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
Wheat harvest prospects, food standards, ram sales, coronavirus insurance, & World Gin Day
In this week's podcast, an NFU petition calling on the government to make sure food imports are produced to UK standards is set to pass one million signatures.
It comes in the week that the House of L…
Killer cows, cereal varieties, red meat revival, mobile phone offences, & pizza with the Henry Plumb Foundation
In this week's podcast, the death of an 82-year-old rambler who was attacked and killed by cows highlights the dangers of mixing cattle with walkers.
Cattle were responsible for nine deaths nationally…
Drought fears, gene-editing, new season lamb, fertiliser prices, Strategic Farm Week, & Jersey potatoes
In this episode, drought fears grow as lack of rain hits crops and grass growth across much of the UK – farm leaders call for action.
We look at the weather prospects for the June – and towards harves…
Tractor GPS thefts, Prince Charles & harvest workers, tariffs, barley bulge, & mental health awareness
Police are warning farmers that criminal gangs are targeting farms across the country – stealing GPS systems worth thousands of pounds from tractors.
Prince Charles joins the campaign to get Brits wor…
Lockdown eased, fight over food standards, fungicide ban, online livestock sales, & lemons in the Outer Hebrides
In this week's podcast, we look at the impact on farmers as coronavirus restrictions are eased and allow people back into the countryside.
Social distancing must still be observed – of course – but co…
Dust mask shortages, oilseed rape guarantees, food security, dairy payments, & TB-test troubles
Farmers and grainstore managers face a critical shortage of dust masks ahead of harvest because demand has soared due to coronavirus.
People are buying up the masks to limit the spread of the virus – …
Rain boosts crops, machinery spares, public support for farmers, dairy hardship, & garden centres
In the last week of the driest April since records began, it finally rains – prompting growers to tweak their crop management programmes.
We ask three farmers – David White (Cambridgeshire), Colin Woo…
Farmers demand better from AHDB, Red Tractor inspections, COVID-19 loans, & Welsh NVZs
Farmers are to get more say on how the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board spends their money. We talk to AHDB chairman Nicholas Saphir and Mark Coulman of the Tenant Farmers Association.
D…
Special Episode: Peter Kendall talks food & farming
Sir Peter Kendall reveals all about his time at the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board – after serving six years as AHDB chairman.
In this special interview – recorded just days after Sir Pe…
Sky lantern threat, AHDB levy money, Minnesota farmers, & British Beef Week
In this week's podcast, MPs and fire chiefs side with farmers who want people banned from releasing sky lanterns as a show of support for the NHS during the coronavirus crisis.
We talk to Hampshire fi…
Milk dumping, yellow rust in wheat, sheep shearing, & lockdown learning
Turmoil in the dairy supply chain due to Covid-19 is forcing UK farmers to throw away thousands of litres of milk. We speak to Staffordshire dairy farmer Peter Pratt and NFY Cymru dairy board chair A…
Coronavirus and footpaths, chip shops, livestock markets, & Young Farmers
What is the risk of catching coronavirus from walkers using footpaths across farmland? We find out by talking to Professor Mark Fielder, of Kingston University London, president of the Society of Mic…