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Farming Today

Farming Today

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Show overview

Farming Today has published 74 episodes during 2026. That works out to roughly 20 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a near-daily cadence.

Episodes typically run ten to twenty minutes — most land between 14 min and 14 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Science show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed earlier today, with 74 episodes already out so far this year. Published by BBC.

Episodes
74
Started
2026
Median length
14 min
Cadence
Near-daily

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The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

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12/06/26 Sustainable Farming Incentive, Cereal farming in Cumbria

Jun 12, 202613 min

10/06/26 New bovine TB strategy for England, cereals

Jun 10, 202614 min

09/06/26 Flood funding, cattle cull, cereals

Jun 9, 202614 min

08/06/26 Brown or white eggs? The outlook for cereal farmers

Jun 8, 202611 min

06/06/26 - Farming Today This Week: Dartmoor ponies, water voles and land-based jobs

Jun 6, 202624 min

05/06/26 Dartmoor ponies, upland economics, Open Farm Sunday

Jun 5, 202614 min

04/06/26 High Court rules the Food Standards Agency overcharged abattoirs, hydropower funding, upland farmer groups

Jun 4, 202613 min

03/06/26 EU trade agreement, peat restoration and water voles, Scottish uplands

Jun 3, 202613 min

02/06/26 Rural skills gap, upland farming in Wales, Future Countryside.

Jun 2, 202613 min

01/06/26 Cost of wildfires, methane from sheep, upland farming

Jun 1, 202611 min

30/05/26 - Farming Today This Week: pig supply chain problems, hot weather impacts and singing farmers

May 30, 202624 min

29/05/26 Water abstraction, food inflation, local food systems.

May 29, 202614 min

28/05/26 Rural crime, restoring signposts, Welsh food project

May 28, 202613 min

27/05/26 Heatwave and water shortages - the impact on farming, Scottish farm co-operative.

May 27, 202614 min

26/05/26 Mounting pressure for Scottish pig farmers, funding for rural churches, selling farm produce at markets

May 26, 202614 min

25/05/26 - The History of Crofting

May 25, 202611 min

23/05/26 Farming Today This Week: red diesel, Gulf trade deal, Climate Change Committee report, regen tenancies, flowers.

May 23, 202624 min

22/05/2026 Gulf trade deal, tax cut on red diesel, cuts to tariffs on food imports, flowers, farmers going out of business

May 22, 202613 min

21/05/26 Drought report, impact of Middle East war on berry growers, farm flower garden.

May 21, 202613 min

20/05/26 Climate Change Committee report, EU alignment, flower grower hub.

May 20, 202613 min
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