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The Farmers Weekly Podcast

Farmers Weekly

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Frequency: 1 episode/7d. Total Eps: 100

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

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanntasker/
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Police face questions over banned London tractor protest, inheritance tax & what Budget means for your farm business, and National Fruit Show celebration

Season 1 · Episode 282

Friday, November 28, 2025 • Duration 48:19

In this episode, Metropolitan Police chiefs face questions after banning protesting farmers from bringing tractors to London.

As the government makes a small concession on plans to impose inheritance tax on farmers, we examine what the Budget means for your farm business.

Budget analysis by:

And we pay a visit to the National Fruit show - where growers are determined to get more British apples and pears on more supermarket shelves.

Neil MacLeod's Farmer Focus page is here.

To donate to the Catherine MacLeod memorial fundraiser for Breast Cancer Now, please visit the Catherine MacLeod Justgiving page.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker.

Contact or follow Johann: linkedin.com/in/johanntasker/

Contact or follow Louise: linkedin.com/in/louise-impey-95470b20b/

Contact or follow Hugh: linkedin.com/in/hugh-broom-9b11906a/

For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow linkedin.com/company/farmers-weekly

To contact the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email podcast@fwi.co.uk.

In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Update on Sustainable Farming Incentive, new campaign against inheritance tax, food inflation, CLA conference, and Tesco launches environmental baselining

Season 1 · Episode 281

Friday, November 21, 2025 • Duration 46:56

In this episode, Defra secretary Emma Reynolds reveals the government's latest thinking on relaunching the Sustainable Farming Incentive.

Ms Reynolds was speaking during a Q&A session at the Country Land and Business Association annual conference in London.

Farmers return to Westminster to protest against inheritance tax. Can we really expect any changes in this month's Budget?

Food price inflation increases – but so too do farm input costs.

And Tesco launches a £1.5m initiative to help 360 beef and sheep farmers baseline their environmental performance.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker.

Contact or follow Johann: linkedin.com/in/johanntasker/

Contact or follow Louise: linkedin.com/in/louise-impey-95470b20b/

Contact or follow Hugh: linkedin.com/in/hugh-broom-9b11906a/

For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow linkedin.com/company/farmers-weekly

To contact the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email podcast@fwi.co.uk.

In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Growers rip up autumn cropping plans, rebel MPs battle inheritance tax, farmers told to repay environmental funding, & AgriFuture Forum welcomes new entrants

Season 1 · Episode 272

Friday, September 19, 2025 • Duration 47:02

As growers rip up autumn cropping plans following another challenging season, we look at ways to get the best for your farm business.

A new group of rural Labour MPs says it is backing British food producers – and launches its own action plan for the countryside. Will it make a difference?

We look at the fallout after the Rural Payments Agency tries to reclaim Sustainable Farming Incentive funding from farmers.

And how a new conference is helping more people carve a career in agriculture.

Tickets are available for the AgriFuture Forum in London on Tuesday, 23 September.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom.

Contact or follow Johann (X): @johanntasker

Contact or follow Louise (X): @louisearable

Contact or follow (X): @sondesplacefarm

For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow @farmersweekly

To contact the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email podcast@fwi.co.uk.

In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stewardship cliff-edge, Back British Farming Day, Agroforestry Show & beef-calf strategy at Dairy Day

Season 1 · Episode 271

Friday, September 12, 2025 • Duration 46:39

In this episode, thousands of farmers face a cliff-edge when their countryside stewardship agreements expire – with nothing to replace them.

Those with mid-tier schemes running out at the end of this year – just three months away – are left facing a stark choice: maintain beneficial environmental features at their own expense, or destroy them up and plant them with crops to earn some much-needed income.

The dilemma could be resolved by a Defra announcement – but departmental delays mean the clock is ticking and time is running out.

It's Back British Farming Day - what better timing for Defra Secretary Emma Reynolds to deliver her first speech as minister to farmers?

We visit the Agroforestry Show – and a new beef-calf strategy is launched for milk producers.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom.

Contact or follow Johann (X): @johanntasker

Contact or follow Louise (X): @louisearable

Contact or follow (X): @sondesplacefarm

For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow @farmersweekly

To contact the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email podcast@fwi.co.uk.

In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New Defra secretary Emma Reynolds – what can we expect? Confusion over funding for Young Farmers, bovine TB, and school launches BTEC in agriculture

Season 1 · Episode 270

Friday, September 5, 2025 • Duration 40:41

In this episode, we look at what farmers can expect from new Defra secretary Emma Reynolds - her policies and personality.

To discuss that and more, we’re joined by Jonathan Reynolds, director of external affairs at the Country Land and Business Association.

The National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs says it has been told it will no longer receive a Defra grant – Defra says the suggestion is "false".

Who is right?

Shadow farm minister Robbie Moore gives us his thoughts.

And sixth-formers at a Lincolnshire school can now study agriculture – we speak to their headteacher and find out all about the new course.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom.

Contact or follow Johann (X): @johanntasker

Contact or follow Louise (X): @louisearable

Contact or follow (X): @sondesplacefarm

For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow @farmersweekly

To contact the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email podcast@fwi.co.uk.

In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Farmers help firefighters battle huge moorland blaze, hay and straw shortage, pig and poultry pollution, & warning over safe tractor driving

Season 1 · Episode 269

Friday, August 29, 2025 • Duration 40:15

In this episode, farmers are helping firefighters battle a huge moorland blaze in Yorkshire.

Farmers are using slurry tankers to deliver water to fire crews fighting flames which have engulfed thousands of acres of the Yorkshire Moors.

Hot weather and lack of rain has seen hay and straw is imported into the UK from France to help drought-hit livestock farmers.

Pollution from pig and poultry production is being targeted by wildlife campaigners – but do their claims add up?

And we speak to the policeman who is reminding tractor drivers to stay safe on the road.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom.

Contact or follow Johann (X): @johanntasker

Contact or follow Louise (X): @louisearable

Contact or follow (X): @sondesplacefarm

For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow @farmersweekly

To contact the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email podcast@fwi.co.uk.

In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Oilseed rape - surprise crop of the year? Sugar beet price, food price inflation, more on electronic tagging, and tributes to David Richardson

Season 1 · Episode 268

Friday, August 22, 2025 • Duration 42:16

Harvest has been hugely variable this summer – with many growers in prime arable areas reporting terrible cereal yields.

But has one crop bucked the trend?

After years of decline and disappointment, oilseed rape is having a bit of a moment.

Could it, perhaps, be crop of the year?

Is £30/t an acceptable price for sugar beet? We find out.

We’ve more on electronic tagging for cattle.

Just what’s driving up food price inflation?

And we pay tribute to farmer and veteran broadcaster David Richardson.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker and Hugh Broom.

Contact or follow Johann (X): @johanntasker

Contact or follow (X): @sondesplacefarm

For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow @farmersweekly

To contact the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email podcast@fwi.co.uk.

In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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AHDB harvest error, alternative inheritance tax plan, Vivergo bioethanol plant, drought, & electronic ID for cattle

Season 1 · Episode 267

Friday, August 15, 2025 • Duration 44:08

A data error means the latest harvest progress report over-estimates yields – and triggers an investigation by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board.

Why wasn't the report right in the first place?

Industry leaders give a mixed reaction to the latest inheritance tax proposals.

And one of Britain's biggest livestock auctioneers voices concern at differences in electronic identification systems for cattle between England and Scotland.

We also look at the latest drought situation and the impact of the government's refusal to bailout the UK's largest bioethanol plant.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker and Hugh Broom.

Contact or follow Johann (X): @johanntasker

Contact or follow (X): @sondesplacefarm

For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow @farmersweekly

To contact the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email podcast@fwi.co.uk.

In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Kemi Badenoch hits out on inheritance tax, dairy farmer crowdfunds renewable energy project, harvest update & deep dive into autumn weed control

Season 1 · Episode 266

Friday, August 8, 2025 • Duration 43:42

In this episode, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch visits an Essex farm – meeting farmers to talk about inheritance tax.

We’ve an exclusive interview.

We meet the Yorkshire dairy farmer who is starting a renewable energy company – and powering up the local community.

And we take an in-depth look at autumn weed control.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom.

Contact or follow Johann (X): @johanntasker

Contact or follow Louise (X): @louisearable

Contact or follow (X): @sondesplacefarm

For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow @farmersweekly

To contact the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email podcast@fwi.co.uk.

In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Donald Trump on farm inheritance tax, 4WD electric pickup 'gamechanger', Clarkson's Farm goes down with bovine TB, & farmer leaves £500k to charity

Season 1 · Episode 265

Friday, August 1, 2025 • Duration 44:42

In this episode, Donald Trump leaves UK prime minister Keir Starmer in stony silence as he explains why American farmers don’t pay inheritance tax.

But would British farmers really be better off if President Trump was in charge of UK agriculture?

Is it time to get an electric farm pickup – we look at the latest fully electric truck as it goes on sale in the UK.

Jeremy Clarkson’s farm goes down with bovine tuberculosis – and a Scottish beef producer leaves almost half a million pounds to a farming charity.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom.

Contact or follow Johann (X): @johanntasker

Contact or follow Louise (X): @louisearable

Contact or follow (X): @sondesplacefarm

For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow @farmersweekly

To contact the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email podcast@fwi.co.uk.

In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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