Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 224: Who is to blame for farming underspend?
© Tim Scrivener In this episode, we ask who is to blame for Defra’s reported £358m underspend on farming – and can it really be justified?
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We get to grips with the latest developments on precision breeding – which could pave the way for UK farmers to grow gene-edited crops.
We find out how blended finance is helping farmers fund nature recovery projects on a landscape scale.
And we speak to the newly crowned Farming Champion of the Year.
This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker and specialist arable reporter Louise Impey.
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