The Farmers Weekly Podcast

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, whether farmers should buy now or wait, and how hedging and reducing diesel use could help manage the risk.

We also ask whether artificial intelligence could eventually replace your agronomist after Bedfordshire grower Andrew Robinson handed control of a winter wheat fungicide programme to AI.

Plus, we hear from some of the winners at the 2026 Farmers Weekly Awards, discuss the latest debate over rural Britain and farm policy, bring you our weekly market round-up, and unveil Farmers Weekly Live – a new farm business event coming to Stoneleigh Park in July 2027.

The episode also includes the Farmers Weekly Autumn Drilling Update, in association with Bayer Crop Science.

Chapters

00:00 – Introduction
00:53 – Why diesel prices are soaring
03:59 – Should farmers buy diesel now or wait?
06:33 – What expensive diesel means for farming
14:10 – Autumn Drilling Update
17:02 – Can AI replace your agronomist?
19:05 – How AI could change agronomy
24:36 – This week in farming
27:37 – Rural Britain and Westminster
31:17 – Farming and the UK’s relationship with Europe
34:05 – Markets
36:38 – Farmers Weekly Live launches
43:01 – Podcast close

Guests

Patrick Crean – fuel procurement manager, AF Group
Jenny Deakin – Bayer Crop Science
Andrew Robinson – Bedfordshire arable farmer
Andrew Meredith – editor, Farmers Weekly
Dan Smith – managing director, Farmers Weekly
Presented by: Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom.

Useful links

Farmers Weekly Live – 6-7 July 2027, NAEC Stoneleigh
Details of the new event and registration of interest. 
⁠https://www.fwi.co.uk/sp/events/farmers-weekly-live

Red diesel price volatility hits autumn fieldwork
Farmers Weekly’s report on the sharp rise in fuel costs and the implications for autumn operations. 
⁠https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/red-diesel-price-volatility-hits-autumn-fieldwork

Farmers Weekly Awards 2026 winners
The full list of this year’s winners, including Farm Manager of the Year Will Jones and Environmental Champion Colin Chappell. 
⁠https://www.fwi.co.uk/sp/events/past-winners-2026

Alistair Leake – Lifetime Achievement Award
Farmers Weekly profile of the 2026 Lifetime Achievement winner. 
⁠https://www.fwi.co.uk/news/farmers-weekly-awards-2026-lifetime-achievement-winner

Bayer Crop Science – autumn grassweed management
Advice on blackgrass, Italian ryegrass and brome management in wheat. 
⁠https://cropscience.bayer.co.uk/insights/weed-management/weed-out-uncertainty

Alternator Met herbicide information
Bayer Crop Science information on autumn cereal weed control and application timings. 
⁠https://cropscience.bayer.co.uk/our-products/herbicides/alternator-met

Farmers Weekly – latest farming news, analysis and markets
⁠https://www.fwi.co.uk/

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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 from Lincolnshire farmer Charles Anyan as he returns buffer strips to wheat production following problems with his SFI application.

NFU vice-president Robyn Munt sets out what the union wants Defra to do next – including urgent clarity for farmers left without agreements and an earlier opening for SFI 2027.

Shadow farming minister Robbie Moore gives the Conservative response and argues that the government and Treasury must provide greater certainty over future funding.

And we visit the Allerton Project in Leicestershire, where a planned SFI agreement worth about £85,000 a year failed to get through.

Allerton head of sustainable farming Joe Stanley considers what the debacle means for environmental delivery – and whether private natural-capital markets can fill some of the funding gap.

Chapters

00:00 – SFI fallout: farmers start ploughing up environmental features
09:27 – Autumn drilling update: grassweed control with Bayer Crop Science
12:19 – NFU demands answers from Defra
25:41 – Political fallout from the SFI closure
37:18 – Markets: beef and sheep strengthen
39:42 – Allerton Project: £85,000 SFI shortfall
45:20 – What now for farm environmental policy?

Special Guests

Charles Anyan – Lincolnshire farmer
Robyn Munt – vice-president, National Farmers’ Union
Robbie Moore MP – shadow farming minister
Joe Stanley – head of sustainable farming, Allerton Project

Useful links

• Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026 – scheme information
• Defra: SFI26 Window 2 update
• Defra: SFI26 Window 2 applications and statistics
• NFU: SFI scheme guidance and information
• Allerton Project

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker.

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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, farmers describe technical problems that prevented them from submitting complete applications despite weeks of preparation – leaving some facing holes of more than £50,000 in their farm budgets.

Farm business consultant James Bush explains what went wrong, what farmers should do next and why Defra and the Rural Payments Agency need urgently to clarify what happens to those who missed out.

Podcast hosts Johan Tasker, Hugh Broom and Louise Impey discuss the wider fallout – including fears that farmers could abandon environmental measures if funding remains unavailable.

In this episode

00:00 – SFI funding exhausted in under six hours
The £233m budget disappears after applications open, leaving thousands of farmers without agreements.

00:52 – West Sussex farmers hit by application problems
Frans de Boer and Rupert Hoare describe unexplained compatibility errors, missing options and incomplete applications despite extensive preparation.

02:45 – £55,000 hole in a Cambridgeshire farm budget
Beef and arable farmer Peter Hatley explains how technical problems prevented his application and why losing expected SFI income could force major changes to his farming system.

04:14 – Dartmoor farmer loses £50,000 agreement
Matthew Cole describes spending hours preparing his upland application only for errors to prevent submission before the budget disappeared.

05:19 – Hugh and Louise react
Hugh Broom and Louise Impey discuss the stress, confusion and frustration surrounding the application window – and the consequences for farmers who missed out.

08:07 – Farm consultant James Bush: what went wrong?
James Bush, head of agriculture at GSC Grays, describes consultants preparing for a 24-hour application marathon – only to see the entire budget exhausted within six hours.

10:08 – What Defra needs to fix
Technical problems, mapping issues and the shortcomings of a highly compressed application window.

12:00 – What farmers should do next
James explains why land-use codes, land cover, digital mapping and contingency plans need to be checked ahead of any future application window.

13:07 – The particular problem facing upland farms
Why farmers in the uplands have fewer alternatives when environmental support disappears – and how one moorland agreement was left with a major funding shortfall.

15:04 – Don’t panic – but demand clarity
What farmers need to know about another SFI window and how SFI 2026 might interact with future schemes.

16:10 – Could environmental land go back into production?
Hugh warns that frustration with government schemes could encourage farmers to remove margins and other environmental measures.

19:38 – Budget, IT – and communication
Louise argues that Defra must either provide sufficient funding or redesign the scheme around the budget actually available.

21:03 – What happens next
The team looks ahead to Friday’s Farmers Weekly Podcast and further coverage of the SFI fallout.

Guests

Frans de Boer – West Sussex farmer
Rupert Hoare – West Sussex farmer
Peter Hatley – Cambridgeshire beef and arable farmer
Matthew Cole – Dartmoor farmer
James Bush – head of agriculture, GSC Grays

Useful links

• Farmers Weekly – latest Sustainable Farming Incentive news and analysis
• Defra – Sustainable Farming Incentive guidance
• Rural Payments Agency – SFI applications and scheme information
• GSC Grays – agricultural and farm business advice

This emergency episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker.

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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 resist simply chasing grant money and what could happen to farmers whose existing agreements prevent them joining this time around.

Sugar beet growers face another period of uncertainty after price negotiations between NFU Sugar and British Sugar break down. With the 2027/28 contract heading to arbitration, we ask whether the crop can continue to earn its place in the rotation.

After one of the earliest maize harvests on record, we examine maize quality, forage shortages and why regular silage analysis could prove particularly important this winter.

And former farm minister Daniel Zeichner gives an extraordinary account of life inside Defra – including his claim that he knew nothing about the government’s inheritance tax changes until after they were announced in the 2024 Budget.

This episode is brought to you by Bayer Crop Science – weeding out uncertainty.

Chapters

00:00 – Introduction
01:09 – SFI26: will the money run out in 24 hours?
08:01 – SFI: preparing for the scramble
14:21 – Autumn drilling update: managing dry seedbeds
16:56 – Sugar beet price talks head to arbitration
20:50 – Does sugar beet have a future?
25:39 – Around the farming world
30:01 – Maize harvest: quantity versus quality
34:25 – Markets: livestock up, grain down and diesel jumps
36:46 – Daniel Zeichner: what really happened inside Defra?
44:20 – Abi Kay on an extraordinary interview

Special Guests

Chloe Timberlake – farm business adviser, Ceres Rural
Nick Scantlebury – senior farms manager, Elveden Estate
Neil Groom – maize specialist, Grainseed
Daniel Zeichner MP – former Defra farm minister
Abi Kay – Farmers Weekly chief reporter

Useful links

Sustainable Farming Incentive 2026
SFI26 Window 2 update
Sugar beet price arbitration
British Sugar’s Cantley plans
Bovine TB transmission research
Daniel Zeichner interview

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker.

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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 government plans to impose inheritance tax on farmers until after they were announced in the 2024 Budget.

He says he was then “dutifully dispatched to defend” the policy to furious farmers.

Mr Zeichner also admits that Labour was not sufficiently prepared for government when it was elected in July 2024.

He says he was unable to tell farmers the “full story” about problems with the government's flagship Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), which ran out of money in March 2025.

He also describes feeling “man-marked” by Treasury officials he had never met – and says the government should have foreseen the trouble its inheritance tax plans caused.

Edited and produced by Johann Tasker.

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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 whether landlords and tenants need a new approach to negotiating rents during difficult years.

We also investigate the secret workshops helping farmers protect themselves against increasingly sophisticated rural crime.

Security specialist Frank Cannon explains why some crime-prevention advice is deliberately kept behind closed doors.

Meanwhile, pig producers face a difficult autumn after processors served notice on supply contracts.

Thousands of pigs could be left without a contracted buyer each week, accelerating the decline of independent production.

And finally, we head to the cinema for Derek vs Derek, a feature-length documentary following two neighbouring Devon farmers with very different ideas about the countryside: dairy farmer Derek Banbury and rewilder Derek Gow.

Derek vs Derek is directed by James Dawson and follows Derek Banbury and Derek Gow over three years. Its UK cinema release begins on 2 October 2026.

This episode is brought to you by Bayer Crop Science – weeding out uncertainty.

Chapters

00:00 – Introduction
00:59 – Should tenant farmers demand rent cuts?
09:41 – Who should carry the pain in a bad year?
13:27 – Autumn drilling update with Bayer Crop Science
15:23 – Secret workshops tackle rural crime
18:11 – How farmers can make themselves harder targets
25:10 – Farming politics on the road
27:35 – Back British Farming Day
29:06 – Pig producers face contract crisis
33:43 – Markets: livestock, grain and fuel
36:09 – Derek vs Derek: farming meets rewilding
38:38 – Food production or nature – must farmers choose?
47:23 – Podcast wrap-up

Guests and useful links:

Richard King – partner, Andersons farm business consultants
Jeremy Moody – secretary and adviser, Central Association of Agricultural Valuers
Frank Cannon – chartered security professional, Rural SafeGuard
Alistair Driver – editor, Pig World

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker.

To get in touch with the Farmers Weekly Podcast: -

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For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow linkedin.com/company/farmers-weekly

To contact, sponsor or advertise on the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email [email protected]. In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0. 

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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 UK-grown soya commercially possible.

We examine the continuing decline in cattle and sheep numbers, and run the rule over the latest livestock and arable markets.

And we discover why some of Britain’s biggest music names are heading to Suffolk for a harvest festival with a difference.

This episode is brought to you by Bayer Crop Science – weeding out uncertainty.

Chapters

00:00 – Introduction
00:51 – River Wye: are farmers turning the tide on pollution?
10:18 – Bayer autumn drilling update: tackling weeds field by field
12:20 – Could gene-edited soya become a UK break crop?
21:51 – Farming news: El Niño, Asian hornets and SFI26
26:07 – Why are Britain’s beef and sheep herds shrinking?
32:21 – Markets: beef firms as grain prices rise
34:59 – A Great British Harvest Festival with a difference
42:13 – That’s all for this week

Guests

• Dan Smith – farm facilitator, Herefordshire Rural Hub
• Rachel Banks – technical manager, Bayer Crop Science
• Dr Frank Röber – Europe Breeding Alliances lead, Corteva Agriscience
• Philip Case – Farmers Weekly
• Prys Morgan – beef and lamb sector director, AHDB
• Andrew Sunnucks – farmer and music producer

Useful links

River Wye nutrient balance project
River Wye water quality – Environment Agency
SFI26 Window 2
AHDB Beef & Lamb
Bayer Crop Science
Great British Harvest Festival

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker.

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For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow linkedin.com/company/farmers-weekly

To contact, sponsor or advertise on the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email [email protected]. In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0. 

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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 – or wait for more meaningful rainfall.

We assess the prospects for the coming sugar beet harvest after drought, heat and pest pressure take their toll on crops.

And farm leaders call for tougher controls on Brazilian beef and imported eggs as questions mount over whether food coming into Britain meets the same standards expected of UK producers.

Meanwhile, fertiliser suppliers urge growers to start talking about next season’s requirements as geopolitical disruption threatens to disrupt another buying season.

And finally, a police watchdog says firearms licensing in England and Wales is “not fit for purpose”.

What would a new national licensing authority mean for the thousands of farmers and other rural businesses that rely on shotguns and firearms for their work?

This episode is brought to you by KWS – seeding the future since 1856.

Chapters

00:00 – Introduction
00:53 – How much rain is enough to drill oilseed rape?
02:24 – How late is too late for oilseed rape?
03:21 – Drilling into exceptionally dry seed-beds
04:01 – Should growers increase seed rates?
05:07 – Has this week’s rain changed anything?
07:14 – Grass, cover crops and an exceptionally early maize harvest
08:21 – What happened to cabbage stem flea beetle?
09:24 – Farmers Weekly Harvest Update with KWS
11:45 – How badly has drought hit sugar beet?
14:02 – Beet armyworm adds to pest pressure
15:01 – Building more resilient sugar beet crops
16:05 – Can plant breeding deliver drought tolerance?
16:52 – What are growers expecting from harvest?
19:29 – A difficult lifting campaign ahead?
20:49 – Calls to stop Brazilian beef imports
21:11 – Imported eggs and the salmonella outbreak
22:53 – Farmers urged to plan fertiliser requirements early
24:17 – Geopolitics puts fertiliser supply chains under pressure
25:01 – But what about farm cash flow?
26:17 – Can the supply chain cope with another late rush?
28:59 – Markets update
29:20 – Firearms licensing ‘not fit for purpose’
30:25 – Farmers’ experience of firearms licensing
31:26 – Would a national firearms authority work better?
32:18 – Closing remarks

Guests

• Jock Willmott – partner and agronomist, Ceres Rural
• Matt Bull – product manager, KWS
• Dr Georgina Barratt – head of crop production, British Beet Research Organisation
• Harriet Trewin – head of fertiliser, Agricultural Industries Confederation
• Lee Freeman – HM inspector of constabulary

Useful links

⁠Ceres Rural
⁠British Beet Research Organisation
⁠Agricultural Industries Confederation
Latest UKHSA salmonella outbreak update
Government firearms licensing guidance

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker.

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For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow linkedin.com/company/farmers-weekly

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Could government-backed crisis loans help cash-strapped farmers recover from drought and keep Britain producing food?

This week, we examine industry proposals for a Keep Britain Growing Loan – an interest-free, government-backed scheme planned for farmers.

With the bluetongue outbreak continuing to spread northwards, we hear why livestock producers are being urged to vaccinate susceptible cattle and sheep as soon as possible.

We look at China’s drive for greater food self-sufficiency and what it could mean for global agricultural markets.

And a new report called From Risk to Reward examines the financial cost of switching to regenerative farming.

If farmers lose money during the transition, should food companies and the wider supply chain shoulder more of the risk?

This episode is brought to you by Bayer CropScience - weeding out uncertainty.

Chapters

00:00 – Introduction
01:02 – Could crisis loans keep farmers farming?
04:30 – Would the loans make a difference?
09:46 – Autumn Drilling Update with Bayer Cropscience
11:44 – Bluetongue spreads further across Britain
17:05 – Is it too late to vaccinate?
17:57 – Preparing for bluetongue in 2027
23:34 – Harvest, autumn cultivations and SFI
27:07 – China targets greater food self-sufficiency
30:06 – Markets
33:16 – Who pays for regenerative farming?
39:02 – Should food companies share the risk?

Guests

Alex Godfrey – Lincolnshire farmer and chairman, GB Potatoes
Rachel Banks – technical manager, Bayer Cropscience
Claire Wise – acting national livestock chair, NFU
Mandy Nevel – head of animal health, AHDB
Joe Stanley – head of sustainable farming, Allerton Project

Useful Links

Keep Britain Growing Loan
Bluetongue – latest situation
Bayer weed management advice
Regenerative agriculture and Nestlé
Allerton Project
From Risk to Reward

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker.

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For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow linkedin.com/company/farmers-weekly

To contact, sponsor or advertise on the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email [email protected]. In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0. 

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In this episode, Defra unveils a £65m package to help drought-hit farmers – we examine how it could help your farm business.

We also look at whether growers should start drilling winter crops into exceptionally dry soils – and assess the worsening forage situation for cattle and sheep.

Elsewhere, farmers in South Wales help firefighters tackle wildfires, grain markets respond to renewed turmoil in the Black Sea,

And three veteran kayakers take to the rivers of East Anglia to raise money for rural mental health charity YANA (You Are Not Alone).

This episode is brought to you by plant breeder KWS.

Guests

• Ian Gould – Independent farm adviser
• John Cousins – Weed scientist, ADAS
• Andrew Jones – Independent dairy and beef nutritionist
• Brian Bowen – South Wales farmer
• Henry Kilvert – Norfolk farmer and YANA supporter

Chapters

00:00 – Defra unveils £65m drought package
01:52 – SFI flexibility in extreme drought
06:33 – What does the £65m package actually offer?
10:40 – Extra grazing for livestock farmers
13:07 – Can farmers rely on SFI long term?
15:51 – Farmers Weekly Harvest Update with KWS
18:04 – When should growers start autumn drilling?
23:17 – Blackgrass, herbicides and dry seedbeds
26:06 – Should growers risk drilling oilseed rape?
28:37 – Livestock forage crisis deepens
29:57 – Drought threatens fertility and production
32:18 – Sheep, forage and winter feed stocks
5:23 – Listener feedback and farming resilience
36:34 – Farmers battle South Wales wildfires
39:29 – Grain prices react to Black Sea attacks
40:26 – This week’s farmgate prices
42:56 – Three old men in boats
44:37 – Tackling loneliness in farming

Usel links

• Government £65m drought support announcement:
• Sustainable Farming Incentive:
• Environment Agency drought and water resources information
• AHDB harvest progress
• AHDB drought, feed and fodder advice
• ADAS
• YANA – rural mental health support

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker.

To get in touch with the Farmers Weekly Podcast: -

Contact or follow Johann: linkedin.com/in/johanntasker/

Contact or follow Louise: linkedin.com/in/louise-impey-95470b20b/

Contact or follow Hugh: linkedin.com/in/hugh-broom-9b11906a/

For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow linkedin.com/company/farmers-weekly

To contact, sponsor or advertise on the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email [email protected]. In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0. 

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