Farmers Weekly Podcast Ep 115: Too hot to harvest? Plus farm safety and the Great Yorkshire Show
© Tim Scrivener In this episode, with the UK heatwave set to see temperatures climb towards 40C, we ask could it simply become too hot to harvest?
As the latest farm fatality figures are released, we look ahead to Farm Safety Week – and the 10th anniversary of the Farm Safety Foundation.
On the markets, we examine why commodity prices have eased so much in the past month.
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And we join the crowds and the livestock classes at the Great Yorkshire Show
This episode is co-hosted by Farmers Weekly’s Johann Tasker and Surrey farmer Hugh Broom with Farmers Weekly senior livestock reporter Michael Priestley.
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