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
272 episodes
Voices of the generations: 100 year-old farmer and RAF veteran reflects on life in Remembrance Day special
Welsh farmer and World War II Royal Airforce veteran Aneurin Owen will be 100 years old on November 30, 2024. Farmers Guardian online editor Emily Ashworth meets him to talk about a century in farming and in honour of Remembrance Day, his time ...
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Season 4
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Episode 272
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31:22
Autumn Budget: How will the Chancellor's announcements impact farms?
Following the Chancellor's announcements on Inheritance Tax and Agricultural Property Relief in the 2024 Autumn Budget, Farmers Guardian's Alex Black, Rachael Brown and Jane Thynne dig into what the changes may mean for the farming industry. Th...
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Season 4
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Episode 271
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24:01
Diversification Special: Turning a countryside farm into a unique getaway
For this special episode, we partner with our sister podcast (The Land, Leisure and Tourism Podcast) to bring you a discussion with Sykes Holiday Cottages and one of their latest customers. We talk about the logistics and challenge...
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Season 4
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Episode 270
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35:37
On the farm with Charlotte Ashley and Rebecca Wilson - nothing but the truth
This week Farmers Guardian's online editor Emily Ashworth went to Charlotte Ashley's farm in Cumbria to talk to her and close friend and social media star Rebecca Wilson all about showcasing real-life farming on social platforms. They also high...
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Season 4
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Episode 269
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33:12
Former NFU dairy chair Michael Oakes switches from dairy to beef after a clear TB test and worries over succession, losing FBT land and a recent health scare
After 40 years, West Midlands dairy farmer and former NFU dairy board chair Michael Oakes decided to quit milking, sold his 200 holstein dairy herd and started a new venture rearing 200 plus beef cattle on his Bournville Village Trust tenant fa...
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Season 4
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Episode 267
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36:28
FG manifesto: 100 days in - what do farmers and rural businesses need from Labour?
With the country now 100 days into the new Labour Government, Farmers Guardian has created a new manifesto on what farmers and rural businesses want from the Government.FG editor Olivia Midgley, Patrick Holden, chief executive of the Sus...
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Season 4
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Episode 267
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53:01
What happened to wool? Looking back at the changes in the industry and if it's making a comeback
Wool was, at one time, the jewel of fabrics. It was a well-respected product but, over the years its value has decreased. In this episode, we look at why. Is it a pricing issue? Is it a marketing issue? Emily Ashworth and Katie Fallon look back...
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Season 4
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Episode 266
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16:25
Political party conference roundup: What are they offering farmers?
As the 2024 political party conferences wrap up, Farmers Guardian's news and business team discuss the goings on at the Liberal Democrat, Labour and Conservative Party conferences and what each party has to offer for the farming sector.
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Season 4
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Episode 265
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36:04
Live from the Claas cab: Talking machinery and careers
This week's Farmers Guardian podcast is a little different.FG's online editor Emily Ashworth joins the machinery team, Toby Whatley and James Huyton, to delve into the world of machinery and talk about the opportunities in the sector, e...
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Season 4
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Episode 264
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34:48
What are the benefits of studying an agricultural course? Live from Barnsley College
On the pod this week, news reporter Chris Brayford visited students and staff at Barnsley College’s Wigfield Farm campus to discuss the importance of agricultural courses in educational settings.@Wig...
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Season 4
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Episode 263
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34:14
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 (
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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.<...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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Season 4
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Episode 248
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27:44