The Farmers Weekly Podcast

Prince Charles' warning over family farms, water for agriculture, arable futures, national food strategy, & the Great Yorkshire Show

July 16, 2021 Season 1 Episode 66
The Farmers Weekly Podcast
Prince Charles' warning over family farms, water for agriculture, arable futures, national food strategy, & the Great Yorkshire Show
Show Notes

Prince Charles' warning over family farms, water for agriculture, arable futures, national food strategy, & down the cattle lines at the Great Yorkshire Show

In this episode, Prince Charles highlights his concern for family farms – and says the future of the countryside depends on their survival.

Have you had your fill? We examine what the government's long-awaited national food strategy means for growers and livestock producers.

We look at how climate change is affecting water supplies for agriculture – and what farmers can do to ensure they get a fair share for food production.

On the markets, we check out out the latest arable futures ahead of harvest.

And we join the socially distanced crowds at the Great Yorkshire Show – where we take a stroll down the cattle lines.

This episode co-hosted by Farmers Weekly's Johann Tasker and Surrey farmer Hugh Broom, with Farmers Weekly community editor Lizzie McLaughlin and senior livestock reporter Michael Priestley.