The Farmers Weekly Podcast

News & Politics Podcasts

The inside track on the biggest stories affecting UK agriculture - with Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Every Friday.

Episodes

Fertiliser carbon tax, 25 years of responsible spraying, & Britain’s first olive harvest

Autumn Budget Special: Hit or miss for farming?

Farm tax breaks; potato harvest; Clarkson at Tory conference

Red diesel prices, Can AI replace your agronomist? & Farmers Weekly Live

SFI 26: Sifting through the wreckage of the Sustainable Farming Incentive

Emergency Episode: SFI26 funding gone in under six hours – what happens now?

SFI scramble, sugar beet arbitration, maize quality, & Daniel Zeichner on life inside Defra

Special Episode: Former minister Daniel Zeichner lifts the lid on life inside Defra.

Farm rent cuts, secret rural crime workshops, pig sector crisis, & Derek vs Derek

River Wye pollution progress, gene-edited soya, falling livestock numbers & Great British Harvest Festival

Autumn drilling gamble, fertiliser warning, sugar beet drought, Brazilian beef imports & firearms licensing

Drought crisis loans, does regen farming stack up?, bluetongue vaccination, & China food security

£65m drought aid, autumn drilling, livestock forage, firefighting farmers & fundraising for mental health

Drought crisis: MPs demand fair share of water for farming

Bluetongue surge, harvest yields explained, & wildlife-friendly farming

Angela Eagle returns to Defra, Welsh farm funding, sugar beet factory closure, David Barton tribute, & combine harvester fires

What to expect from Andy Burnham government, no murder charge over farm shooting, & UK chickpea challenge

Heatwave harvest warning, farming roadmap 'waffle', & Erling Haaland’s raw milk

Groundswell 2026: Private money for green farming, Wildfarmed, Kemi Badenoch & 10 years of regenerative agriculture

Flaming June, farming roadmap, bovine TB, farm machinery 10 years post- Brexit, & green award for farm estate