Farming Today

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August 24 · 11 min
24/08/2026: bluetongue, future foods, farm app
Bluetongue in Scotland, future-proof crops, teen's farming app.
August 22 · 24 min
22/08/26 Solar power - a panel discussion exploring the issues around solar development in the countryside.
Solar energy - we need it to combat climate change, but how much and where should it go?
August 21 · 14 min
21/08/2026: Drought farmer, biodiversity on solar farm, choral work
Drought farmer, biodiversity on solar farm, sheep music.
August 20 · 14 min
20/08/26 Salmonella in eggs, bees in drought, roof-top solar
Investigating an outbreak of salmonella - believed to come from imported eggs.
August 19 · 13 min
19/08/2026 Village agricultural show
Village agricultural show in the Lake District.
August 18 · 13 min
18/08/2026 Bluetongue, solar farm row, vineyards
Bluetongue vaccine, solar farm row, and the heat and vineyards.
August 17 · 11 min
17/08/2026 Drought aid, Solar farms
Government aid for drought-hit farmers in England, solar farms.
August 15 · 24 min
Farming Today This Week: New drought package for farmers, bluetongue, brassica crisis, hot salads, B12 peashoots, cherries.
Prime minister announces new support package to help farmers in England cope with drought.
August 14 · 14 min
14/08/2026 Brassicas, cherries, salad
Brassica crisis, salad, cherry harvest.
August 13 · 14 min
13/08/26 Bluetongue in sheep, growing more UK fruit and veg, B12 in salads
Surviving bluetongue, the sheep farmer's story.
August 12 · 14 min
12/08/2026 Controversial cattle cull, impact of drought on fish stocks, salads.
Controversial cattle cull leaves farmers in Northern Ireland furious.
August 11 · 14 min
11/08/2026 Impact of bluetongue on farmers, harvest in Europe, glass house salads.
Counting the human cost of the livestock disease bluetongue.
August 10 · 11 min
10/08/2026 Financial planning, farming in drought, salad
The finances of farming in and after a heatwave.
August 8 · 25 min
Farming Today This Week: Bluetongue cases continue to rise; impact of climate change on this year's harvest
As bluetongue cases continue to rise, farmers are urged to vaccinate their livestock.
August 7 · 13 min
07/08/2026 Resilient crops for a changing climate, planting in a drought, Sheeted Somerset cattle
We hear of work to make the UK’s arable crops more resilient in a changing climate.
August 6 · 14 min
06/08/26 Bluetongue cases on the rise, vaccination and testing for the disease. Harvest in Perthshire.
As bluetongue cases continue to rise, farmers are urged to vaccinate their livestock.
August 5 · 13 min
05/08/26 Scottish first minister on farming resilience; the cost of drought; harvest in Cumbria
Scotland's first minister on farming policy and how to deal with wildfires in future.
August 4 · 13 min
04/08/26 Wheat harvest, waste whey, sheep farmers at risk from disease
This year's harvest puts many farmers in the red.
August 3 · 11 min
03/08/26 Wildlife in drought, harvest 2026
How wildlife is coping in the drought
August 1 · 24 min
Farming Today This Week 01/08/26 Drought, water abstraction, food inflation, bluetongue, young Cornish dairy farmer.
Half of England and all of Wales are in drought, how's this affecting farmers?

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