The Farmers Weekly Podcast

Crops and grass desperate for rain, farm machinery shortages, latest carbon targets, market prices, & Picnics in the Vineyard

April 23, 2021 Season 1 Episode 54
The Farmers Weekly Podcast
Crops and grass desperate for rain, farm machinery shortages, latest carbon targets, market prices, & Picnics in the Vineyard
Show Notes

In this episode, we look at how farmers are tackling the cold, dry spring – with crops and grass in desperate need of rain.

Farm machinery suppliers and manufacturers are warning of a machinery shortage – have you got your spares in the shed?

How will the latest carbon targets affect your farm? We speak to the head of the government's Climate Change Committee.

And Picnics in the Vineyard – we find out how one Yorkshire farm has worked hard to make the lockdown pay.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Farmers Weekly chief reporter Johann Tasker and Surrey farmer Hugh Broom with Farmers Weekly senior machinery reporter Edd Mowbray.