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
- 293
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
'Car-crash' Coffey vs 'Slick' Starmer at NFU conference, Sustainable Farming Incentive, tenant farming prospects, Rock review, small abattoirs, red meat exports, & Young Farmer awards
This week, opposition leader Keir Starmer sets out his stall at NFU conference – as Defra secretary Therese Coffey comes under fire from farmers.
Farm minister Mark Spencer announces new funding for s…
Clarkson's Farm 2 – our verdict, what future for UK regenerative agriculture? Scotland's farm policy vacuum, NFU conference preview, winter fodder prices, AHDB spending plans for cereals and oilseeds, & farm invention competition
This week, what's the future for regenerative agriculture in the UK? We find out the latest hopes and aspirations at this year's BASE conference.
Hugh binge-watches Clarkson's Farm 2 – is it as good …
Fury and frustration at £1m farm arson attack, cost of living crisis hits farm incomes, beef and lamb prices, Animal Health Pathway update, bovine TB, & pea growers celebrate Valentine's Day
This week, we speak to the victim of a £1m farm arson attack – after the teenage arsonist behind the blaze is told to pay just £61 by the court.
Farm incomes will be hit hard by the cost-of-living cri…
How to grow a world record wheat crop, tree planting v food production, agri-food exports, cheap food, FW Question Time, DairyTech & milk prices, farm minister Mark Spencer, & Clarkson's Farm returns – should Clarkson be cancelled?
This week, Defra farm minister Mark Spencer defends this government’s policies for agriculture.
Mr Spencer insists the future is bright for farming - and says the industry must do more to export food …
Farmers Weekly Question Time: Harper Adams University - Farmers Weekly Question Time
Welcome to this special episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast – the Farmers Weekly Question Time event at Harper Adams University.
Recorded in front of a live studio audience, farmers, students and ot…
New environmental payments for farmers, NFU job losses and regional restructuring – will it work? Farmers combat river pollution, & cookbook raises money for farm charity
In this episode, the government finally unveils further long-awaited details of its flagship environmental scheme for England.
Farmers will be paid to undertake six new actions – on hedgerows, arable …
Soil health, beef and sheep challenges, grain storage, energy prices, farm jobs for young Brits abroad, & win £50 with our Commodity Cashback competition
This week – just how important is soil health? Well not as important as it should be, say critics, who accuse the government of not taking it seriously enough.
Livestock farmers are cutting back on nu…
LAMMA 2023 - Farm machinery special, supply chain bounces back from Covid, electric tractors, restored John Deere, & Young Engineer of the Year Award
In this episode, we join the crowds as thousands of visitors flock to the LAMMA 2023 farm machinery show at the Birmingham NEC.
As the machinery sector bounces back from Covid, we find out whether sup…
New payment rates for Sustainable Farming Incentive, nitrogen fertiliser alternatives, Oxford farming conferences, farm environment groups, & MBE for farm safety campaigner
This week, the government announced extra money for farmers in England who sign up to its Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme.
But is it enough to make the scheme more attractive to farmers?
With high…
Prospects for farming in 2023 – including combinable crops, dairy and beef, with a special focus on the importance of soil health and regenerative agriculture
In this final Farmers Weekly podcast of 2022, we review the farming year – and take a special look at the prospects for UK agriculture in 2023.
We do so with Andersons – the farm business consultants …
UK faces 'food supply crisis', charcuterie adds value to bull calves, latest commodity prices, AHDB red meat strategy scrutinised, & landowner restores Cornish mine
This week, soaring input costs and spiralling consumer inflation mean the UK faces a food supply crisis, says the NFU.
So why won't the government do anything about it?
How an innovative approach is h…
ELMs delayed - can Defra really make it work? What will ELMs look like? Prospects for pig sector, new recommended list for cereals and oilseeds, barley bonanza, & tributes to farmer and rugby legend Doddie Weir.
Delayed again, just what is the future for Defra's flagship Environmental Land Management scheme (ELMs) for England?
Is ELMs really hanging by a thread? Or will the government finally make the scheme …
Slurry grants, how to solve farming's labour shortage, how garlic can fight dairy mastitis, latest grain prices, & next generation of young farmers
This week – a shortage of workers is making it harder for farmers to produce food profitably, but what should be done?
Should more visas be granted to overseas workers? Do technology and robotics have…
Egg crisis, Autumn Statement and spending cuts, crop establishment, arable pests and diseases, & Jimmy's Farm 20 years on
In this episode, why are UK supermarkets importing eggs rather than paying British farmers more to offset higher production costs?
We examine the impact on your farm business as the UK government unv…
Government warned against farm support cuts, farm business survey data concerns, lamb prices surge, AHDB levy spending plans& Thankful Villages
In this episode, the government is urged not to reduce farm support as the it seeks to plug a £60 billion hole in its public finances.
Farm leaders and environmental groups say it would be a folly to …
Why politicians must back British farmers, pig crisis, oilseed rape prospects, young farmers in West Africa, & seed supplier helps local food bank
In this episode, why politicians are being urged to put their money where their mouth is when promising to back British farming.
One year after Boris Johnson outraged pig producers by dismissing the c…
Rishi Sunak and food security – what the Prime Minister's promises mean for UK farmers, how to balance food production and the environment, red diesel prices, polled cattle - breeding hornless cows, & Halloween bonanza
In this week's episode, are you ready for Rishi?
We look at what the food security promises made by Rishi Sunak – the UK's third Prime Minister in just seven weeks – mean for farmers.
Can the governme…
How to combat huge rise in farm input costs, ag-inflation, methane-fuelled tractor, bird flu restrictions, livestock auction profits, & Young Farmer cookery experts
In this week's episode, UK farm input costs have increased by 34% over the past year – so exactly how can farmers combat soaring ag-inflation?
We meet the dairy farmers cushioning their business again…
Food v fuel: should solar farms really be banned from most farmland? Dairy farmer reaps rewards from ‘10 in 7’ milking strategy, UK lamb exports to USA, & Forty Farms project in Cumbria
How milking just 10 times in seven days could mean a better work-life bala…
Food security, farm productivity plan, £10k for small farmers, wheat harvest verdict, dairy farming in Norfolk, global grain prices, & ploughman's marriage proposal
In this episode, the government unveils plans to boost farm productivity and food security. But how exactly will it do it?
How was it for you? We have the verdict on this year's wheat harvest – which …