{"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":"23/09/2026: Bluetongue, Defra funding, Growing pulses","slug":"23-09-2026-bluetongue-defra-funding-growing-pulses","published_at":"2026-09-23T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farming-today-385282/23-09-2026-bluetongue-defra-funding-growing-pulses","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farming-today-385282","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0031t4q","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0pbxxl1.mp3","summary":"Vets in the South West are testing breeding rams to see if the disease bluetongue has caused infertility. One vets practice in Devon said of the 500 rams they've tested, a quarter were a cause for concern. One farmer we spoke to has had to buy in extra rams to replace those found to be temporarily infertile. There's a warning the breeding season could be delayed, leading to fewer early lambs next year. The second window of funding for environmental schemes on farms has opened - and closed within hours. The Sustainable Farming Incentive is the Government's fund to pay farmers for things like improving soil and creating wildlife habitat. The budget of £233m was all allocated within six hours. And we speak to a Malawian student who's in the UK looking at what farmers here could learn about growing pulses - a staple crop there but not widespread here. Presented by Anna Hill and produced by Sally Challoner.","meta_description":"Vets in the South West are testing breeding rams to see if the disease bluetongue has caused infertility. One vets practice in Devon said of the 500 rams…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":842,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farming-today-385282/episodes/23-09-2026-bluetongue-defra-funding-growing-pulses/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farming-today-385282/23-09-2026-bluetongue-defra-funding-growing-pulses.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}