Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 301: Clarkson speaks out over soaring costs

Celebrity farmer Jeremy Clarkson speaks out as soaring fuel and fertiliser costs force arable growers to rethink autumn cropping plans.

MPs urge Kier Starmer to help reduce red diesel prices as they tell the prime minister the Iran war makes food security paramount.

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We preview this summer’s Cereals event, to be held on 10-11 June at Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds.

And how a royal estate is working to improve safety on its tenant farms.

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

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