April 19, 2024

Clarkson's Farm series 3 preview, red diesel prices, herbal leys – simple or not? Space food – vertical farm in orbit, & farm charity London Marathon runners

31 minutes

In this episode, we dicuss what viewers can expect from the new series of the hit TV show Clarkson's Farm.

With fuel prices set to rise, we examine the prospects for red diesel.

Herbal leys – are they really the simple option for livestock producers wanting easy money from the Sustainable Farming Incentive?

How space food from a vertical farm in orbit could benefit farmers back on Earth.

And we pull on our sports gear and go for a jog with the farming charity runners taking part in this year's London Marathon*.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker and Sandy Kirkpatrick with additional reporting by Michael Priestley, Charlie Reeve and Matilda Bovingdon.

You can contact the Farmers Weekly Podcast by emailing [email protected]. In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0.

* If you would like to make a donation, London Marathon runners and their chosen charities include:

Edd Mowbray, ABC Communications, Headway, the brain injury association
Philip Case, Farmers Weekly, Farming Community Network
Emma Crosby, Jen Cox and Lizzy Milne, NFU, Farm Africa
Flora Archer, NFU, East Anglian Air Ambulance