Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 259: Red Tractor reform, bluetongue restrictions, and farming rules for water

In this episode, a former NFU combinable crops chairman sets the pace of change at Red Tractor is too slow to win back farmers’ confidence.

Cross-border bluetongue restrictions on livestock brought from England into Wales threaten to cause havoc, say farm leaders.

See also: Red Tractor’s new chairman vows to rebuild farmer trust

We’ve the latest on muck spreading and Defra’s Farming Rules For Water.

And we visit the Royal Highland Show for a beefy announcement.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom.

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