Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 136: UK faces food supply crisis
© AdobeStock/puhimec This week, soaring input costs and spiralling consumer inflation mean the UK faces a food supply crisis, says the NFU.
So why won’t the government do anything about it?
How an innovative approach is helping a Somerset dairy farming family get additional value out of bull calves.
See also: ‘No help coming’ for farmers facing hugely squeezed margins
On the markets, we’ve got all the latest commodity prices
We run the rule over the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s red meat strategy for the beef and lamb sectors.
And we meet the Cornish landowner who has restored an old tin mine.
This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker and Surrey farmer Hugh Broom.
Additional reporting by Phil Case, Judith Tooth and Charlotte Cunningham.
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