From the UK Met Office

• A rather cool and mainly unsettled picture looks like dominating the United Kingdom over the next couple of weeks. It won't be all doom and gloom though, as there will be some drier and warmer weather at times, especially as[…]
  
  

From the BBC "Farming Today" Program, MP3 podcasts.

• The worrying rate of loss of our wildlife. Anna Hill hears from scientists warning that 60% of our wildlife species have declined in numbers over recent decades.
  
  
• A new vaccine against Schmallenberg disease goes on the market this summer. But will farmers use it? We hear from the Royal Veterinary College, and a sheep breeder whose flock has been hit by the virus.
  
  
• It's almost time for the Chelsea Flower Show but it's not such a rosy picture for Britain's home-grown flower industry. All-year-round imports are hammering UK producers.
  
  
• Britain's egg producers are booming despite welfare rules. Charlotte Smith finds out why.
  
  
• The farmers in East Anglia who did well in 2012 despite the weather, and Ash die-back is on the march in Wales. Presented by Anna Hill, and Produced by Datshiane Navanayagam.