Farming Programme

Farming careers.Farm Safety Foundation's 10 years.More new pig & poultry products.Agronomy, news, weather and market reports.Possibly the biggest charity tractor run ever?THE WEEK IN AGRICULTURE.

We're reporting on new products on show at the Pig & Poultry Fair. Hear from the Farm to Fork Summit and look ahead to the Farm Safety Foundation Conference.Lincolnshire Rural Support Network, LRSN, is celebrating 25 years, how are they doing and what's planned for the second half of the year?Take it easy with the first grass cut of the year - why?Plus important agronomy advice; crop, livestock and grain market reports; the week's farming news and weather.

A soil sensor that tells us when it's time to spray.A look ahead to the Pig & Poultry Fair and Louth Lions charity Tractor Run.NFU Deputy-President, David Exwood, is our guest to review the latest Farmer Confidence Survey. Are things really that bad? What's to be done?Plus crop, livestock and grain market reports. Important agronomy advice and the week's farming news.

Tenant farmers: a year on from the Rock Report - what's changed?How was the sugar beet campaign for you?Lincolnshire Young Farmers - on the move and rallying soonCrop, livestock and grain market reports, the week's farming news, timely agronomy adviceTHE WEEK IN AGRICULTURE

Nottinghamshire County Show previewA new public education campaign to stamp out livestock worryingA farmer who's cycling over 1,000 miles for a farming charity, using an interesting route!Crop and market reports, agronomy advice and the week's farming news.

Looking ahead to Beef Expo 2024 and Open Farm Sunday.Considering hydrogen power - the next big thing for agricultural machinery?Crop, livestock and grain market reports.Important and timely agronomy advice.Plus the week's farming news and weather.

Help for flooded farmers - but is it fit for purpose?It's many people's favourite Sunday lunch, is it yours? Great British Beef Week launches on St George's DayAn important contractors' survey launchesImportant agronomy advice, crop and market reports, the week's faming news and weatherThe week in agriculture!

Which Lincolnshire farmer will we be cheering on at next week's Manchester Marathon and why?BYDV, Septoria and Sclerotinia - all on the way, but what can you do about it? That and more timely agronomy advice.Why thousands of families will be at Lincolnshire Showground next Sunday?Plus the week's farming news and weather, crop, livestock and grain market reports.

Farms still under water 6 months on, what's being done?How is lambing going, how are the crops and markets doing, what's the weather for the week ahead and what's in the news?New urea restrictions come into force tomorrow - detail and more timely agronomy advice from crop doctor Sean Sparling.THE WEEK IN AGRICULTURE - subscribe on your favourite podcast platform and never miss an episode.

Rural crime and organised crime. Changes at Louth Livestock Market.A new partnership between Openfield and FCNThe aphids are arriving early and in big numbers this year - what's to be done? Important agronomy advice from Sean Sparling.The markets, weather and the week's farming news.THE WEEK IN AGRICULTURE EVERY SUNDAY FROM 7AM

Should you be spraying yet, should you be planting now? Agronomist Sean Sparling has some key advice.Opportunities from agricultural transition, future farm funding, grants, land and food security.A Lincolnshire company is innovating to make farm machinery parts better quality and better value.Plus crops, markets, farming news and weather.THE WEEK IN AGRICULTURE, EVERY SUNDAY MORNING FROM 7.

Lots of reports from the Low Carbon Ag Show: methane, drones, eco crops, livestock movements.A new slurry inoculant formulationTractors (and lambs) into Schools Plus the week's farming news and weather, the markets, crops and some timely and important agronomy adviceThe week in agriculture.

A year of farm pick-ups and 4x4s going to Ukraine; and they're on their way again. We speak to the organiser en-route to Lviv.Updates on potatoes, crops, markets and weather.Timey and important agronomy advice.Details of a farm safety event in Newark this week.Getting maize away successfully in waterlogged soil.

What's on at the forthcoming Low Carbon Agriculture Show?What does the CLA want from the next government?Thoughts on carbon calculators, eating better and the true cost of cheap food.Plus agronomy advice and should we grow companion crops with oilseed rape to reduce cabbage stem flea beetle? The week's markets, news and weather.

Another Lincolnshire farming champion - how did he do it? Lots of tractors will soon be rumbling into playgrounds - why? Could you get involved? We're talking problems with peat with one of the speakers from the recent Lincolnshire Farming Conference.Plus, agronomy advice, the week's farming news, weather and markets.

Hear the thoughts of many of the speakers at the recent Lincolnshire Farming Conference - 'Future Farming Opportunities: Biodiversity and Carbon'. How did this year's Yield Enhancement Network's champion achieve his fantastic yields? Why is all not rosy in the tenant and landlord garden? Plus crop and market reports, the week's farming news and weather.

Will SFI kill food production in the UK? We're looking ahead to the Lincolnshire Farming Conference and Mind Your Head Week. The Big Farmland Bird Count is on, can you help? Plus the week's farming news, weather and markets.

We're out with the police this week and we've got the latest fly-tipping stats. We play Farming Simulator and hear about an upcoming ag careers event in Lincolnshire. Plus the week's farming news, markets and weather AND the return of our crop guru, independent agronomist, Sean Sparling with a walk through the fields and some important and timely agronomy advice.

Lots from LAMMA; a new, free 'Farm for the Future' programme; new grant money for solar; the week's farming news, weather and the livestock and grain markets and prices.

All you need to know on the changes to SFI; new land drainage training; LAMMA preview; the livestock and grain markets; the farming news and weather for the week ahead.