Synopsis
BBC Radio York look at issues affecting farming and the North Yorkshire countryside.
Episodes
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Calf Rearing, Fungicide Development, Leaf Science
13/11/2016 Duration: 17minGareth Barlow charts the development of a farmland spray and looks at dairy calf costs.
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Venison Farming, High Street Butchers, Tristan da Cunha
06/11/2016 Duration: 17minConsumer demand for venison is booming and meet York's newest butchers.
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Agricultural Research Special
30/10/2016 Duration: 37minGareth Barlow meets the scientists and researchers looking at the future for farming.
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Livestock Extravaganza: Yorkshire's Animal World
23/10/2016 Duration: 15minExplore a county of grass fields, livestock markets and industry-leading farms.
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Ice Cream Factory, Anaerobic Digestion, Food Facts
16/10/2016 Duration: 15minWe go behind the scenes of the world's second largest ice cream factory.
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Metaldehyde, Rural Careers, Fish Accents
09/10/2016 Duration: 14minHow can slug poison be kept out of watercourses and do fish still understand each other?
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Badger Faced Sheep, Big Farmland Bird Count
02/10/2016 Duration: 19minThe Badger Faced Sheep Society celebrates its fortieth year, Yorkshire wine, birds & more.
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Countryside Stewardship, Yorkshire Dales, Giant Veg
25/09/2016 Duration: 09minGareth Barlow explores how Yorkshire's iconic landscapes are environmentally managed.
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Mega Sheep Sale, Red Tractor Week, Forty Thousand Bees
18/09/2016 Duration: 17minGareth Barlow speaks with Countryfile's Adam Henson and has mild panic with a lot of bees!
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Celebrating Summer in North Yorkshire
11/09/2016 Duration: 17minThe Yorkshire Farming team stave off the onset of Autumn with a look back at summer!
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Malton Food Festival, Howardian Hills, Shetland Sheep
04/09/2016 Duration: 21minMeet the North Yorkshire headmaster with a tiny slice of Scotland just north of York.
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Tansy Beetles, Yorkshire Arboretum, Lamb Week
28/08/2016 Duration: 17minThere's a UK first for the Yorkshire Arboretum and on the hunt for York's Tansy Beetles.
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Water Voles, Yorkshire Wine, School Growing
21/08/2016 Duration: 15minGareth Barlow checks on the quality of this year's wine harvest in Yorkshire.
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Combine Harvesters, Glorious Twelfth, Emerald Ash Borer
14/08/2016 Duration: 22minThe grouse shooting debate and what does it take to drive a £300,000 combine harvester?
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Pea Harvest, Rural Crime, Poultry Farming
07/08/2016 Duration: 22minYorkshire's pea farmers only have 150 minutes to get peas from field to frozen.
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Ryedale Show, National Living Wage, Yorkshire Dales
31/07/2016 Duration: 15minExploring the impact of the National Living Wage on fruit and vegetable growers.
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Worms, Butterflies, Agricultural Research
24/07/2016 Duration: 15minScientists from York, Leeds & Sheffield Universities' rural research in North Yorkshire.
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Great Yorkshire Show 2016, Antony Worrall Thompson
17/07/2016 Duration: 18minLooking back at England's largest agricultural show.
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Pollinators, Great Yorkshire Show, Farm Safety
10/07/2016 Duration: 15minJoin Gareth Barlow for a walk through a wildflower meadow and robots milking cows
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Milk, Farming and Brexit
03/07/2016 Duration: 20minPossibly the shortest milk miles in the UK and what will Brexit mean for North Yorkshire?