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Newest Episode: Sat February 04, 2012. 07:00 AM
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 and Charlotte Smith, Farming Today goes out every weekday on Radio 4 at 0545 (14 minutes)and at 0635 on Saturdays (22 minutes).
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Sat February 04, 2012. 07:00 AM
Charlotte Smith is at a farm with one farmer but 8,000 landlords to investigate why the price of UK farm land has bucked the trend and doubled over the past five years.
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Fri February 03, 2012. 06:00 AM
Charlotte Smith hears that Cheshire West is selling its council farms but across the border Cheshire East is keeping them.
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Thu February 02, 2012. 05:59 AM
Charlotte Smith hears how trees are being planted to save salmon from climate change.
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Wed February 01, 2012. 05:45 AM
The price of an acre of UK farmland varies from just £50 to £10,000. Anna Hill investigates what makes the difference between the most expensive and cheapest land.
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Tue January 31, 2012. 06:00 AM
Vets say thousands of animals could be infected with Schmallenberg's disease, which causes birth defects in lambs and calves.
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Mon January 30, 2012. 06:00 AM
With Charlotte Smith. Farmland has doubled in value over the last 5 years, this week we explore the consequences for food and farming. And, over 90% of red meat's carbon footprint comes from the farm.
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Sat January 28, 2012. 07:00 AM
Confused crops and bewildered wildlife - how the mild winter is affecting the countryside. Charlotte Smith presents.
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Fri January 27, 2012. 06:00 AM
How British food exports could be the key to an ailing economy, Charlotte Smith investigates. Today, the government launches an export action plan to help smaller companies sell their produce abroad. Farming Today visit the oldest producer of smoked salmon in London to find out what makes exporting food difficult.
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Thu January 26, 2012. 06:00 AM
With Charlotte Smith. A new Government report predicts wheat yields could increase by between 40% and 140%, by the 2050s, because of climate change. But, it all depends on rain. Also in the programme, illegal slaughter and unhygienic conditions at an unlicensed Northamptonshire farm shop.
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Wed January 25, 2012. 06:00 AM
Dragons' Den star Deborah Meaden says "I'm in" by supporting British-produced rose veal to prevent thousands of bull calves being destroyed at birth.
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Tue January 24, 2012. 06:00 AM
The UK leads race to breed a new variety of rice for a post-tsunami Japan. Anna Hill reports
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Mon January 23, 2012. 06:00 AM
Granting farmers anonymity for trial badger culls will be an impossibility. Charlotte Smith presents.
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Sat January 21, 2012. 07:00 AM
From counting birds and badgers, to hares to wild boar - Charlotte Smith crunches the numbers on the accuracy and political controversy of wildlife surveys.
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Fri January 20, 2012. 05:59 AM
Latest plans for a government badger cull, and the UK's largest agricultural machinery show.
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Wed January 18, 2012. 06:00 AM
Trying to find hares in the Welsh countryside. Anna Hill presents
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Tue January 17, 2012. 06:00 AM
Anna Hill audits the countryside by counting wild birds.
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Mon January 16, 2012. 06:00 AM
With Charlotte Smith. Thousands of eggs from hens in illegal battery cages on UK farms could be getting into the food chain.Plus, the tricky business of counting wild birds and animals. And, a new name in the veterinary dictionary: Schmallenberg Disease.
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Sat January 14, 2012. 07:00 AM
Charlotte Smith hears how imported EU pork will be produced to better welfare standards this time next year.
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Fri January 13, 2012. 06:00 AM
British egg farmers with egg on their faces, as the European Commission reveal up to half a million hens are still kept in banned battery cages on home soil.
But with 14% of egg production across Europe now illegal, Caz Graham asks the European Commission what penalties the 15 non-compliant countries will face.
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Thu January 12, 2012. 06:00 AM
With Charlotte Smith. The average price of farmland has more than doubled over the last 5 years years, from £1,800 to £4,000 an acre according to the estate agents Savills. That means it has been a better investment than stocks and shares, gold, or property. Continuing Farming Today's exploration of welfare standards in pig production, we find out what the 4 biggest supermarkets require from EU farms which supply imported pork. And, the Welsh Assembly Government is considering a cull to control increasing numbers of deer.
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