The Farmers Weekly Podcast
The inside track on the biggest stories affecting UK agriculture - with Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Every Friday.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 45 minutes
- Episodes
- 292
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
New Defra secretary Emma Reynolds – what can we expect? Confusion over funding for young farmers', bovine TB, & school launches BTEC in agriculture
In this episode, we look at what farmers can expect from new Defra secretary Emma Reynolds - her policies and personality.
To discuss that and more, we’re joined by Jonathan Reynolds, director of exte…
Farmers help firefighters battle huge moorland blaze, hay and straw shortage, pig and poultry pollution, & warning over safe tractor driving
In this episode, farmers are helping firefighters battle a huge moorland blaze in Yorkshire.
Farmers are using slurry tankers to deliver water to fire crews fighting flames which have engulfed thousan…
Oilseed rape - surprise crop of the year? Sugar beet price, food price inflation, more on electronic tagging, and tributes to David Richardson
Harvest has been hugely variable this summer – with many growers in prime arable areas reporting terrible cereal yields.
But has one crop bucked the trend?
After years of decline and disappointment, oi…
AHDB harvest error, alternative inheritance tax plan, Vivergo bioethanol plant, drought, & electronic ID for cattle
A data error means the latest harvest progress report over-estimates yields – and triggers an investigation by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.
Why wasn't the report right in the fi…
Kemi Badenoch hits out on inheritance tax, dairy farmer crowdfunds renewable energy project, harvest update & deep dive into autumn weed control
In this episode, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch visits an Essex farm – meeting farmers to talk about inheritance tax.
We’ve an exclusive interview.
We meet the Yorkshire dairy farmer who is starting a renew…
Donald Trump on farm inheritance tax, 4WD electric pickup 'gamechanger', Clarkson's Farm goes down with bovine TB, & farmer leaves £500k to charity
In this episode, Donald Trump leaves UK prime minister Keir Starmer in stony silence as he explains why American farmers don’t pay inheritance tax.
But would British farmers really be better off if Pr…
'Godfather' of regenerative agriculture Gabe Brown on future of farming, support for nature-friendly food production, & plan to monetise farm data
In this episode, we take an in-depth look at the future of regenerative agriculture and examine whether it is right for your farm.
We have a special interview with American farmer Gabe Brown, describe…
Former British Lion Tom Youngs talks rugby and farming, progress on national food strategy, Sustainable Farming Scheme for Wales, & variable catchy harvest
In this episode, former British Lion Tom Youngs shares his thoughts on farming and rugby.
We run the rule on the government’s latest iteration of a national food strategy - and discuss the implication…
Drought and wildfire warning, new Tesco boss backs farmers, parts suppliers frustration, growing olives in Lincolnshire
In this episode, as drought is declared in Yorkshire, we look at the impact of the dry weather across the country.
Scotland faces a wildfire warning – following a 30,000 acre blaze which saw farmers a…
Groundswell 2025: £150m in capital grants for farmers, former Defra adviser on farming future, how to unlock nature markets, big business invests in farming, AHDB chief exec plans for farm levies,
In this episode, a former Defra adviser says the government must win back farmers trust if it is serious about successful agriculture.
The government unveils £150m in capital grants for farmers – we l…
Groundswell 2025: £150m in capital grants for farmers, former Defra adviser on farming future, how to unlock nature markets, big business invests in farming, AHDB chief exec plans for farm levies
In this episode, a former Defra adviser says the government must win back farmers' trust if it is serious about successful agriculture.
The government unveils £150m in capital grants for farmers – we …
Early start for harvest 2025, moisture meters, why it's gone quiet on inheritance tax, Fram Farmers trials day, & CowPie Country Show
In this episode, we preview the early start to harvest 2025 as the first combines roll into barley crops.
One year after the Labour came to power, we ask why farm leaders have gone so quiet on governm…
Red Tractor must avoid 'fudged' reform, bluetongue restriction havoc in Wales, Scottish beef at the Royal Highland Show, Farming Rules for Water, and more on skylarks at Cereals
In this episode, a former NFU combinable crops chairman sats the pace of change at Red Tractor is too slow to win back farmers' confidence.
Cross-border bluetongue restrictions on livestock brought fr…
Verdict on government spending review, outrage at imported supermarket beef, bumper Cereals event, & top accolade for 21-year-old oat variety
In this episode, UK farm leaders voice dismay after three major British supermarkets start selling beef from Australia, Uruguay and New Zealand.
Is the government's spending review really better than …
Spending review - likely impact on farming, Cereals event preview, and getting the message across on Open Farm Sunday
In this episode, we look at the likely impact of the government's spending review on UK farming and the environment.
We have a sneak preview of this month’s Cereals event – and why reducing carbon emi…
Farmers quit UK to farm in France, nature-friendly farm support concerns, North Sheep, Red Tractor latest, yellow rust gene failure confirmed, & Madam Tussauds celebrates national sausage roll day
In this episode, a UK farming couple quit the UK to go farming in France, saying they feel more valued by the French government.
Defra declines to comment on reports that the government's Spending Rev…
Janet Hughes 'hard act to follow at Defra', new AHDB chair, Green Farm Collective, regenerative wheat & wool, UK-EU veterinary deal, & beef under the climate cosh
In this episode, as senior civil servant Janet Hughes decides to leave Defra, we look at what it means for the Sustainable Farming Incentive.
It's a revolving door at the AHDB, with the appointment of…
US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins talks trade deals in London; delay inheritance tax plan, MPs tell government; SFI reopens for 3000 farmers; & Defra's food strategy
In this episode, MPs say the government should delay plans to impose inheritance tax on farmers – and revise its controversial policy.
Defra announces a partial reopening of the Sustainable Farming In…
What next for the Sustainable Farming Incentive? Impact of US-UK trade deal on farming, small abattoirs, & silage trailer safety
In this episode we look at the future of the Sustainable Farming Incentive agri-environment scheme.
Natural England head of agriculture Peter Craven tells us the scheme will return – and be better fo…
Hottest May Day – crops swelter as temperatures soar, ground-breaking farm tenancies, Rothamsted redundancies, & food security – could rationing return?
Record-breaking temperatures see crops sweltering in the spring sunshine. A worry or just another challenge for arable growers?
UK former home secretary James Cleverly and Save British Farming campaig…