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In this episode, as the wet autumn continues, we look at flood management – and payments for farmers to protect communities by storing flood water.We have the latest on the NFU's campaign for a fair Autumn Budget for farming – and what is needed to deliver UK food security.We've an update on the phase-out of the Basic Payment Scheme in England – and take a look at Scotland's fledgling farm support system.And we talk to the two farming friends behind the Rural Communities Mental Health Foundat...
Previous episodes
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242 - Payments for farmers to store flood water, government faces 'moment of truth' on farming, update on Basic Payment Scheme phase-out, & Rural Communities Mental Health FoundationMon, 14 Oct 2024
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241 - Who is to blame for Defra's £358m underspend on farming? Milk prices – has dairy finally turned the corner, gene-edited crops, landscape recovery schemes, & Farm Champion of the YearFri, 04 Oct 2024
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240 - Will it really be another wet autumn? Defra farm policy 'on hold' ahead of Autumn Budget, Soil Association Exchange – profitable sustainable farming, & Carbon Farmer of the YearFri, 27 Sep 2024
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239 - Budget, banks & bees - how farms are striving to 'do the right thing' after a challenging harvest. Plus Back British Farming Day, tenant farmer land grab and Dairy Day UKFri, 13 Sep 2024
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238 - Potato Days UK - do biosolutions really work?, Dyson Farming, carbon footprints and regenerative agriculture, Defra budget cuts, bluetongue outbreak, badger culling v cattle vaccine to combat bovine TBFri, 06 Sep 2024
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237 - Farmers Weekly Question Time: Cookstown, Northern IrelandFri, 30 Aug 2024
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236 - Brian May under fire over call to end badger cull, ban on sheep and goat dairy imports, Clarkson's Farm boost for ag students, harvest progress latest, & snail farm in tax avoidance probeFri, 23 Aug 2024
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235 - Harvest 2024 special: Yields, quality and ergot - on the grain trail from combine to customerFri, 16 Aug 2024
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234 - Unwrapped: the latest SFI update, potato virus in Scotland, winter linseed break crops, harvest update and market prices, & Aberdeen Angus history bookFri, 09 Aug 2024
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233 - Government's 'new deal' for farmers, £150m lottery fund for landscapes, more Defra budget concerns, sheep sector future, & Suffolk farmer's American WW2 memorialFri, 02 Aug 2024
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232 - Defra farm budget, food security and Net Zero warning, harvest latest, Royal Welsh Show, former farm minister Mark Spencer on 'traumatic' election defeat, & funeral director unveils Land Rover hearseFri, 26 Jul 2024
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231 - Young farmer cheats death in bale accident, police target dangerous trailers, Oliver Walston tribute, Farm Safety Week, reboot urged for oilseed rape, & Royal Golden Guernsey GoatFri, 19 Jul 2024
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230 - Harvest 2024, blended wheats, supply chain fairness pledge by new Defra secretary Steve Reed, market prices, & shearing 660 sheep in 24 hoursFri, 12 Jul 2024
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229 - What the Labour government means for your farm business; with former Defra secretary George Eustice and former NFU president Minette BattersFri, 05 Jul 2024
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228 - What is best: Conventional v regenerative agriculture? Soil health; Premiums for climate-friendly farming - who should pay? Groundswell 2024; John Kempf; eco-acoustics; & the Rob Stephenson TrustFri, 28 Jun 2024
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227 - Rishi Sunak's £1bn pledge for farming, farmer builds own direct drill, future for Scottish agriculture, Farmers Weekly 90th birthday, Ag-onomics with David and Jack, & 5K every day in JuneFri, 21 Jun 2024
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226 - Covid-style business loans for farmers, Cereals 2024, latest wheat varieties, arable input costs, Recommended List 80th anniversary, & world's biggest loaf of breadFri, 14 Jun 2024
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225 - Dog attacks on sheep, battle to win farm votes, Cereals event preview, early drilling conundrum, & malting barley prospectsFri, 07 Jun 2024
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224 - Young farmer culture, muck and slurry legal case, livestock handling safety, & best tractor over 90 yearsFri, 31 May 2024
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223 - Lowdown on latest SFI offer, general election candidates target farmers, glyphosate and regenerative farming, Wildfarmed wheat, Green Farm Collective, & 10 years of Yellow WelliesFri, 24 May 2024
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222 - Farm to Fork Summit 2.0, Rishi Sunak's food security index, Is pig sector recovery all porky pies?, technology helps overcome challenging season, & charity sheep shearingFri, 17 May 2024
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221 - Defra pledges more support to secure farming future, Transition Live 2024, Cambridge University farm, fertiliser markets, environmental services, & circular dairy economyFri, 10 May 2024
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220 - Farm safety concerns, AHDB levy board future, dairy prospects, market prices, & worm charming revivalFri, 03 May 2024
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219 - £30k fundraiser for injured farmer, Red Tractor confidence vote, Scottish livestock marts, beef sector future, & Agrikel trailer safety gaugeFri, 26 Apr 2024
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218 - Clarkson's Farm series 3 preview, red diesel prices, herbal leys – simple or not? Space food – vertical farm in orbit, & farm charity London Marathon runnersFri, 19 Apr 2024
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217 - Defra relaxes flood compensation rule, landlords v tenant farmers, huge solar farm controversy, bumper spring lamb trade, & 60-year-old vintage tractor runFri, 12 Apr 2024
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216 - Emission fears for Scottish beef producers, illegal meat scandal one year on, latest market prices, & farmers share a sauna for mental wellbeingFri, 05 Apr 2024
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215 - London tractor protest, illegal meat imports, Pig World, Sustainable Farming Incentive restrictions, & Scottish young farmers ask #AreEweOK?Fri, 29 Mar 2024
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214 - Emergency podcast: Defra restricts land going into flagship green schemeMon, 25 Mar 2024
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213 - Red Tractor abandons Greener Farms Commitment, big drop in UK cereals area, artificial intelligence in agriculture, market prices, & Farmers' Choir raises £46k for charityFri, 22 Mar 2024
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212 - Gene-edited crops to be grown by farmers in England, water management as wet weather continues, commodity prices, & porn MP launches farming podcastFri, 15 Mar 2024
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211 - Farmers Weekly Question Time: Rothamsted ResearchSun, 10 Mar 2024
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210 - What the spring budget means for your farm business, farm protests, commodity prices, & farmers row Atlantic for charityFri, 08 Mar 2024
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209 - Growers abandon waterlogged crops, Welsh farm protests, market prices, & farmer's signed picture raises money for UkraineFri, 01 Mar 2024
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208 - Rishi Sunak unveils support package for farmers, Lib Dems promise £4.2bn for agriculture, 'reset moment' for NFU leadership, & what the public really think of farmingFri, 23 Feb 2024
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207 - NFU president Minette Batters stands down, 'Judge us on Red Tractor outcome' says successor, latest market prices, time management on the farm, & nutrient density toolFri, 16 Feb 2024
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206 - Thousands join Welsh farm protest, Scottish farmers seek profitable future, market prices, soil guru Jay Fuhrer, & Big Farmland Bird CountFri, 09 Feb 2024
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205 - Should UK farmers join European protests? Spring seed shortage, wet weather woes, Welsh 'land clearances', award-winning YEN wheat crop, & Let's Farm FoundationFri, 02 Feb 2024
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204 - Farmers Weekly Question Time: Great Yorkshire ShowgroundTue, 16 Jan 2024
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203 - Farmers Weekly Question Time: Royal Welsh Winter FairWed, 06 Dec 2023
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202 - LAMMA 2024, call for Red Tractor resignations, market prices, bull beef using less barley, & bell-ringing farmer raises money for charityFri, 19 Jan 2024
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201 - Heated debate over Red Tractor future, who will be next NFU president? why farming must be more professional, & quadbike safety at LAMMAFri, 12 Jan 2024
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200 - More money for Sustainable Farming Incentive, delinked payments, cross-compliance abolished, Oxford farming conferences, the power of diversity, Level the Field campaign, & Six Inches of Soil filmFri, 05 Jan 2024
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199 - Farming predictions for 2024, food security, NFU general election manifesto, urea fertiliser rules, ammonia restrictions, & festive farm walk helps local food bankWed, 20 Dec 2023
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198 - Bluetongue battle as disease hits UK – what you need to know, autumn washout, spring cropping options, making money from biodiversity net gain, & criminals jailed for GPS theftFri, 08 Dec 2023
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197 - Under scrutiny: Defra secretary Steve Barclay, new recommended list for cereals and oilseed rape varieties, badger culling and bovine TB, & what can English farmers learn from Welsh farmers?Fri, 01 Dec 2023
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196 - World's biggest sale of Massey Ferguson memorabilia, what Autumn Statement means for your farm business, CLA president unveils priorities, latest market prices, & combating sheep scab in ScotlandFri, 24 Nov 2023
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195 - Jailed farmer has 'no regrets' after dredging river, new Defra secretary Steve Barclay, dismay over Welsh bovine TB strategy, oilseed rape prospects, & farmer survives heart attack after reading Farmers WeeklyFri, 17 Nov 2023
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194 - Is UK food security under threat? What cereal levy rise means for growers, how to combat climate change profitably, Level the Field campaign promotes equality in agriculture, & Coronation Food ProjectFri, 10 Nov 2023
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193 - Farmers Weekly Question Time: Newcastle UniversityWed, 25 Oct 2023
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