Episodes
Ben meets Will Oliver, the 2022 Farmers Weekly Arable Farmer of the Year who also raises poultry indoors in Leicestershire.
Published 06/10/24
Ben meets Kirsty and Aimee Budge who run the only monitor farm on the Shetland Islands.
Published 06/03/24
Ben meets Devon farmer Rupert Shinner who recently travelled to Japan to find out more about its agriculture.
Published 05/27/24
Ben meets Francesca Cooper, a rural surveyor turned farmer who now farms with her business partner on the Isle of Wight.
Published 05/20/24
Today we head to Colorado in the US to meet Lauren Johnson. Lauren's family ranch at Flying Diamond Cattle Ranch.
Published 05/13/24
Ben visits the Cultivate rural business summit near Macclesfield.
Published 05/06/24
Ben heads to Georgia in the US to meet Avery Wrigglesworth who runs Lily Hill farm.
Published 04/29/24
April 21st was World Curlew Day and today's episode is partly about celebrating the curlew, as well as profiling Leigh Weston who farms with her partner Neil Heseltine in the Yorkshire Dales.
Published 04/22/24
Ben heads to Cornwall to speak to Cornish beef farmer Ben Thomas, who recently featured in the film 6 Inches of Soil.
Published 04/15/24
We look back at some previous episodes with Fred Price, Abi Reader and Nikki Yoxall.
Published 04/08/24
Ben speaks to Bal Padda who grows soft fruit in Worcestershire. Bal's parents moved from Punjab to the UK and started growing in 1997 on just 7 acres. Today the business has grown to 136 acres.
Published 04/01/24
Ben speaks to soft fruit grower Anna Barton who used to work in interior design before meeting her husband and moving to the farm.
Published 03/25/24
Ben meets beef and hazelnut farmer Ian Farrant. Ian was Farmers Weekly's Beef Farmer of the Year in 2023.
Published 03/18/24
Ben travels to Somerset to interview former MP and MEP Neil Parish who resigned his Parliamentary seat in 2022 after watching porn in the House of Commons. He has now returned to his family's farm in Somerset where he farms beef cattle.
Published 03/11/24
Ben speaks to the producer, director and two stars of new film Six Inches of Soil.
Published 03/06/24
Ben meets apple grower Kait Thornton who is from Washington State in the US. Alongside the family fruit business Kait launched her own business Kait's Crates using Facebook Marketplace.
Published 03/04/24
Mike Duxbury has been blind since he was 6 years old but always had an ambition to be a farmer. After a varied career he co-founded the Inclusive Farm two years ago to inspire disabled people in achieving their dreams.
Published 02/26/24
Ben speaks to Ohio farmer Zoe Kent who grows corn and soybeans and has recently taken over managing the farm from her father.
Published 02/19/24
Ben meets Welsh farmer Huw Foulkes who has brought beef and dairy back to his family farm.
Published 02/12/24
Ben is joined this week by Wiltshire arable and beef farmer Ben Cooper.
Published 02/05/24
The Oteley Estate in Shropshire has been in the Mainwaring family for 500 years. Ben speaks to Clare Mainwaring to find out more.
Published 01/29/24
Ben speaks to agricultural consultant Niels Corfield about soils, regenerative agriculture and the future of farming.
Published 01/22/24
Ben speaks to Aussie dairy farmer Rachael McGrath.
Published 01/15/24
Ben heads to New Zealand to meet Norwegian dairy and beef farmer Ola Utgaard.
Published 01/08/24
Ben is joined by Sue Pritchard, Stuart Roberts, Jez Fredenburgh and Ranald Angus to round up the year...you won't want to miss the end!
Published 12/18/23