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Continuing the theme of weather and unpredictability, how can farmers prepare? In an episode from 2024, Dorset dairy farmer Ian Baggs and Adele Jones, formerly of the Sustainable Food Trust, join host Peter Green to explore building resilience through adaptation. From choosing crops suited to indiv…

After the hottest UK summer on record, Farming Focus™ looks at how increasingly unpredictable weather is affecting food production. Riverford Organic Farmers founder Guy Singh-Watson and Herefordshire mixed farmer Ben Andrews join host Peter Green to discuss the growing risks from drought, flooding…

Revisiting a powerful Farming Focus™ conversation, regenerative beef and sheep farmer Eddie Rickson shares how a series of devastating events became the catalyst for reshaping his life and farm. Alongside Dorset farmer and NHS wellbeing coach Ellie Sturrock, he explores the relationship between far…

Exploring how farms can create new income and opportunity from the assets they already have, Tim May of Kingsclere Estates and Cornish farmer Dave Oates join Farming Focus™ host Peter Green to discuss enterprise stacking and Pitch Up! From bringing entrepreneurial thinking onto farms to making use …

In this episode of Farming Focus™, host Peter Green is joined by Dr Louise Manning, author of the Oxford Farming Conference 2026 reportUK Farming: Grasping the Opportunities, and Devon farmer Andy Gray. Together they explore how South West farmers can build resilient, investable businesses by embra…

To mark Farm Safety Week 2026, we revisit one of the earliest episodes of Farming Focus™ and an important conversation remaining as relevant today as when it was first recorded. Cornish Mutual's Paul Mahon and Nick Lay are joined by Devon dairy farmer Fred Collins, who shares how a life-changing ac…

The hidden livestock beneath your feet can be some of the hardest-working members of your farm team. Revisiting an earlier Farming Focus™ episode, farmer and entomologist Sally-Ann Spence joins plant and soil health educator Joel Williams to discuss why healthy soils are central to productive farmi…

What really works in regenerative farming? Recorded live at Groundswell, this week’s Farming Focus™ brings together Cornwall farmer Geoff Williams and Terrafarmer’s Will Marris and Jack Pierce to unpick the successes they’ve seen around soil health, profitability and resilience. From starting sma…

Recorded live at the 2026 Devon County Show, this series finale of Farming Focus™ brings together elements of several episodes to explore why collaboration is becoming increasingly important for resilient and profitable farm businesses. Host Peter Green is joined by Devon farmer Chris Berry, facili…