Farm tax breaks, potato harvest, organics, and Clarkson at Tory conference
Farm leaders are calling for an urgent rethink of inheritance tax and investment allowances ahead of the autumn Budget on 28 October. With f...
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Farmers Weekly chief reporter Johann Tasker and UK farmer Hugh Broom discuss the biggest news in agriculture, available every Friday.
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20 of 124 episodesRed diesel prices, Can AI replace your agronomist? & Farmers Weekly Live
Soaring diesel prices are putting fresh pressure on farm businesses – and the outlook suggests volatility could continue well into 202...
SFI26: Sifting through the wreckage of the Sustainable Farming Incentive
Farmers are ploughing up environmental features after thousands were shut out of the Sustainable Farming Incentive when funding ran out less...
Emergency Episode: SFI26 funding gone in under six hours – what now?
Defra is under intense pressure after the £233 million budget for the 2026 Sustainable Farming Incentive was exhausted just five hours...
SFI scramble, sugar beet arbitration, maize quality, & Daniel Zeichner on life inside Defra
Farmers face a race to secure funding when the Sustainable Farming Incentive reopens – with warnings that the available money could be...
Farm rent cuts, secret rural crime workshops, pig sector crisis, & Derek vs Derek
Tenant farmers are being urged to seek rent reductions as difficult arable economics put pressure on farm businesses – but how far sho...
River Wye pollution progress, gene-edited soya, falling livestock numbers & Great British Harvest Festival
In this episode, we examine new farm-level evidence suggesting phosphorus is coming into balance on farms in the River Wye catchment –...
Autumn drilling gamble, fertiliser warning, sugar beet drought, Brazilian beef imports, and firearms licensing
In this episode, how much rain is enough to start drilling after one of the driest summers in recent memory? We look at autumn crop establis...
Drought crisis loans, does regen farming stack up?, bluetongue vaccination, & China food security
Could government-backed crisis loans help cash-strapped farmers recover from drought and keep Britain producing food? This week, we examine...
£65m drought aid, autumn drilling, livestock forage, firefighting farmers & fundraising for mental health
In this episode, Defra unveils a £65m package to help drought-hit farmers – we examine how it could help your farm business. We...
Drought crisis, grain marketing, farm welfare grants, & 150 years of Aberdeen Angus cattle
As drought conditions worsen across England, MPs demand urgent government action to safeguard water supplies for food production. South Norf...
Bluetongue surge, harvest yields explained, and wildlife-friendly farming
Sheep farmers are being urged to consider vaccination as a surge in bluetongue cases causes serious losses across south-west England. We hav...
Angela Eagle returns to Defra, Welsh farm funding, sugar beet factory closure, David Barton tribute, & combine harvester fires
What does Dame Angela Eagle's appointment as Defra secretary mean for UK agriculture? This week, we examine the new secretary of state's pri...
What to expect from Andy Burnham's government, no murder charge over farm shooting, & UK chickpea challenge
What does an Andy Burnham government mean for UK agriculture? This week, Westminster watcher Jeremy Moody examines the new prime minister's...
Heatwave harvest grain-washing alert, Farming Roadmap 'waffle', Scottish agriculture, & Erling Haaland backs British farmers
A third summer heatwave is creating difficult harvesting conditions, with shrivelled grain, variable cereal yields and combines being forced...
Groundswell 2026: Private money for green farming, Wildfarmed, Kemi Badenoch & 10 years of regenerative agriculture
This week's Farmers Weekly Podcast comes from the Groundswell show in Hertfordshire, where Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch tells farmers s...
Flaming June, Farming Roadmap, bovine TB, farm machinery 10 years post- Brexit, and green award for farm estate
This week, we examine whether the government's long-awaited 25-year Farming Roadmap will deliver the certainty, confidence and investment fa...
Verdict on SFI budget, fertiliser warning, Red Tractor responds, and Only Farmers
Defra has finally unveiled the budget for its flagship Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme – but is £240 million enough to meet...
Cereals 2026 at Clarkson's Farm: Does it still pay to grow combinable crops?
This live Cereals 2026 episode tackles one big question: with high input costs and mediocre grain prices will planting cereals this autumn b...
Relaunched SFI - what it means for you, High Court and abattoirs, Red Tractor, and Open Farm Sunday
This week, Defra confirms England's Sustainable Farming Incentive will reopen for applications on 30 June – but only for some farmers,...