In this episode, we preview the early start to harvest 2025 as the first combines roll into barley crops.

One year after the Labour came to power, we ask why farm leaders have gone so quiet on government plans to impose inheritance on farmers.

We visit a Fram Farmers trials day in Suffolk – and Hugh goes to his local Cowpie Country Fair.

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