{"podcast":{"title":"Farming Today","slug":"farming-today-385282","podcast_index_feed_id":385282,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.files.bbci.co.uk/b006qj8q.rss","website_url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qj8q","image_url":"http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/3000x3000/p0m2f7pg.jpg","author":"BBC","episode_count":26,"summary":"The latest news about food, farming and the countryside","last_synced_at":"2026-09-24T04:21:47.834303+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farming-today-385282"},"episode":{"title":"19/09/2026  The role of farming co-ops, Shepherd protests in Bucharest, International sheep dog trials","slug":"19-09-2026-the-role-of-farming-co-ops-shepherd-protests-in-bucharest-international-sheep-dog-trials","published_at":"2026-09-19T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farming-today-385282/19-09-2026-the-role-of-farming-co-ops-shepherd-protests-in-bucharest-international-sheep-dog-trials","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farming-today-385282","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0031smm","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0pbcpz7.mp3","summary":"This week, we've been taking a closer look at agricultural co-ops, from very small-scale cooperative working up to huge dairy co-ops. Across Europe, it’s widely recognised that farmer collaboration can give agriculture a stronger voice in the food supply chain. We look at how they are working in different parts of the UK and ask if there is scope for more co-operative working. The BBC's Central Europe correspondent, Nick Thorpe, reports from Romania, where thousands of shepherds have taken to the streets to protest against a ban on live sheep exports. Reporter Vernon Harwood is in the Cotswolds to bring us all the atmosphere of the three-day competition to find the best sheepdog handler in Britain and Ireland. And we talk to the team behind a new play which follows a single day in the life of three generations of women on a working family farm. Presenter: Charlotte Smith Producer: Beatrice Fenton Farming Today is a BBC Audio Bristol production","meta_description":"This week, we've been taking a closer look at agricultural co-ops, from very small-scale cooperative working up to huge dairy co-ops. Across Europe, it’s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1475,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farming-today-385282/episodes/19-09-2026-the-role-of-farming-co-ops-shepherd-protests-in-bucharest-international-sheep-dog-trials/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farming-today-385282/19-09-2026-the-role-of-farming-co-ops-shepherd-protests-in-bucharest-international-sheep-dog-trials.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}