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The Farmers Weekly Podcast

Criminal inquiry into ‘rotten meat’ scandal, urea fertiliser threat, succession planning, milk price cuts, & dairy farming couple launch cheese brand

This week – a mass food fraud involving rotten and mislabelled meat has triggered a criminal investigation after being exposed by Farmers Weekly.The government tells farmers to use urea fertiliser sensibly – or face tighter restrictions. We find out how the industry is fighting back.How you can keep your family happy – and avoid a long-running dispute – while ensuring you get your fair share of the farm.We've all the latest commodity prices – including details of the latest milk price cuts.An...
Broadcast on:
31 Mar 2023

This week – a mass food fraud involving rotten and mislabelled meat has triggered a criminal investigation after being exposed by Farmers Weekly.

The government tells farmers to use urea fertiliser sensibly – or face tighter restrictions. We find out how the industry is fighting back.

How you can keep your family happy – and avoid a long-running dispute – while ensuring you get your fair share of the farm.

We've all the latest commodity prices – including details of the latest milk price cuts.

And we meet the young dairy farming couple who are wowing customers after launching their own cheese brand.

This episode is co-hosted by Johann Tasker and Surrey farmer Hugh Broom, with additional reporting by Farmers Weekly deputy editor Abi Kay.

To contact Johann and Hugh, please email podcast@fwi.co.uk. In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88440.

This week – a mass food fraud involving rotten and mislabelled meat has triggered a criminal investigation after being exposed by Farmers Weekly.The government tells farmers to use urea fertiliser sensibly – or face tighter restrictions. We find out how the industry is fighting back.How you can keep your family happy – and avoid a long-running dispute – while ensuring you get your fair share of the farm.We've all the latest commodity prices – including details of the latest milk price cuts.An...