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As the voice of British agriculture, the National Farmers Union (NFU) is always making sure it's ahead of the curve when it comes to farming headlines, information and guidance. The brand-new podcast, NFU Talk, is dedicated to unpicking the detail of the hot topics affecting agriculture, with expert insight from the NFU's farming specialists.
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The importance of traceability and provenance
In this week's Farming in Five from NFU President Tom Bradshaw, you can hear about bluetongue, the NFU's meeting with agricultural attaches and its importance, and why farm safety is a leading priority for the NFU.
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What happened? Secretary of State attends NFU Council
In this week's Farming in Five, NFU President Tom Bradshaw recaps on the latest meeting of NFU Council which hosted Secretary of State Steve Barclay and gives insight to what he said when giving evidence on methane last week.
You can also hear about Great British Beef Week and hear from the board chairs representing sugar, horticulture and combinable crops.
https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/watch-now-your-weekly-vlog-from-the-president/ -
Who's representing the sectors? Meet the NFU board chairs
In this week's Farming in Five Tom outlines his latest meetings with Government leaders, reflects on the NFU's National Tenant Farmer Conference and introduces the first three of the NFU's sector board chairs.
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Farming Recovery Fund "simply was not good enough"
This week's Farming in Five is led by the Farming Recovery Fund announcement. The fund - which Tom says "simply was not good enough" - has scrapped the 150m rule following extensive talks with the NFU.
You can listen all about this, and other topics such as rural crime, farm safety and the NFU National Tenant Farmers' Conference in this week's edition.
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Putting food production at risk
In this week's Farming in Five, Tom and NFU Vice-President Rachel Hallos visited the Boston Barrier with Chair of the Environment Agency Alan Lovell, and Minister for Water and Rural Growth Robbie Moore, to hear directly from members about the devastating impact of flooding.
Next week the vlog will take a short break over Easter, but will be back on 12 April.
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Find a farm assurance meeting near you
In this week's farming in five you can hear about the NFU's roadshow of farm assurance meetings starting next week, a special NFU Live session on bTB and an update from the NFU Poultry Board's Phill Crawley on laying hen standards.
https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/watch-now-your-weekly-vlog-from-the-president/