Will the UK's next Prime Minister be good for farming? Labour shortages and drought challenges, greenhouse gas emissions, dairy and farmland markets, & The Great Plant-Based Con

The Farmers Weekly Podcast

In this episode, will the UK's next Prime Minister be good for farming?

Conservative Party leadership candidate Rishi Sunak holds a live Q&A in person and online at the National Farmers Union headquarters at Stoneleigh.

Farm leaders say the government must do more to ease the labour shortage and drought pressures on growers and livestock producers.

We find out how the cost of living crisis could hit consumer spending on dairy – and we take a special look at the farmland market.

We meet farmers leaders in Holland and Ireland who are locked in a battle with their governments over greenhouse gas emissions.

And we speak to the author of a new book called The Great Plant-Based Con.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker and Surrey farmer Hugh Broom, with additional reporting by FW news reporter Ed Henderson and FW editor Andrew Meredith.