||
| 6/19/26 | ![]() 19/06/26 The Royal Highland Show and Scottish Government plans to cap prices on some essential foods. | Around 200,000 visitors will be visiting The Royal Highland Show this week. Farmers and growers will be showcasing their produce at the Royal Highland Centre on the edge of Edinburgh. There are around 6000 entries, with trophies for everything from cattle, sheep and pigs to horses, honey and gelato. The Scottish Government made some announcements at the show too: they've brought forward plans for a Rural Renewal Bill and reiterated their plan to cap prices on supermarket essentials. Farmers are concerned about who'll pay for that. We speak to the new Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Rural Affairs Gillian Martin.Presenter = Charlotte Smith Producer = Rebecca Rooney | 13m 56s | ||||||
| 6/18/26 | ![]() 18/06/26 Change of Defra Farming Minister, Scottish greening policy, connected agri-tech | After Farming Minister Angela Eagle’s reshuffling out of DEFRA, we hear why the farming industry really doesn’t like ministerial churn.We're looking at Scottish agricultural policy all week. There’s a debate around whether land that’s used for grazing, rather than growing other crops, should be targeted to produce more environmental benefits.Precision farming techniques and automation are getting more popular as a way to help reduce costs, but they depend on good connectivity. Something that can be a challenge in rural areas.Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton. | 13m 42s | ||||||
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| 6/17/26 | ![]() 17/06/26 Abattoir charges, pheasants and insects, Scottish farming with nature. | The owner of one of the last remaining abattoirs in the south east of England has said he's furious after a court ruled that the food regulator has been over charging for its hygiene and animal welfare checks. A number of abattoirs have been forced to close recently due to rising financial pressures. Earlier this month, a High Court judge said some of these costs, enforced by the Food Standards Agency, should never have been charged.A new study by the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust, published by Natural England, suggests that the release of millions of pheasant and partridge into the countryside for shooting does not have a significant impact on the insect population in the wider environment. However, campaigners claim the releases do have a detrimental impact. As Scotland's farmers get ready for the Royal Highland Show, we're taking a closer look at how the country has designed its own farming and rural policy post-Brexit, under its devolved powers. The changes won't be fully implemented until 2030. Like the policy of 'public money for public goods' in England, many of the changes in Scotland centre around including payments for enhancing the environment. Not all farmers have embraced the idea of including wildlife alongside food production, but farmer and writer Tom Bowser has done more than most, including releasing beavers on his farmland.Presenter: Anna Hill Producer: Rebecca Rooney | 14m 03s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | ![]() 16/06/26 Heathland birds, carabid beetles, Scottish agriculture policy | The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) says three rare heathland birds are starting to recover. Its heathland bird survey - the first for 20 years - shows populations and spread of the nightjar, the Dartford warbler and the woodlark are improving. They looked into whether active management within specially protected areas was helping.Beetles can be both welcome and unwelcome visitors to farmland. We recently reported that scientists at Rothamsted Research in Hertfordshire had created an app to help identify and then combat the troublesome cabbage stem flea beetle. Now a second team at the institute have launched an app to help identify one of the good guys: the carabid beetle, also known as the ground beetle. The focus is very much on accurate and fast identification so farmers know for certain if they have a healthy population in their fields. And all this week we're taking a closer look at Scottish agricultural policy, ahead of the Royal Highland Show. Today we hear how far the government has come in developing its own policies after Brexit. Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Sally Challoner. | 14m 00s | ||||||
| 6/13/26 | ![]() 13/06/26 Farming Today This Week✨ | environmental workfarming support+3 | — | National Farmers' Union | England | farmingenvironment+5 | — | 24m 51s | |
| 6/12/26 | ![]() 12/06/26 Sustainable Farming Incentive, Cereal farming in Cumbria✨ | Sustainable FarmingCereal Farming+4 | — | Department for Environment Food and Rural AffairsSustainable Farming Incentive+2 | EnglandUK+2 | Sustainable Farming IncentiveCereal Farming+5 | — | 13m 49s | |
| 6/10/26 | ![]() 10/06/26 New bovine TB strategy for England, cereals✨ | bovine TBcattle vaccine+4 | — | NIAB | England | bovine TBcattle vaccine+5 | — | 14m 02s | |
| 6/9/26 | ![]() 09/06/26 Flood funding, cattle cull, cereals✨ | flood fundingcattle cull+4 | — | Belted GallowaysSomerset Rivers Authority+2 | SomersetScotland+3 | floodingcattle+6 | — | 14m 07s | |
| 6/8/26 | ![]() 08/06/26 Brown or white eggs? The outlook for cereal farmers✨ | egg productionenvironmental impact+3 | — | Sainsbury's | UK | brown eggswhite eggs+6 | — | 11m 38s | |
| 6/6/26 | ![]() 06/06/26 - Farming Today This Week: Dartmoor ponies, water voles and land-based jobs✨ | Dartmoor poniesagri-environment schemes+5 | Joss Hibbs | Dartmoor Hill Pony Association | EnglandLake District+4 | Dartmoor poniesagri-environment schemes+5 | — | 24m 56s | |
| 6/5/26 | ![]() 05/06/26 Dartmoor ponies, upland economics, Open Farm Sunday✨ | Dartmoor poniesupland farming+4 | — | BBC Radio 4 | DartmoorLake District | Dartmoor poniesupland economics+5 | — | 14m 06s | |
| 6/4/26 | ![]() 04/06/26 High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged abattoirs, hydropower funding, upland farmer groups✨ | Food StandardsHydropower+3 | — | Food Standards AgencyAssociation of Independent Meat Suppliers | ScotlandShropshire | Food Standards Agencyabattoirs+5 | — | 13m 50s | |
| 6/3/26 | ![]() 03/06/26 EU trade agreement, peat restoration and water voles, Scottish uplands✨ | EU trade agreementpeat restoration+4 | — | UKEU | WalesCambrian Mountains+2 | EU trade agreementpeatlands+5 | — | 13m 54s | |
| 6/2/26 | ![]() 02/06/26 Rural skills gap, upland farming in Wales, Future Countryside.✨ | rural skills gapupland farming+5 | — | LantraWelsh government+1 | WalesOgmore Vale+2 | skills squeezeland-based industries+7 | — | 13m 49s | |
| 6/1/26 | ![]() 01/06/26 Cost of wildfires, methane from sheep, upland farming✨ | wildfiresmethane emissions+4 | — | University of East AngliaDEFRA | ScotlandBrecon Beacons+2 | wildfiresmethane+8 | — | 11m 58s | |
| 5/30/26 | ![]() 30/05/26 - Farming Today This Week: pig supply chain problems, hot weather impacts and singing farmers✨ | pig supply chainextreme weather+4 | — | National Pig AssociationMorrisons+1 | — | pig supply chainextreme weather+4 | — | 24m 41s | |
| 5/29/26 | ![]() 29/05/26 Water abstraction, food inflation, local food systems.✨ | water abstractionfood inflation+3 | — | Environment AgencyFarm Fresh Revolution | Staffordshire | water abstractionfood inflation+5 | — | 14m 03s | |
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