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The Farmers Weekly Podcast

Will your children sink the family farm? Inheritance tax and succession planning, dairy farms dump milk after processing breakdown, & climate-friendly farmers are turned off by Net Zero

Apr 25, 2025
47:33

In this episode, one in three farmers fear their children will sink the farm business when it's handed on to the next generation.

Why farming families are walking a tightrope between succession and inheritance tax.

Dairy producers are forced to dump thousands of litres of milk after a breakdown at a key processing plant in Lancashire.

We've all the latest commodity prices.

And we find out why climate-friendly farmers are turned off by the quest for net zero.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom.

Contact or follow Johann (X): @johanntasker

Contact or follow Louise (X): @louisearable

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