Podcast Episodes
Back to Search03/09/2026 Scientists dealing with bluetongue, Lough Neagh sampling, Normandy food producers.
As the UK experiences its worst ever outbreak of the livestock disease bluetongue, we find out how government vets and scientists are coping as they …
3 weeks, 3 days ago
02/09/2926 Data centres on farmland, harvest in Uist, River Tweed.
The many pressures on land use are coming into sharper focus in Scotland where opposition is growing to a series of large AI data centres planned acr…
3 weeks, 3 days ago
01/09/26 Crisis loans, pasture for drought resilience, river DNA testing
Farming groups from around the country are pressing for what they are calling 'a government-backed, interest-free Keep Britain Growing Loan' which th…
3 weeks, 5 days ago
31/08/2026: Wildlife corridors
Anna Hill travels on a safari with a difference, across North Norfolk, to discover how dozens of farmers have joined together to create connected cor…
3 weeks, 6 days ago
29/08/2026: bluetongue, future crops, lavender farm
With the livestock disease bluetongue still spreading across the UK, we speak to a Dutch vet about how they coped with a massive outbreak there in 20…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
28/08/26 Licensing firearms and shotguns, lavender in the Lakes, gene-edited salad crops
The system for licensing firearms and shotguns in England and Wales is not fit for purpose and should be replaced to ensure public safety. That’s the…
4 weeks, 2 days ago
27/08/2026: Beef imports, Miscanthus
Farmers in the UK are urging the government to ban imports of beef from Brazil amid fears that it's not produced to the same high standard. The EU an…
1 month ago
26/08/2026: gene editing, Bernard Matthews factory closure
UK scientists working on gene-editing of crops will get access to European markets after the European Parliament voted to relax rules around the prac…
1 month ago
25/08/2026: Milk prices, bluetongue, future crops
The drought, and the livestock disease bluetongue, are having an effect on milk production, with yield down by 1.5 milllion litres every day, accordi…
1 month ago
24/08/2026: bluetongue, future foods, farm app
More cases of the livestock disease Bluetongue have prompted the Scottish Government to impose tighter movement restrictions. It's the first year the…
1 month ago