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The Farmers Weekly Podcast

Listen to The Farmers Weekly Podcast for our take on the top news affecting UK agriculture. Podcast and projects editor Johann Tasker delves behind the headlines – with comment, analysis and discussion from farmers and industry leaders.

 

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Johann Tasker

Johann Tasker is podcast and projects editor at Farmers Weekly. A long-standing and integral member of the Farmers Weekly team, he has been reporting and analysing the impact of government policy on agriculture – and how it affects farm businesses – for more than 20 years.

 
 

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FW Podcast Ep 253: What next for SFI?

In this episode we look at the future of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) agri-environment scheme. Natural England head of agriculture Peter Craven tells us the scheme will return –…

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FW Podcast Ep 252: Crops swelter as temperatures soar

Record-breaking temperatures see crops sweltering in the spring sunshine. A worry or just another challenge for arable growers? UK former home secretary James Cleverly and Save British Farming campaigners say…

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FW Podcast Ep 251: Farmers walk succession-IHT tightrope

In this episode, one in three farmers fear their children will sink the farm business when it's handed on to the next generation. Why farming families are walking a tightrope…

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FW Podcast Ep 250: Endangered hedges and bonanza beef vision

In this episode, we get to grips government grants to fund on-farm innovation and technology to improve productivity. With British Beef Week around the corner (23-30 April), we run the…

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FW Podcast Ep 249: Farm profitability and yellow rust

In this episode, the government appoints former NFU president Minette Batters to lead a Defra review to solve farming's "profitability problem". Her appointment – by Defra secretary Steve Reed –…

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FW Podcast Ep 248: Border controls and milling wheat strike

In this episode, livestock industry leaders warn of a devastating animal disease outbreak unless the government tightens border controls. MPs quiz Defra minister Daniel Zeichner as cereal growers "go on…

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FW Podcast Ep 247: Red Tractor audits and pesticide plans

In this episode, the Red Tractor assurance scheme responds to criticism by pledging to make farm audits easier for farmers. We speak to the Red Tractor interim chairman Alistair Mackintosh…

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FW Podcast Ep 246: Food production ramps up post SFI closure

In this episode, farmers ramp up food production following the closure of the government's flagship environmental scheme. Arable growers who were preparing Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) applications are now drilling…

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FW Podcast Ep 245: Options for farmers locked out of SFI

Just why did the government close its flagship agri-environment scheme without warning? We examine the options for farmers unable to join Defra's Sustainable Farming Incentive. A new study says the…

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Farmers Weekly Emergency Podcast: Defra pulls plug on SFI

In this emergency episode, we examine the implications of Defra's decision to stop accepting applications for its flagship agri-environment scheme. The shock announcement to draw a line under the Sustainable…