The Farmers Weekly Podcast

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• Red diesel prices, Can AI replace your agronomist? & Farmers Weekly Live

  October 8, 2026 · 44 min

  Soaring diesel prices are putting fresh pressure on farm businesses – and the outlook suggests volatility could continue well into 2027. In this episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast, we examine what is driving the surge in fuel costs…

• SFI26: Sifting through the wreckage of the Sustainable Farming Incentive

  September 28, 2026 · 50 min

  Farmers are ploughing up environmental features after thousands were shut out of the Sustainable Farming Incentive when funding ran out less than six hours after applications opened. In this episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast, we hear…

• Emergency Episode: SFI26 funding gone in under six hours – what now?

  September 22, 2026 · 22 min

  Defra is under intense pressure after the £233 million budget for the 2026 Sustainable Farming Incentive was exhausted just five hours and 48 minutes after applications opened. In this emergency episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast…

• SFI scramble, sugar beet arbitration, maize quality, & Daniel Zeichner on life inside Defra

  September 18, 2026 · 51 min

  Farmers face a race to secure funding when the Sustainable Farming Incentive reopens – with warnings that the available money could be allocated within just 24 hours. We look at how to prepare an SFI26 application, why growers should…

• Abi Kay's Big Questions: Former minister Daniel Zeichner lifts the lid on life inside Defra.

  September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 9 min

  In an exclusive interview with Farmers Weekly's Abi Kay, former farm minister Daniel Zeichner gives an extraordinary account of life inside Defra.  Revelations include Mr Zeichner's claim that as a minister he knew nothing about…

• Farm rent cuts, secret rural crime workshops, pig sector crisis, & Derek vs Derek

  September 15, 2026 · 49 min

  Tenant farmers are being urged to seek rent reductions as difficult arable economics put pressure on farm businesses – but how far should landlords go to share the pain? This week, we examine calls for rent cuts of up to 20% and ask…

• River Wye pollution progress, gene-edited soya, falling livestock numbers & Great British Harvest Festival

  September 4, 2026 · 43 min

  In this episode, we examine new farm-level evidence suggesting phosphorus is coming into balance on farms in the River Wye catchment – and ask what it means for water pollution. We visit a field trial where precision breeding could make…

• Autumn drilling gamble, fertiliser warning, sugar beet drought, Brazilian beef imports, and firearms licensing

  August 28, 2026 · 46 min

  In this episode, how much rain is enough to start drilling after one of the driest summers in recent memory? We look at autumn crop establishment as growers weigh up whether to put oilseed rape and other crops into exceptionally dry soils…