Farming Today
The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
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- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q
- Description
- The latest news about food, farming and the countryside
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2024-12-18 18:11
- last episode published
- 2024-12-18 07:00
- publication frequency
- 1.21 days
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- BBC
- Owner
- BBC Radio 4
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- Number of Episodes
- 2322
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- Science & Medicine
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2024-12-18 |
18/12/24 - Inheritance tax figures, anglers' pub, National Park changes and holly berries The figures being used by the Treasury to estimate how many farmers will be impacted by changes to inheritance tax could be inaccurate, because of historical advice given by HMRC. That's according to the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers. The... |
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| 2024-12-17 |
17/12/24 - Poinsettia troubles, hop farm pub, local government reform As many as 7.5 million poinsettias are sold in the UK every year, and 4.5 million of them are grown here. But UK poinsettia growers say next year's crop could be under threat from what they call "disproportionate" plant hygiene rules, which mean crops ... |
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| 2024-12-16 |
16/12/24 TB testing device, rural pubs and community buy-outs. Scientists at Cardiff and Aberystwyth Universities have won more than a million pounds worth of funding for a trial which they hope will create a real-time test for bovine TB. The project will use hand-held microwave technology to remove DNA from cattl... |
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| 2024-12-14 | Farmer protests over the Government's proposed changes to inheritance tax have continued this week, with rallies around the country and around 600 tractors making their way into central London on Wednesday. They arrived just as MPs were discussing the ... |
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| 2024-12-13 | The latest news about food, farming and the countryside. |
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| 2024-12-12 |
12/12/24 Farmer protests, Efra inquiry into the future of farming, TB and dairy farmers. The chancellor has 'refused to engage' over concerns about the proposed change to inheritance tax on farms - so says the president of the National Farmers Union who was appearing before MPs, just as hundreds of farmers drove their tractors into London... |
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| 2024-12-11 | The Welsh government has delivered its budget. Wales received an extra £1 billion from Westminster in the autumn budget which means that all departments have seen seen an increase in the money available to them. There's a 6.6% increase in revenue and a... |
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| 2024-12-10 |
10/12/24 Avian flu bounce back, methane emissions, intensive dairy Turkey farmers are at full stretch across the country, as they get their birds ready for sale. Two years ago it was a very different picture when avian flu hit the poultry industry. In November 2022, the British Poultry Council said the UK had lost 40... |
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| 2024-12-09 |
09/12/2024 Port inspections risk spreading plant disease, dairy industry at 'tipping point' Fruit and veg importers say a shortage of government inspectors at ports is reducing the shelf life of products and the current system risks spreading plant disease. At the end of April, the Government introduced its new Border Target Operating Model,... |
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| 2024-12-07 |
07/12/2024 Farming Today This Week: Dairy emissions; solar farm; workers; Food and Farming Awards Agriculture accounts for around 12% of greenhouse gases in the UK, according to DEFRA and there is much work across the industry to cut that figure. Arla, the farmer run dairy cooperative plans to reduce its emissions by 30% per kilo of milk by 2030. T... |
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