How government funding is supporting innovation on farms - Chris Lyons, Dominic Swan, David Prior Hope
In episode 21, Chris Lyons from Innovate UK speaks to two successful recipients of government innovation funding to find out how it has help...
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Future Farming podcast
The Defra Future Farming and Countryside team have all kinds of fascinating conversations with people in the farming world. We thought it would be great to share some of them as a podcast. W...
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20 of 21 episodesFarming for the Future: building resilience through soil and water management - Hannah Barrett, Charlie Ennals, Thomas Gent
In episode 20 of the Defra Farming podcast, guest host Hannah Barrett—a Catchment Sensitive Farming adviser in the East of England—speaks wi...
How farmers can access the government’s ADOPT innovation fund to test ideas on-farm - Thomas Slattery, Bryony Graham, Peter Southwell
The government’s Accelerating Development of Practices and Technologies ( ADOPT) Fund helps farmers access funding to test practical ideas o...
How to build a fairer, more transparent supply chain - Richard Thompson, Paul Tompkins, Michael Masters
Episode 18 of the Defra Farming podcast is hosted by Richard Thompson , the UK’s first Agricultural Supply Chain Adjudicator (ASCA) . He is...
How to profit from soil health on mixed, arable and upland livestock farms - Neil Pickard, Stuart Johnson, Kyle Richardville
In episode 17 of the Defra Farming podcast, host Neil Pickard—a farming adviser with more than 45 years’ experience in livestock and mixed f...
Tom Allen-Stevens, Martin Lines, Ed Schofield - How IPM works for us: a farmer and agronomist’s perspective
Episode 16 – How IPM works for us: a farmer and agronomist’s perspective In this episode of the Defra Farming Podcast, guest host Tom Allen-...
Martin Jenkins, Karen Halton, James Russell - Improving animal health and welfare on your farm
Defra Animal Health and Welfare lead Martin Jenkins talks to North West dairy farmer Karen Halton and vet James Russell about the support th...
Robin & Christopher Milton, Michael Sturla - How SFI works with our beef and sheep farming business on the Exmoor uplands
In episode 14 of the Defra Farming podcast, Michael Sturla talks to Robin and Christopher Milton, a father and son team farming beef and she...
Andrew Powley, Richard Wordsworth, Richard Findlay - Everything you need to know about the Defra Farming Resilience Fund
In episode 13 of the Defra Farming Podcast, Defra Productivity and Innovation Lead Andrew Powley spoke to Richard Wordsworth, NFU Senior Adv...
Jonathan Marsden and Claire Robinson - How to get ready for SFI 2023
The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) pays farmers for actions that support food production, farm productivity and resilience, whilst prot...
Lisa Warne, John and Charlie Renner - Next steps for environmental land management
In episode 11 of the Defra Farming podcast, Defra payments lead Lisa Warne talks to father and son John and Charlie Renner, who farm on the...
Matt McGuire, Charlotte Garbutt, Charlie Beaty, Ed Dungait - National Young Farmers' Week 2022
In episode 10 of the Future Farming podcast, to celebrate National Young Farmers' Week 2022, Matt McGuire welcomes 3 up-and-coming youn...
Briony Turner, Harry Greenfield (CLA) and Lynette Steel (TFA) - How tenants and landlords can get the best out of new environmental schemes
In episode 9 of the Future Farming podcast, Defra farming strategy lead Briony Turner talks to CLA (Country Land and Business Association) l...
Jonathan Marsden and Martin Lines - Everything you need to know about the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)
The Sustainable Farming Incentive is now open for applications. Through SFI, farmers will be paid for looking after the natural environment...
Tim Mordan and Rui Andrês - Government-funded innovation
In the seventh episode of the Future Farming podcast, Tim Mordan, Defra’s Head of Farming Innovation, Productivity and Science talks to Rui...
Janet Hughes and Sarah Evered - All about the Farming Investment Fund
In the fifth episode of the Future Farming podcast, Defra Future Farming and Countryside Programme Director Janet Hughes talks to policy lea...
Janet Hughes and Tim Parton - Nitrogen-fixing bacteria and nutrient-dense food
In the sixth episode of the Future Farming podcast, Janet talks with British Farming Awards Arable Innovator of the Year Tim Parton . Tim is...
Janet Hughes and Clive Bailye - Answering farmers' questions about the Sustainable Farming Incentive
In September 2021 the Farming Forum held a two-part Q&A session with Janet Hughes, Defra’s Future Farming and Countryside Programme Director...
Janet Hughes and Gabe Brown - The six principles of soil health
In our third Future Farming podcast, Janet Hughes talks to Gabe Brown. Gabe has been named one of the twenty-five most influential agricultu...
Janet Hughes and Nic Renison - Rotational grazing and regenerative farming
In our second Future Farming podcast, Janet Hughes talks to Nic Renison. Nic farms with her husband Paul on the edge of the North Pennines i...