Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 111: Food strategy unpicked and Luximo verdict
© AdobeStock/belyaaa In this episode, we pick the bones out of the government’s long-awaited national food strategy for England.
Has it been worth waiting for? Will it help deliver a better future for food and farming? Or is it – as critics suggest – a disappointment?
We give our verdict on a ‘game-changing’ new herbicide to tackle some of the UK’s most challenging grassweeds – including blackgrass and ryegrass.
See also:Â Optimism for blackgrass control grows with new herbicide Luximo
On the markets, we find out why there has been a sudden dip in arable prices.
We pay a visit to New Zealand, where farmers are improving their environmental credentials – and discover why it matters for UK livestock producers.
And we learn how women are the driving force behind Ukraine farmers following the Russian invasion earlier this year.
This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker and Surrey farmer Hugh Broom, with FW arable correspondent Louise Impey and FW machinery reporter Matilda Bovingdon.
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