The Farmers Weekly Podcast

UK faces 'food supply crisis', charcuterie adds value to bull calves, latest commodity prices, AHDB red meat strategy scrutinised, & landowner restores Cornish mine

December 09, 2022 Season 1 Episode 136
The Farmers Weekly Podcast
UK faces 'food supply crisis', charcuterie adds value to bull calves, latest commodity prices, AHDB red meat strategy scrutinised, & landowner restores Cornish mine
Show Notes

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.

On the markets, we've 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.