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
Farmers Weekly Question Time: Tenant Farmers Conference 2025 - Farmers Weekly Question Time
This episode of the Farmers Weekly Question Time Podcast examines a ground-breaking new farm tenancy agreement.
Developed by the Crown Estate and the Tenant Farmers Association, the agreements are cal…
Will your children sink the family farm? Inheritance tax and succession planning, dairy farms dump milk after processing breakdown, & why climate-friendly farmers are turned off by Net Zero
In this episode, one in three farmers fear their children will sink the farm business when it's handed on to the next generation.
Why farming families are walking a tightrope between succession and in…
Endangered hedges, bonanza beef vision, grant fund to ADOPT innovation, foot-and-mouth meat and dairy import ban, & sweary singing farmers
In this episode, we get to grips government grants to fund on-farm innovation and technology to improve productivity.
With British Beef Week around the corner (23-30 April), we run the rule over the N…
Minette's farm profitability review, should farmers really diversify? Resistant wheat shows signs of yellow rust, local food plan report, & auctioneer's giant red fibre glass cow goes missing
In this episode, the government appoints former NFU president Minette Batters to lead a Defra review to solve farming's 'profitability problem'.
Her appointment – by Defra secretary Steve Reed – aims …
Bread strike & hot cross buns, Trump & tariffs, animal disease & border controls, AHDB levy board future, & Sustainable Farming Incentive latest
In this episode, livestock industry leaders warn of a devastating animal disease outbreak unless the government tightens border controls.
MPs quiz. Defra minister Daniel Zeichner as cereal growers 'go…
Red Tractor pledges smarter farm audits, action plan to reduce pesticide usage, & vigilance needed after bird flu confirmed in sheep
In this episode, the Red Tractor assurance scheme responds to criticism by pledging to make farm audits easier for farmers.
We speak to the Red Tractor interim chairman Alistair Mackintosh and operati…
How to rescue the Sustainable Farming Incentive, farmers ramp up food production, pressure on spring seed and fertiliser, red diesel rumours, & why big business wants to invest in your farm
In this episode, farmers ramp up food production following the closure of the government's flagship environmental scheme.
Arable growers who were preparing Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) applicat…
Options for farmers locked out of Sustainable Farming Incentive, food security report, & is there a future for lab-grown meat?
Just why did the government close its flagship agri-environment scheme without warning?
We examine the options for farmers unable to join Defra's Sustainable Farming Incentive.
A new study says the gov…
Emergency Podcast: Defra pulls plug on Sustainable Farming Incentive
In this emergency episode, we examine the implications of Defra's decision to stop accepting applications for its flagship agri-environment scheme.
The shock announcement to draw a line under the Sust…
Rebel Labour MPs back farmers on inheritance tax, Pancake Day Rally, livestock mart hits out at 'keyboard warriors', climate change adaptation, & 'green' farmland market
In this episode, a growing number of 'rebel' Labour MPs are supporting farmers against the government on inheritance tax.
We have an exclusive interview with Henry Tufnell, Labour MP for Mid- and Sout…
Defra's not-so-new farm policies, Pancake Day Rally against inheritance tax, NFU conference 2025 special, & how to succeed at succession planning
In this episode, we examine Defra's latest raft of new policies to boost farm profitability.
Just exactly how new are they?
We scrutinise the keynote speech delivered by Defra secretary Steve Reed at t…
Farmers Weekly Question Time: Plumpton College - Farmers Weekly Question Time
Welcome to this special episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast – the Farmers Weekly Question Time Event at Plumpton College in East Sussex
Recorded in front of a live audience on Thursday, 20 February …
Chink of light on inheritance tax, farming's 'pecking order', Scotland's new farm leader, oilseed rape challenges, & why farming is harder than rocket science
In this episode, we discuss the possible outcomes after government finally agrees to talks with farm leaders on inheritance tax.
Have things gone too far? Were farming protestors right to force Keir S…
How to improve farm assurance, LEAF conference, colder weather on the way, upbeat DairyTech event, & Big Farmland Bird Count
In this episode, we look at the LEAF Marque - the farm assurance scheme that delivers benefits for consumers and the environment – as well as for farmers.
We find out what makes it work, why it is bec…
Defra plan to reduce UK farmland, bonkers beef prices, Fenland Soil conference, & banks back farmers on inheritance tax
In this episode, we look at government plans to reduce the area of UK farmland – and use it instead to restore nature and create wildlife habitats.
The government's Land Use Framework for England – wh…
Pea revival: can Pulse Pioneers save the planet? Farm assurance review: leadership culture under fire, spring fertiliser market, & inheritance tax - Farming Day of Unity
In this episode, we look at how a group of 'Pulse Pioneers' are sowing the seeds for a revival of Britain's pea and bean crops.
Pulse crops have many benefits. They include better soil health, less re…
Peak Power: LAMMA farm machinery show special, retail giant Morrisons backs farmers on inheritance tax, Shadow Defra secretary Victoria Atkins, & latest farm protest plans
In this episode, we discover how machinery manufacturers are making it easier for farmers to get their hands on the latest kit and technology.
We visit the 2025 LAMMA farm machinery show – the two-day…
New deal or raw deal? Defra's big plan for farming; British farmers adopt French-style protests, Farming Day of Unity, & glyphosate resistant weeds confirmed in UK
In this episode, UK environment secretary Steve Reed pledges a better future for Britain's farmers. Is it a New Deal? Or is it a raw deal?
Mr Reed's speech to this year's Oxford Farming Conference mad…
Farmers Weekly Question Time: Oxford Farming Conference 2025 - Farmers Weekly Question Time
Welcome to this special episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast – the Farmers Weekly Question Time Event at the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference.
Recorded in front of a live audience on Wednesday the 8th …
Profitable food production in 2025, how to make money from the environment, & making sense of Labour's policies for farming – our special Oxford Farming Conference preview
In this episode, we look at the prospects for farming in 2025 – and discuss the opportunities for growers and livestock producers.
We examine the outlook for profitable UK food production, ways to gen…