How green paint combats crime in the countryside, Liz v Rishi - who will be best Prime Minister for UK agriculture, sheep breeding sales. youngstock conference, & farming friends swim Lake Geneva for charity

In this episode, we examine why criminals are returning to the countryside – sparking a 40% increase in rural theft – and what farmers can do about it.

Are you ready for Rishi? Or do you want Liz for leader – we ask growers and livestock producers  who should be the UK's next Prime Minister?

On the markets... we head to one of the season's first sheep breeding sales at Thame.

We hear from farmers and vets at the first ever national youngstock conference, held at Harper Adams University in Shropshire.

And we meet the group of friends raising money for charity – by swimming the length of Lake Geneva in memory of a Norfolk farmer.

You can sponsor Sam Steggles and his friends who are raising money for the Brian Cross Memorial Trust by clicking here.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker and Surrey farmer Hugh Broom, with additional reporting by Andrew Meredith and Charlotte Cunningham.