The Farmers Guardian Podcast
The Farmers Guardian podcast brings you real farmer stories, the latest news and discussion about all the issues affecting the farming community.
Listen on the go as the Farmers Guardian team talk through the latest issues across the dairy, livestock and arable sectors affecting your farming business, featuring special guests who share their personal experiences.
Episodes
262 episodes since 2023
Can a new educational course tackle livestock worrying attacks on farm?
On the podcast this week, we are joined by Welsh farmer Clive Jones, Wales’ Rural Affairs Secretary Huw Irranca-Davies (@huw4ogmore) and Wales’ Wildlife and Rural Crime Coordinator Rob Taylor (
September 12, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 262
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47:15
Siblings Sam and Anna Hallos planning their Yorkshire tenancy succession with the support of their parents
For siblings Anna and Sam Hallos, the future succession of their tenanted upland beef and sheep farm in West Yorkshire has been an ‘open and honest’ conversation around the farmhouse kitchen table for many years now. They have both been ‘heavil...
September 05, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 261
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25:24
Reuben Owen: Life in the Yorkshire Dales
Our Yorkshire Farm, featuring the Owen family, was an immediate success with TV viewers. Looking into the Owen family's life with nine children on one of the most remote hill farms in the country enthralled the nation, and now, six years later,...
August 30, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 260
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14:27
What Scottish agritourism can offer farm businesses with Caroline Millar
On the podcast this week, we learn about the value of agritourism and diversification in Scotland with Dundee farmer Caroline Millar. Escaping from the world to a farm's tranquil surroundings in the Angus countryside could be the ideal answer f...
August 23, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 259
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30:28
Taking the heat out of California wildfires using sheep and goats, Shepherdess Brittany Cole Bush talks to Farmers Guardian US Correspondent John Wilkes
Shepherdess Brittany Cole Bush talks to Farmers Guardian US Correspondent John Wilkes. California is experiencing some of the worst ever wildfires. By August 16, a total of 5,210 wildfires burned 332,606 ha (821,887 acres). The Par...
August 21, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 258
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35:01
Harvest Diaries 2024
Harvest 2024 has arrived and after suffering pests, persistent storms and setbacks, three farmers share their experience with Farmers Guardian.
August 16, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 257
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15:36
#farm24 special guest hosted by Amy Wilkinson
In a special one-off podcast, guest-hosted by FG columnist and farmer Amy Wilkinson, go behind-the-scenes at Farmers Guardian HQ to see how our epic digital campaign 24 Hours in Farming unfolds. Reaching millions of people, the campaign, aims t...
August 09, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 256
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39:45
Tenant-landlord relationships: Castle Howard Estate and the Scottish Tenant Farming Commissioner
With farm tenant and landlord relationships in the spotlight in recent months, the Farmers Guardian podcast spoke to the CLA, a tenant and landlord from the Castle Howard Estate and the Scottish Tenant Farming Commissioner Dr Bob McIntosh.<...
August 02, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 254
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39:52
Farm Safety Week - James Chapman: "When you are in those dark moments, it can be an extremely lonely place"
On the podcast this week Farmers Guardian reporter Chris Brayford is joined by Farm Safety Foundation’s chair of trustees James Chapman for a special insight into farm safety. It is a very important week for the industry which marks Farm Safety...
July 26, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 253
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49:19
On Air at Groundswell: Regenerative farming practices and lowering greenhouse gas emissions
As part of our special podcast series brought to you by the School of Sustainable Food and Farming at Harper Adams University, this episode discusses the role of data, the tools available to measures GHG emissions and the value to farmers in sh...
July 21, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 253
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28:48
Tom Heap on new book Land Smart - how can we manage the land better while balancing food production?
Tom Heap is widely known for his appearances on BBC Countryfile, The Climate Show and Rare Earth, and he has a passion for the natural world. His latest book, Land Smart, explores how various people in the wider agricultural industry can manage...
July 19, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 252
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30:24
On Air at Groundswell: High animal health and welfare at the core of farm resilience
As part of our special podcast series brought to you by the School of Sustainable Food and Farming at Harper Adams University, this episode focuses on how animal health and welfare is key to improving the sustainability of farming systems and t...
July 18, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 251
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28:44
On Air at Groundswell: The importance of water and waste management in a sustainable farming system
As part of our special podcast series brought to you by the School of Sustainable Food and Farming at Harper Adams University, this episode shares helpful on-farm tips to improve water and waste management, whilst looking at some of the practic...
July 14, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 250
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28:25
On Air at Groundswell: How biodiversity is an important ally in building farming resilience
As part of our special podcast series brought to you by the School of Sustainable Food and Farming at Harper Adams University, this episode looks at some practical on-farm examples of improving biodiversity whilst building resilience into farm ...
July 13, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 249
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27:43
General Election result: What can we expect from this Defra team and a Labour Government?
In this episode the Farmers Guardian news and business team give their analysis of what farming can expect from the new Labour Government and the priorities of the new Defra Secretary Steve Reed and his Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner. The tea...
July 12, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 248
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27:44
On Air at Groundswell: Healthy soils delivering sustainable farming systems
As part of our special podcast series brought to you by the School of Sustainable Food and Farming at Harper Adams University, this episode looks at how healthy soils underpin resilient and sustainable farming systems. Arable agronomist and far...
July 09, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 247
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28:20
Exclusive: Sit down with Cumbrian sheep farmer Alistair Mackintosh in his first few days as Red Tractor interim chair
Cumbrian sheep farmer Alistair Mackintosh sits down with Farmers Guardian chief reporter Rachael Brown to chat about his new role as Red Tractor interim chair. He talks about how he looks to rebuild farmer confidence in Red Tractor after frustr...
July 08, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 246
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38:54
On Air at Groundswell: Understanding Social Sustainability in farming
As part of our special podcast series brought to you by the School of Sustainable Food and Farming at Harper Adams University, this episode looks at understanding and measuring social sustainability within agriculture. Tenant organic dairy farm...
July 03, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 245
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23:17
The General Election - What do farmers want to see from the next Government?
On this week’s podcast, news reporter Chris Brayford is joined by a host of guests including farmers and politicians to discuss the implications of a General Election to farming communities and some of the priorities they want to see from the n...
June 28, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 244
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20:01
Ag in my Land: New Zealand farmer focuses on regen, people and opening the farm gates
Ag in my Land is a Farmers Guardian series which looks at farming across the globe, and for the first time ever, we have turned it into a podcast. In this episode, online editor Emily Ashworth talks to Greg Hart who farming in Hawkes Bay in New...
June 21, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 243
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38:05
Political parties unveil General Election manifestos but what do they offer farming?
It is the third week of the General Election campaign and political parties have now published their manifestos. The Farmers Guardian news and business team take a closer look at the parties pledges for farming and rural communities. We l...
June 14, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 242
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20:00
Matt Slack - the social media butcher - urges people to closer to food and farming
In a #Farm24 special, online editor Emily Ashworth speaks to butcher Matt Slack, who has over 135,000 followers on Tik Tok and over 90,000 on Facebook. Matt is passionate about connecting people back to their produce and where it comes from - a...
June 06, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 241
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28:31
New entrant finds home in farming after Open Farm Sunday event
It is no secret that farming needs to attract fresh talent, and there are so many opportunities for people to find a career that suits them. This is the case for Jack Scott who, after attending an Open Farm Sunday at Emma Loder-Symonds farm, No...
June 05, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 240
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36:27
Dairy farm complete their farm-to-fork journey with off-grid on-farm restaurant
Gazegill farm is gently nestled into the heart of the Lancashire countryside, and for years owners Emma Robinson and Ian O'Reilly have been building their farm-to-customer business through meat box and raw milk sales. Nature is at the heart of ...
May 31, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 239
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41:06
'Consumers and retailers need to understand the value of wool as a global commodity' - The British Wool industry in focus
This week, Farmers Guardian reporter Chris Brayford discusses the value of the wool sector with British Wool chief executive Andrew Hogley. During the episode, Andrew talks about the challenges the industry faces, his passion to work with sheep...
May 23, 2024
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Season 4
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Episode 238
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41:28