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2025-03-31

  31/03/25 Lifeline for Guernsey dairy farmers, wartime farm survey, turtle dove conservation

Guernsey dairy farmers have welcomed a decision to increase the support they receive from government.An ambitious plan is underway to digitise wartime farm records and make them available online. A ban in Europe on shooting turtle doves, and work by fa... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2025-03-29

  29/03/25 Farming Today This Week: Bird flu in a sheep; Egg production; Red Tractor review; Chancellor's spring statement.

Bird flu has been found in a sheep for the first time. DEFRA said the case in Yorkshire was on a farm where avian flu was present in captive birds. One ewe tested positive and has been culled, but her lambs and the rest of the small flock of sheep were... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2025-03-28

  28/03/25 Investigation into supply chain arbitration, sexing chicks in eggs, small island dairy

Farmers are too afraid to use a government system that was set-up to improve their relationship with the supermarkets, according to a new investigation by BBC One’s Countryfile.All week we've been looking at the egg industry. Yesterday we heard about p... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2025-03-27

  27/03/25 Chancellor's spring statement, pullets, nitrogen inquiry.

The Chancellor's spring statement has drawn a mixed reaction from the rural community. Farming itself wasn't mentioned as such, Rachel Reeves focused on the government's agenda for growth and plans to build more homes. We speak to a professor from Newc... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2025-03-26

  26/03/25 Red Tractor responds to farm assurance review, Efra inquiry into border checks, colony eggs

Red Tractor has responded to an independent review into the assurance scheme. A report, published earlier this year, recommended more than 50 changes to the Red Tractor scheme, which is supposed to hold farmers to meet high standards on animal welfare,... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2025-03-25

  25/03/25 Bird flu in sheep, free-range eggs, restoring lost ponds

Bird flu has been found in a sheep for the first time. DEFRA said the case in Yorkshire was on a farm where avian flu was present in captive birds. One ewe tested positive and has been culled, but her lambs and the rest of the small flock of sheep were... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2025-03-24

  24/3/25 National pesticides action plan, egg week overview, forced rhubarb

The UK has set a pesticide reduction target of 10% over the next five years. The UK Pesticides National Action Plan from all four UK governments says it will support farmers and growers to reduce the potential harm from pesticides, so rather than farme... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2025-03-21

  21/03/25 New National Forest, Biosecurity at the border, farming medicinal cannabis.

England is to have a new National Forest. The Western Forest will be planted across Bristol, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Somerset. It's the first national forest in 30 years. The government is putting £7.5 million towards it, with the same amount e... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2025-03-20

  20/03/25 - Fairness in the supply chain, biosecurity measures to prevent a livestock epidemic

There’ve been cases of foot and mouth disease in Germany, Hungary and Romania this spring. How would we fare if it crossed the Channel? We’re talking about biosecurity all this week, how to prevent disease, like FMD, from getting into the country and... 		  BBC Radio 4 author
2025-03-19

  19/03/25 - Rural pubs, avian flu biosecurity and nurdles on beaches

Rural communities could find it increasingly difficult to save their local pubs following the decision to shut down a government grant scheme. The Community Ownership Fund, which helped groups to buy local assets such as pubs and parks, was set up as p... 		  BBC Radio 4 author