Orkney and Shetland MP and chair of the Efra Committee Alistair Carmichael recently presented a Bill urging Parliament to address supply chain unfairness and the imbalance of power dynamics between farmers and supermarkets
On today's Farming in Five, head of news and business Alex Black takes a look back at the big news stories of the week, from the Farming Minister failing to give reassurances on SFI, to Asda backtracking on its poultry commitments and the threat to cattle from dog owners not cleaning up after their dogs, and looks ahead to the Spring Statement and Big Farm Tea Break
The Farmers Guardian team take a look at the impact of Donald Trump's trade tariffs on the machinery and commodity markets
In this week's podcast Katie Jones talks to two livestock farmers about bale grazing; how it works for them, the challenges, and the advantages
In this week's FG podcast, Alex Black speaks to two Northern Irish farmers about the price gap with Great Britain
In this week's FG podcast, online editor Emily Ashworth talks to a young new entrant about her journey from the city to farming
Rob Black said often tenants make assumptions of their landlords and vice versa. He said there was a need for more ‘genuine conversations’ encouraging landlords and tenants to ‘sit down and talk to each other’
Former two-time NPA chair Richard Longthorp joins us on the pod this week. Richard talks about his life in farming, foot-and-mouth, living with Parkinson's disease, and why he is giving back to those who have given him a new lease of life
The founder of Save British Farming talks tractor rallies, Inheritance Tax and the dangers posed by President Trump
This podcast episode covers the latest on Inheritance Tax, what the industry plans to do next, as well as other industry updates including an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone across England, Wales and Scotland, and a ban on new permits for sheep dip disposal in Wales