{"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":"24/08/2026: bluetongue, future foods, farm app","slug":"24-08-2026-bluetongue-future-foods-farm-app","published_at":"2026-08-24T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farming-today-385282/24-08-2026-bluetongue-future-foods-farm-app","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farming-today-385282","url":"http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0030m8c","audio_url":"http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0p5qkw6.mp3","summary":"More cases of the livestock disease Bluetongue have prompted the Scottish Government to impose tighter movement restrictions. It's the first year the midge-borne disease has reached Scotland. There are fears it could disrupt the up-coming ram sales season which involves the movement of thousands of sheep. With the weather so unpredictable and extreme this year, we're taking a look this week at how we can grow food differently, or use different crops. We speak to a scientist at the National Institute for Agricultural Botony who says it's not just new varieties, but repurposing heritage crops. And we meet a sixteen year old in Northern Ireland who's come up with an app to help farmers manage their time better. Presented by Charlotte Smith and produced by Sally Challoner .","meta_description":"More cases of the livestock disease Bluetongue have prompted the Scottish Government to impose tighter movement restrictions. It's the first year the midg…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":719,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/farming-today-385282/episodes/24-08-2026-bluetongue-future-foods-farm-app/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/farming-today-385282/24-08-2026-bluetongue-future-foods-farm-app.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}