We look at a new mowing system designed to protect bugs, insects and small creatures as well as helping wildflowers to bloom again at the roadside. We'll hear about some upcoming events benefitting local and farming charities that you and I can support. Plus timely advice from our crop doctor, market reports and the weather for the week to come.
What to do with those old household batteries - turn them into fertiliser! We'll hear about electric quad bikes, automating lettuces and breeding flies for feed. Plus agronomy, market reports and the weather for the week to come.
Will the new red diesel rules affect you? We've a critical food safety message, plus agronomy advice, market reports and the weather for the week. How many of us fully understand the transition from BPS to ELMS? We've have help in the form of a CLA roadshow. And we'll hear all about a school farm garden near Boston.
What effect could the extra salt as a result of rising sea levels have on our soil and crops? Why were so many tractors in school playgrounds and so many people at Newark Showground last week? The answers, plus agronomy, market reports and the week's farming weather on the Farming Programme.
A bit of an educational theme this week as we hear about a food, farming and environment schools challenge, an agricultural apprentice open event and we'll learn what we can expect from Cereals as it returns to Duxford this summer. Plus livestock and grain market reports and why am I going back on a diet?!
If you're an AHDB levy payer, or a farmer thinking of retirement, or any other kind of farmer, it's important you listen to this week's Farming Programme. Plus agronomy advice, concerns over glyphosate supply, market reports, farming news and weather.
A report from the pig sector crisis meeting with Defra, the launch of a very important campaign to promote better mental health in agriculture and part two of our visit to a vertical farm growing millions of basil plants, all year round. Plus timely agronomy advice, market reports and the weather for the week to come.
If you eat basil, there's a good chance it was grown in an old industrial unit in Scunthorpe - Steve pays a visit to a vertical farm. The Big Farmland Bird Count returns for its 9th year. Plus agronomy, market reports, farming news and weather.
We look ahead to Tractors into Schools, consider a serious potato problem and look at the support available to the farming and country community in these stressful times. Plus agronomy, the livestock and grain market reports and the week's farming weather.
Is including livestock in the arable rotation a possible solution to black grass? We look forward to Open Farm Sunday, which launches this week and Sean Sparling is back with agronomy and a report from the AICC conference. Plus livestock and grain market reports and the weather for the week to come.
We debate the Landscape Recovery Scheme this week and look ahead to the tasty delights of Farmhouse Breakfast Week. Plus, agronomy, livestock and grain market reports and the week’s farming news.
New farming incentives to talk about, some good news if you've been a victim of hare coursing, a new weekly review of the livestock market, grain prices and the weather for the week ahead.
Continuing our review of 2021 and preview of 2022. Focusing on the pig and poultry sectors, farm safety, agronomy and the practical and mental health support available to the country community as we move into the new year.
We look back at a challenging 2021 and consider what we can expect as we move into the new year. We'll hear from local farmers and industry leaders.
How much of a threat to the dairy industry is cryptosporidium? It is getting more prevalent. We'll talk potatoes, agronomy, the markets and take a look at one of the Lincolnshire Christmas highlights - the Louth Christmas Charity Tractor Run.
Hear our trip to see Louth Livestock Market in action, another yield success for a Lincolnshire farmer - hear how he did it, and the latest fly-tipping stats have been released and don't make good reading for Lincolnshire. Plus agronomy advice and a review of the grain markets.
A Lincolnshire farmer has won an award for the best oilseed rape yield in the country, we'll find out how he did it. We talk (Christmas) turkey and ask the question 'who's your Julie?'. Plus agronomy advice, a review of the markets and a look at the weather for the week to come.
There's some good news from Defra, especially if you are am agricultural contractor. It's not been all plain sailing for the start of the sugar beet campaign at Newark - an update from British Sugar and a Lincolnshire grower. Plus hear about the tie-up between fast food giant McDonalds and one of the country's major agricultural educators. Plus agronomy and a review of the markets.
Good news about rural crime in Lincolnshire, a new campaign launches to support and promote British farming. And if you use, or are, an agricultural contractor, you need to listen! Plus agronomy, the grain markets and the week's farming news and weather.
Reporting from the Midlands Machinery Show in Newark and hearing of another innovation from the Lincolnshire Rural Support Network. Plus agronomy advice, a review of the the markets, the week's farming news and the weather for the week ahead.
Ellie Codling looks at the many challenges facing the horticulture sector and has a chat with the Young Farmers. Plus agronomy, the grain markets and the week's farming news.
An environmental and climate change theme this week, chatting with the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) about how farmers can tackle climate change and AgriEpiCentre on how agri-tech can help reduce emissions. Plus the week's farming news and weather.
It's black grass time again! We have advice on that and herbicides from agronomist Sean Sparling. We take a look at the new sugar beet campaign, one month in and hear about a business seminar hoping to help in these changing times. And I hope to see you at the harvest festival at Lincoln Cathedral!
Some good news, at last, for the pig sector. The story of a young couple who have entered agriculture via an unconventional round, and don't even have a farm. Plus a review of the markets and the week's detailed weather forecast.
Pig farmers face the heartbreaking and possibly financially ruinous decision to cull healthy, viable pigs. A farmer has come up with a simple way of notifying farmers if something happens to their livestock. Plus agronomy, the grain markets, the week's farming news and weather forecast.
Gene editing rules are to be relaxed - what does this mean, is it a good thing or are we tampering with nature? Sugar beet growers are being offered a new deal, all the details are here. Plus the week's farming news and weather, agronomy advice and a review of the markets.
The shortage of CO2 goes far beyond the possibility of no turkey on the Christmas dinner table, why and what are the ramifications of insufficient nitrogen fertiliser? We'll hear of one Lincolnshire cabbage grower's ambitious plans. Plus agronomy, the markets and the weather for the week ahead.
It's the start of the new sugar beet campaign this week, we speak to British Sugar and a beet grower. We hear about a possible alternative crop for difficult land, plus a potato update, agronomy, the markets, the week's farming news and the weather for the week to come.
Problems with pigs, enhancements to the agricultural chaplaincy service and a trip to one of the principal agricultural colleges in the area. Plus agronomy, the markets, the week's farming news and the weather for the week to come.
Climate change - what can agriculture do to help? ELMS transition business advice and a Lincolnshire business on keeping local and connecting with the customers. Plus a harvest review, agronomy, the markets and the weather for the week to come.
