If you missed this lovely conversation about what galaxies are made of and whether aliens created the Antikythera Mechanism (!) the special extended podcast edition is now available on BBC Sounds: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

New series starts today!

I've always been fascinated by stories about animal tracking. Following wild creatures into the places only they know about.

Today on radio 4, I'm telling some of those stories...

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Why are farmers protesting ? Find out tomorrow morning at 11 on BBC Radio 4 as I join protests across the country.

Seeing the positives of farming on the floodplain. The Archers advisor @sybilruscoe meets a farmer who’s embracing flooding on her Glos farm. Sunday 6.35 or any time on BBC Sounds. Debbie Wilkins FWAG SouthWest Nicola Cannon Royal Agricultural University bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

In tmw’s Farming Today we’re outside the Senedd with Steffan Messenger & thousands of discontented Welsh farmers; protests about a huge battery farm on a greenfield site; + I’m wading about in a Lancashire beck with Ribble Rivers Trust to see NFM in action. Love a leaky dam!

Today’s office (with giant)

This week Anna Hill meets the most powerful woman in British agriculture. minette batters stepped down as president of the NFU this week. She talks frankly about successes, failures, farming and family. Sunday 6.35am, or any time on BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

#NFU24 minette batters leaves the Conference for the last time as President, to warm applause - you can hear her personal story in On Your Farm BBC Radio 4 This Sunday 0635

Just been chatting live BBC Radio 5 Live with Nicky Campbell and guests about the challenges facing farmers and Rishi Sunak's speech at #NFU24 National Farmers' Union

The Prime Minister praises minette batters for being ‘fair thoughtful and forceful’
#NFU24 hear more from him tomorrow Farming Today

Emotional address by minette batters #NFU24
standing ovation

At #NFU24 minette batters says that 50% of subsidies should be focused on food production and she looks forward to hear what the PM will say on this.
The PM just told us in an exclusive interview that food is a public good… but 50% may be a bit more than what he has in mind.

Talking about the business side of farming in tmw’s Farming Today. Great to catch up with John and Maria at Dodgson Wood to hear how diversification has meant a new lease of life and new sources of income for Nibthwaite Grange Farm near Coniston.

Despite a broken arm(!), brave Cerys Matthews nails Ep2 of #AddToPlaylist in the exceptional company of Benjamin Appl, Anna Lapwood & Jeffrey Boakye. It's thigh-slapping! (careful, Cerys). Catch it 16th Feb. After an op & rest, she'll be back with us for Ep5! 😊 BBC Radio 4.

How sad, people say to me, pityingly, that the @bbc no longer has the courage to run a drama such as Mr Bates v The Post Office. Reminder—this BBCPanorama EIGHT years ago full of revelations ignored by gov helped make possible what we’re now seeing. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-678847…

It was a joy meeting these wonderful women running an organic beef herd in Suffolk.. LISTEN ⁦BBC Radio 4⁩ This Sunday 0635… #OnYourFarm and ⁦BBC Sounds⁩

On Your Farm is back! NEW SERIES starts Sunday 14th 6.30am. Anna Hill meets three generations of women - aged from 20 to 82 - running a beef herd together in Suffolk. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Great to hear from Ellie Goulding about her love of the outdoors + passion for making space for nature for her guest ed prog on BBC Radio 4 Today. We’re at Bodenham Nature Reserve with Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, on farm with Ben Andrews & #herefordshiremeadows who do fab tea & cake! On tmw.

⁦Farming Today⁩ tomorrow hear how to store 2000 tubs of mint sauce and 3 silos of mustard seed ready for Christmas production ⁦⁦CondimentumUK⁩

All you fans of Scrumpy & Western rap get yerselfs up early tomorrow Friday to listen to Farming Today on Radio 4 for a feature on #AgriculturalHipHop !!!
Honestly😂😂😂! I know!
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