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Why I’m obsessed with Farming Today

Plus: a beautiful new series by Simon Armitage about the poetry of animals

Daisy Dunn
Stone barn near the River Duddon in the Lake District. Photo: Tim Graham / Getty Images
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 11 January 2025
issue 11 January 2025

Farming Today airs at an undignified hour each morning on Radio 4. On the few occasions I’ve caught it live I have felt, first of all, relief that I am not a farmer; second, inadequacy; and finally, a surge of evangelism for the farmer’s way of life. I am now reaching the conclusion that getting up early enough to listen to Farming Today is the very least we can all do.

Listening to Farming Today helps dispel the romance of living off-grid

By no means will everything discussed on the programme hold relevance for your life.

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