The Farmers Weekly Podcast

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The Farmers Weekly Podcast Podcast

Inside the biggest news stories impacting UK agriculture - with Johann Tasker from Farmers Weekly and Scottish farmer Sandy Kirkpatrick. Every Friday.

  1. 3 HR AGO

    Will it really be another wet autumn? Defra farm policy 'on hold' ahead of Autumn Budget, Soil Association Exchange – profitable sustainable farming, & Carbon Farmer of the Year

    In this episode, after a week of torrential rain and floods washes away newly drilled cereal crops, we ask: will it really be another wet autumn?We find out why Defra policy is on hold ahead of the Autumn Budget – in a special interview with NFU president Tom Bradshaw.We discover how farmers are measuring their environmental and social impact –and making their businesses more profitable as a result.You can find out more about environmental and social baselining – and do the same – by visiting...

    45 min

  2. 13 SEPT

    Budget, banks & bees - how farms are striving to 'do the right thing' after a challenging harvest. Plus Back British Farming Day, tenant farmer land grab and Dairy Day UK

    In this episode, we look at the future for farm support following a UK cereal harvest said to be among the worst in living memory.We travel to London for Back British Farming Day as growers and livestock producers meet MPs to get the farming message across.We look at NFU calls for an increase in the UK budget for agriculture – and industry calls for recognition of the wider benefits farming brings.We examine how high street banks are offering special deals for farmers prepared to adopt more s...

    37 min

  3. 6 SEPT

    Potato Days UK - do biosolutions really work?, Dyson Farming, carbon footprints and regenerative agriculture, Defra budget cuts, bluetongue outbreak, badger culling v cattle vaccine to combat bovine TB

    In this episode, we look at the future of the UK potato sector with a special visit to the Potato Days UK event at Dyson Farming.With the crop under pressure to reduce its carbon footprint, we find out how potato growers and processors are reducing greenhouse gas emissions.We discuss the role regenerative agriculture has when it comes to potato production – a crop which involves moving huge amounts of soil.And we look at the latest research on biostimulants and ask: do they really work and wh...

    59 min

  4. 30 AUG

    Farmers Weekly Question Time: Cookstown, Northern Ireland

    Welcome to this special episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast – the Farmers Weekly Question Time event at Cookstown in Northern Ireland.Recorded in front of a live studio audience, farmers, students and other guests quiz industry leaders on topical agricultural issues.Our panel is:- John Gilliland, Professor of Practice in Agriculture & Sustainability, Queens University Belfast - John McLenaghan, deputy president, Ulster Farmers Union. - Bronagh O'Kane, livestock farmer- Jude McCann, Farm...

    1h 21m

  5. 23 AUG

    Brian May under fire over call to end badger cull, ban on sheep and goat dairy imports, Clarkson's Farm boost for ag students, harvest progress latest, & snail farm in tax avoidance probe

    In this episode, Queen guitarist and wildlife campaigner Brian May is under fire after calling for an end to badger culling in England.The complaints come head of a BBC TV documentary in which Sir Brian argues that badgers are wrongly blamed for spreading bovine tuberculosis.We look at why British holidaymakers have been banned from bringing back feta cheese from Greece this summer.The move is part of a wider ban on UK imports of sheep and goat products from Continental Europe, wh...

    38 min

  6. 16 AUG

    Harvest 2024 special: Yields, quality and ergot - on the grain trail from combine to customer

    In this episode, we pay a special visit to the UK's biggest farmer-owned grain storage facility at the height of harvest. Camgrain stores up to 500,000 tonnes of cereals, oilseed rape and pulse crops every year on behalf of its 500 farmer-members.Camgrain's four advanced processing centres work around the clock to take in hundreds of lorry loads of grain from the field every day.We follow the grain trail from the field into the store where grain is tested and blended to get the best value for...

    46 min

  7. 9 AUG

    Unwrapped: the latest SFI update, potato virus in Scotland, winter linseed break crops, harvest update and market prices, & Aberdeen Angus history book

    In this episode, we get to grips with the latest Sustainable Farming Incentive – and what it means for your farm business.Scottish growers face heavy losses after virus-hit potato crops are destroyed in an effort to protect high-health status seed production.Could more winter linseed be grown as an alternative break crop?We've a harvest update and all the latest market prices.And we review a sumptuous history book of Aberdeen Angus cattle – the world's most popular pedigree beef breed.This ep...

    44 min

  8. 2 AUG

    Government's 'new deal' for farmers, £150m lottery fund for landscapes, more Defra budget concerns, sheep sector future, & Suffolk farmer's American WW2 memorial

    In this episode, the government pledges a new deal for farmers to boost confidence across the industry.We look at what the promise might mean – and what it might deliver.Lottery money for landscapes – farmers could be among the winners from a £150m heritage fund to revitalise wildlife habitats and the environment.Industry leaders highlight the importance of the sheep sector – and the contribution it makes to rural communities and the environment.We find out more during a visit to the National...

    48 min
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Inside the biggest news stories impacting UK agriculture - with Johann Tasker from Farmers Weekly and Scottish farmer Sandy Kirkpatrick. Every Friday.

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  • Creator
    Farmers Weekly
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    240
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