Farming Programme

Is our water as bad as is often reported? What's being done to improve it and how can farmers help? There's something exciting for kids coming up at Lincolnshire Showground. Plus important agronomy advice, crop, livestock and grain market reports and prices and the weather for the week to come.

Sheep and sugar, pick-ups to Ukraine, agronomy advice, crop and market reports and the weather for the week to come. The week in agriculture!

Nature-based solutions: what are they and what opportunities exist? We'll soon say farewell to one of the NFU's longest-serving advisers, we chat with Simon Fisher about his long and much-respected career. Plus there's agronomy advice, crop and market reports and prices and the weather for the week ahead. The week in agriculture!

Diversifying, transitioning, soil health, cover crops, shire horses, agronomy advice, crop and market reports and prices and the weather for the week to come. - all on this week's podcast!

Defra grant money, Young Farmers, Tractors into Schools, a worrying scam against farmers, sugar beet derogation all on this week's podcast. Plus agronomy advice, crop and market reports and prices and the weather for the week to come.

New tech and new ideas from the Low Carbon Ag Show, the NFU Conference and a big government funding announcement, learning workshops, virtual farm visits, agronomy advice, crop and market reports and prices and the weather for the week to come. All on this week's podcast.

We've words of wisdom from the speakers at the recent Lincolnshire Farming Conference. Plus tractors in school playgrounds, farmers helping Ukraine, agronomy advice, market reports and prices and the weather for the week to come.

Good news for livestock farmers; it's Mind Your Head Week and it won't be long until Open Farm Sunday. A new social group has been formed, run by and for women in agriculture. And our weekly crop, weather and market reports and prices.

Another busy week for farming events, we get a taste of what's on offer at Stoneleigh this week, the latest fly-tipping stats are out, how do they look? And we've some more meat on the bones of the Sustainable Farming Incentive. Plus agronomy advice, crop and market reports and prices and the weather for the week to come.

One of the major farming conferences is making a welcome return to the Lincolnshire Showground in a few days. What's in store? We hear about an alternative source of fertiliser and a new farming advice service. Plus agronomy advice, crop and market reports and price and the weather for the week to come.

We hear about more shiny new stuff launched at LAMMA, Lincolnshire kids learn about the importance of breakfast, an update on last year's direct drilling trial and the return of Sean Sparling with agronomy advice and frost news for sugar beet growers. Plus the market prices and weather for the week to come.

Reports from LAMMA, some good news on Stewardship and SFI payments and we meet a Lincolnshire tech start-up helping with crop forecasting. Plus market reports and the weather for the week to come.

We welcome special guest Minette Batters, President of the NFU. We'll preview LAMMA and look at some new grain-drying tech. Plus the weekly grain and livestock market reports.

How was 2022 in agriculture? How did the markets do? How is the sugar beet campaign progressing? Will it be a happy New Year? - It will be from all of us at the Farming Programme!

The final podcast of the year! A very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours from all of us at The Farming Programme. We visit a community farm, look at a charity cookbook for busy people and get some important agronomy advice and review the markets.

We look at what's claimed to be the world's first seeding AND weeding autonomous robot. The CLA are unhappy with progress towards the introduction of ELMs - why? Plus details of grant funding available to farmers. And, of course, our weekly crop and market reports and some timely and important agronomy advice.

Lots of new tech from CropTec reviewed. Is the new hare coursing legislation working? We've been to Fatstock and we'll review the livestock and grain markets. Plus important agronomy advice and the weather for the coming week.

Profit vs sustainability - conflicting or complementary? The view of a Lincolnshire farmer and the NFU. We catch up with the Lincolnshire Rural Support Network and Virgin Money takes a look at the Chancellor's Autumn Statement. Plus, agronomy advice, crop and market reports and will the rain continue for another week?

We hear what's new at the Midlands Machinery Show, get timely agronomy advice and market reports, talk flooding, meet a farming lifetime achievement award winner and find out about the new Lincolnshire 'Ag Zone'.

Can a farm business really be both profitable and sustainable? What's in store at this week's Midlands Machinery Show at Newark Showground? The answers, plus crop and market reports, agronomy advice and we meet yet another Lincolnshire farming award winner.