£27m Farm Investment Fund - how to apply for your share, 'Bruising' changes at AHDB, dairy input costs surge, Covid and mental health, & farm wedding surprise

In this episode, we run the rule over Defra's  £27m Farm Investment Fund for England and ask: is it worth applying for a grant?

The government finally launches its long-awaited consultation to reform the Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB).

We ask Defra secretary George Eustice: will levy payers get value for money?

How was lockdown for you?  A major study is examining how the Covid pandemic affected the mental health of farmers and farming families.

Researchers are encouraging farming families to complete a survey, with a separate survey for farm support organisations and volunteers.

On the markets – dairy dilemma – milk prices are up but so too are input costs. So who are the winners and what are the prospects for 2022?

And we take to the skies for a surprise wedding proposal – flying over the specially farmed countryside in a helicopter.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker and Surrey farmer Hugh Broom.