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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 257: Spending review - likely impact on farming

In this episode, we look at the likely impact of the government's spending review on UK farming and the environment. We have a sneak preview of this month’s Cereals event…

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FW Podcast Ep 256: Farming couple quit UK for France

In this episode, a UK farming couple quit the UK to go farming in France, saying they feel more valued by the French government. Defra declines to comment on reports…

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FW Podcast Ep 255: Changes to senior line-up at Defra and AHDB

In this episode, as senior civil servant Janet Hughes decides to leave Defra, we look at what it means for the Sustainable Farming Incentive. It's a revolving door at the…

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FW Podcast Ep 254: SFI partial reopening and IHT latest

In this episode, MPs say the government should delay plans to impose inheritance tax on farmers – and revise its controversial policy. Defra announces a partial reopening of the Sustainable…

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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…