Farming Today

Original version

BBC Radio 4 FM

BBC Radio 4 is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 30th September 1967. It replaced BBC Home Service.

BBC Radio 4

Radio 4

Radio 4 (FM)

Magazines & Reviews

Factual: Science & Nature: Nature & Environment

The latest news about food, farming and the countryside

BBC Radio 4 LW

Farming Today: 16/01/24 No reason to subsidise agriculture? Cuts to woodland creation in Scotland. Methane tractors.

16/01/24 No reason to subsidise agriculture? Cuts to woodland creation in Scotland. Methane tractors.

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 16/01/24 No reason to subsidise agriculture? Cuts to woodland creation in Scotland. Methane tractors.

A Welsh politician suggests farmers might not need public funding at all.

A member of the Welsh Senedd Mike Hedges suggests that subsidies for farmers could be used elsewhere. We hear reaction from farmers.
The Scottish Government's admitted it won't be able to plant enough trees to meet its climate and nature targets, following cuts of £32 million to grants for planting new woodlands.
This week, as farmers gather in Birmingham for the machinery show LAMMA, we're talking about the latest developments in field hardware.  Methane is a particularly potent greenhouse gas, and is produced by cows burping and farting, but it's also produced by slurry.  Using diesel-guzzling machinery in the field contributes to greenhouse gas emissions, so how about using methane from farm slurry to fuel tractors instead? 

Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Farming Today

16/01/24 No reason to subsidise agriculture? Cuts to woodland creation in Scotland. Methane tractors.

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 4 FM

About BBC Radio 4