The Farming Programme

There's a warning for farmers that it's time to face up to the huge changes heading their way, amid claims many are trying to avoid the inevitable! Also...could green burial sites be a possible life-saver for smaller farms? And we look ahead to the Lincolnshire Young Farmers Rally, taking place on Saturday (June 2nd) at Carrington.

With Brexit on the way, Sean asks - what does the future hold for farming families? Plus, we meet the owners of some award winning pigs from Newark.

With the Nottinghamshire Show this weekend – the first County Show of the year - Sean looks at the importance of County Shows to agriculture.

Sean's joined by the President of the NFU to discuss supermarket mergers, the Government's Green Brexit consultation and the EU extending a ban on the use of pesticides.

We hear from the President of the CLA - after meeting Defra's Michael Gove - to discuss the Government's Health and Harmony Consultation.

What's 4g coverage like where you are? We look at claims some mobile phone operators have, effectively, deserted the countryside. Plus, as the harecoursing season draws to a close, there are calls for a more nationwide approach to tackling the illegal sport.

After a debate on Twitter, the former Green Party Leader Natalie Bennett has spent an entire day on a farm in Lincolnshire to find out the truth about what happens there. We’ll hear from her and the farmer who hosted the visit.

it’s all about the weather again! As many farms start to resemble the lake district, Sean looks at the effect it’s having on the farming calendar. Plus – there’s a look ahead to this Sundays Countryside Lincs event at the Lincolnshire Showground.

as the sugar beet campaign has just ended, we’ve the important facts and figures from the Newark Factory. Plus, we meet some award winning Riseholme students.

This week, Prince Charles and Boris Johnson are on the Farming Programme. Charles speaks about his new fund, aimed at helping family farms. The Foreign Secretary will discuss Brexit and the issue of migrant workers on the land.

With many fields under water, what effect is it having on the early drilling season? Plus, we meet the NFU's new chief advisor of combinable crops.

The new action plan trying to tackle the problem of harecoursing. Plus, we look at the increasing use of drones in agriculture and ask whether farmers are getting the most out of them?

with lambing underway how have our farmers been coping with the snow? Plus, highlights from Tuesdays Lincolnshire Farming Conference, where Sean tries his hand at driving a tractor...and only crashes a couple of times!

As the National Farmers Union elects it’s first ever woman President, in its 110 year history, we’ll be hearing from the new President herself, as she outlines her thoughts on the future of agriculture. Plus, with a severe cold snap forecast…we look at whether it could have an effect on the closing weeks of the sugar beet campaign.

Sean is discussing the Mind Your Head campaign - aimed at urging those in agriculture to talk more about depression, rather than feeling alone and isolated.

There's reaction to a Government consultation over the future of live animal exports. Also we've news from Newark's sugar beet factory - both on the current campaign, a hint of what's to come next year...plus work at the factory, planned for the summer. Sean asks just what is the job of an Agricultural Chaplain? He'll be joined by Lincolnshire's chaplain Alan Robson.

We hear what Prince Charles had to say to the recent Norfolk Farming Conference and the NFU responds to a Government review on Broadband and 4G coverage in rural areas.

Hustings were held in Newmarket this week for the top jobs at the National Farmers Union. We hear from one farmer on the list hoping to be elected Deputy President. Plus, we've an update on the beet campaign from the sugar beet factory in Newark.

Sean's talking rubbish on the Farming Programme. He's looking at the huge problem of Fly-Tipping, with Farm Minister George Eustice and a farmer who last week saved one of his cows, founding chewing a plastic beer bottle!

We hear from one police force where seizing dogs has seen a fall in incidents of hare-coursing. But, Sean asks, is it fixing the problem - or simply pushing it elsewhere?

We have reaction to Defra Secretary Michael Gove's speech at this weeks Oxford Farming Conference. What did he have to say and how has it been received by farmers here?

We speak to the farmer who's finally had a response from Defra Secretary Michael Gove over the Government's stance on the use of insecticides on crops. So what does Mr Gove have to say on the issue? Also, we look ahead at what 2018 has in store for those in agriculture.

It's the return of our annual Farming Pantomime - very badly acted, featuring all of the regular contributors to the programme. This year it's Robin of Sparlingwood - or Robin Hood and his band of occasionally merry farmers.

There's glum news for our potatoes farmers, so we try to look to the positive as a new year approached. Plus, we're looking at a firm that's trying to make crops in the fields even stronger!

How much do you know about sugar produced in Britain? We’re taking a mini-quiz as part of the Farming Programme. Plus, we’ve possible money saving advise for those in agriculture, linked to the weather!