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Farmers Weekly Question Time: Harper Adams University
Manage episode 354682217 series 2668621
Welcome to this special episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast – the Farmers Weekly Question Time event at Harper Adams University.
Recorded in front of a live studio audience, farmers, students and other guests quiz industry leaders on topical agricultural issues.
Our panel is:
- Defra farm minister Mark Spencer
- Harper Adams vice chancellor Michael Lee
- Vicki Hird, head of farming at Sustain
- Merseyside farmer and YouTube influencer Olly Harrison
Questions include:
- What is the best way to encourage farmers to take part in Defra's Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme?
- How can the outcomes and value of ELM be measured without any baselining before the scheme starts?
- With land expensive and finance scarce, what is the best way for youngsters to get into farming?
- Will trade deals between the UK and other countries be good or bad for the sustainability of UK agriculture?
- Does the panel agree with the principle that consumers must pay the real cost of food?
- What should be done to secure UK food production from the loss of agricultural land for large-scale tree-planting projects, including the purchase of family farms for carbon offsetting by large corporations?
- Is Jeremy Clarkson still a good ambassador for UK agriculture? Or should he be cancelled?
Sponsored by Lloyds Bank and AB Agri, this Question Time event was recorded on Thursday, 2 February 2023.
Hosted by Farmers Weekly Podcast editor Johann Tasker.
219 episoder
Manage episode 354682217 series 2668621
Welcome to this special episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast – the Farmers Weekly Question Time event at Harper Adams University.
Recorded in front of a live studio audience, farmers, students and other guests quiz industry leaders on topical agricultural issues.
Our panel is:
- Defra farm minister Mark Spencer
- Harper Adams vice chancellor Michael Lee
- Vicki Hird, head of farming at Sustain
- Merseyside farmer and YouTube influencer Olly Harrison
Questions include:
- What is the best way to encourage farmers to take part in Defra's Environmental Land Management (ELM) scheme?
- How can the outcomes and value of ELM be measured without any baselining before the scheme starts?
- With land expensive and finance scarce, what is the best way for youngsters to get into farming?
- Will trade deals between the UK and other countries be good or bad for the sustainability of UK agriculture?
- Does the panel agree with the principle that consumers must pay the real cost of food?
- What should be done to secure UK food production from the loss of agricultural land for large-scale tree-planting projects, including the purchase of family farms for carbon offsetting by large corporations?
- Is Jeremy Clarkson still a good ambassador for UK agriculture? Or should he be cancelled?
Sponsored by Lloyds Bank and AB Agri, this Question Time event was recorded on Thursday, 2 February 2023.
Hosted by Farmers Weekly Podcast editor Johann Tasker.
219 episoder
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