Farmers Weekly Question Time

Welcome to this special episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast – the Farmers Weekly Question Time event at Newcastle University.

Recorded in front of a live studio audience, farmers, students and other guests quiz industry leaders on topical agricultural issues.

Our panel is:

Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board chairman Nicholas Saphir

Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Julia Aglionby

Northumberland & LEAF demonstration farmer John Renner

Newcastle University Farms director James Standen

Food Newcastle partnership coordinator Ellen Holmes

Sponsored by The Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture and Lightsource BP, this Question Time event was recorded on Thursday, 19 October 2023.

Hosted by Farmers Weekly Podcast editor Johann Tasker. To attend future FW Question Time events, visit fwi.co.uk/questiontime.

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Welcome to this special episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast – the Farmers Weekly Question Time event at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester.

Recorded in front of a live studio audience, farmers, students and other guests quiz industry leaders on topical agricultural issues.

Our panel is:

Former Defra secretary Rt Hon. George Eustice MP

Hertfordshire farmer Jo Franklin

Professor of Rural Policy & Strategy Tom MacMillan

Country Land & Business Association president Mark Tufnell

British Meat Processors Association chief executive Nick Allen

Chartered rural surveyor and rural commentator Rob Yorke

Sponsored by Lloyds Bank and AB Agri, this Question Time event was recorded on Thursday, 11 May 2023.

Hosted by Farmers Weekly Podcast editor Johann Tasker. To attend future FW Question Time events, visit fwi.co.uk/questiontime.

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Welcome to this special episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast – the Farmers Weekly Question Time event at the John Innes Centre, Norwich.

Recorded in front of a live studio audience, farmers, students and other guests quiz industry leaders on topical agricultural issues.

Our panel is:

Shadow Labour Defra farm minister Daniel Zeichner MP

Conservative MP for Broadland Norfolk Jerome Mayhew

Red Tractor Assurance chair Christine Tacon CBE

John Innes wheat geneticist Dr Simon Griffiths

National Pig Association chairman and Norfolk farmer Rob Mutimer

Sponsored by Lloyds Bank and AB Agri, this Question Time event was recorded on Thursday, 20 April 2023.

Hosted by Farmers Weekly Podcast editor Johann Tasker. To attend future FW Question Time events, visit fwi.co.uk/questiontime.

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Welcome to this special episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast – the Farmers Weekly Question Time event at SRUC Oatridge, Scotland's Rural College in West Lothian.

Recorded in front of a live studio audience, farmers, students and other guests quiz industry leaders on topical agricultural issues.

Our panel is:

• NFU Scotland president Martin Kennedy
• Food safety professor Nicola Holden
• Scottish government farming & rural policy director George Burgess
• Dairy farmer Sally Williams
• Award-winning environmental author Louise Gray

Sponsored by Bank of Scotland and AB Agri, this Question Time event was recorded on Thursday, 2 March 2023.

Hosted by Farmers Weekly Podcast editor Johann Tasker. To attend future FW Question Time events, visit fwi.co.uk/questiontime.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to this special episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast – the Farmers Weekly Question Time event at Harper Adams University.

Recorded in front of a live studio audience, farmers, students and other guests quiz industry leaders on topical agricultural issues.

Our panel is:

• Defra farm minister Mark Spencer
• Harper Adams vice chancellor Michael Lee
• Vicki Hird, head of farming at Sustain
• Merseyside farmer and YouTube influencer Olly Harrison

Questions include:

• What is the best way to encourage farmers to take part in Defra's Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme?
• How can the outcomes and value of ELM be measured without any baselining before the scheme starts?
• With land expensive and finance scarce, what is the best way for youngsters to get into farming?
• Will trade deals between the UK and other countries be good or bad for the sustainability of UK agriculture?
• Does the panel agree with the principle that consumers must pay the real cost of food?
• What should be done to secure UK food production from the loss of agricultural land for large-scale tree-planting projects, including the purchase of family farms for carbon offsetting by large corporations?
• Is Jeremy Clarkson still a good ambassador for UK agriculture? Or should he be cancelled?

Sponsored by Lloyds Bank and AB Agri, this Question Time event was recorded on Thursday, 2 February 2023.

Hosted by Farmers Weekly Podcast editor Johann Tasker.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.