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
Red Tractor chair must resign, say farmers; regenerative agriculture; British beef exports; straw prices; & Britain's Fittest Farmers
Assured Food Standards chairman Lucy Neville-Rolfe faces calls to resign after she voted against measures to protect British farmers from cheap food imports.
Baroness Neville-Rolfe voted against amend…
Farm fires, BBC bias, footpath diversions, food standards, Agriculture Bill, sheep sales, & Young Farmerados
In this episode, the National Farmers Union wins a victory against the BBC after complaining about the broadcaster's “meat is killing the planet” programme.
Tory rebel MPs who voted against their own…
Grain quality dispute, Agriculture Bill, Livestock Information Service, blueprint for farmed environment, & #AgMentalHealthWeek
In this episode, the government says it is unlikely to accept amendments to its Agriculture Bill – find out the implications for farm businesses.
Arable farmer Olly Harrison says a lorry load of his w…
Beef 'carbon tax', grain market prospects, future of AHDB Horticulture, Bovine TB special, Britain's Fittest Farmer, & National Harvest Festival
In this episode, plans to impose a 'carbon tax' on farmers who finish prime beef cattle later than 27-months-old have split industry opinion.
Some farmers have welcomed the idea – but others say it wo…
Wet autumn worries, wheat drilling dates, weather outlook, market prices, pig prospects, Donald Trump and US farmers, & robotic grain meter
In this week's podcast: it's raining and storms are on their way – could we be looking at a repeat of last year's wet autumn?
We look at the long-term weather forecast for the coming weeks – and how i…
Net Zero, carbon-friendly farming, soil health, Brexit agri-food uncertainty, & British lamb barbecue
It's a year since the National Farmers Union unveiled ambitious plans for UK agriculture to be carbon neutral within two decades.
We examine whether the NFU's Net Zero 2040 target is realistic and ach…
Badger cull, Hotel California Brexit, fair deal for dairy farmers, latest market prices, & world's largest monthly farm machinery auction
The 2020 badger cull gets under way to combat bovine tuberculosis in cattle – we meet a farmer who says it is helping tackle the disease.
As the Brexit rhetoric ramps up, so too are efforts to ensure …
Special Episode: AHDB chairman Nicholas Saphir outlines timetable for 'root and branch' reform of levy board
Farmers will have more say in the way their levy money is spent by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).
In this exclusive interview, AHDB chairman Nicholas Saphir talks about the…
Back British Farming Day, family farms, Brexit, challenging Yorkshire harvest, AHDB reform, & Britain's most expensive broadband
Government ministers and MPs are being urged to Back British Farming ahead of a crucial four months of post-Brexit trade talks.
It comes amid a stark warning from a top economist who says one in three…
Countryside stewardship, sugar beet contracts, no-deal Brexit lamb compensation, bovine tuberculosis vaccine, & rally driving farmer
Farmers working hard to look after the environment face being disadvantaged because the government won't allow changes to countryside stewardship agreements.
It follows a government decision to abolis…
Food security, Defra targets farm pollution, milk and dairy alternatives, harvest update, & 100 episodes of the Dewing Grain Podcast
Food security and self-sufficiency must be a key part of the UK's recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, say farm leaders.
UK self-sufficiency in food production stands at just 64%, according to the …
£1m combine harvester, breeding sheep sales, oilseed rape dilemma, wheat and barley, & Prince Charles backs new farm charity
The cost of new machinery continues to scale new heights with John Deere slapping a hefty price tag on its latest X9 1100 combine.
Many growers will struggle to find the best part of £1m to spend on t…
Fertiliser explosion, farm thefts, spring barley harvest, min-till and cover crops, & wool petition
UK farmers are being reminded to store fertiliser safely after an explosion involving 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate killed over 130 people in Beirut.
For Lincolnshire farmer Andrew Green, the traged…
Three-crop rule scrapped, food imports, challenging harvest, planning reform benefits, & BBC Countryfile
Defra has confirmed that farmers in England will no longer have to comply with environmental greening rules to receive their full annual basic payment.
We examine what the end of the three-crop rule m…
Wheat harvest, new TB test trial, electric 4x4s, rising lamb prices, & farm safety figures
The wheat harvest has kicked off in the south of England, with variable yields highlighting the challenges faced by the tricky growing season.
Growers give their verdict as combines roll into wheat cr…
Farm safety week, dairy costings, rural crime, animal health and welfare, environmental stewardship, & straw prices
On the Farmers Weekly Podcast, it's Farm Safety Week – and we have a special interview with farm safety campaigner Jane Gurney.
Jane's teenage son Harry was killed in an accident involving an unroadw…
Hydrogen tractors, oilseed rape harvest, AHDB rebels, autumn sales innovation, market prices & comment
In this week’s Podcast we talk to the growers who want a ballot to decide the future of their AHDB Levy.
The OSR harvest gets underway across the country just as one of the key processing sites suffer…
Barley harvest, trade and agriculture commission, AHDB commodity outlook, market prices, & farm safety apps
In this week's podcast, harvest 2020 is go with combines rolling into barley across the south of England as a challenging season nears its conclusion.
We talk to two growers – one in Devon and one in …
Have your say on ELMs, cabbage stem flea beetle, worthless wool, farm investment, market prices, & drive-thru strawberries.
Farmers are being urged to help shape the government's forthcoming Environmental Land Management Scheme.
The flagship support scheme – which will come into place as direct payments are phased out – wi…
Huge support for farmers, rethinking rotations, land prices, small abattoirs, machinery sales, & Black Lives Matter
In this week's podcast, – one million people have now signed an NFU petition calling on the government to ensure all imported food meets UK standards.
Farm leader Minette Batters explains how they NFU…