River Wye pollution progress, gene-edited soya, falling livestock numbers & Great British Harvest Festival

In this episode, we examine new farm-level evidence suggesting phosphorus is coming into balance on farms in the River Wye catchment – and ask what it means for water pollution.

We visit a field trial where precision breeding could make UK-grown soya commercially possible.

We examine the continuing decline in cattle and sheep numbers, and run the rule over the latest livestock and arable markets.

And we discover why some of Britain’s biggest music names are heading to Suffolk for a harvest festival with a difference.

This episode is brought to you by Bayer Crop Science – weeding out uncertainty.

Chapters

00:00 – Introduction

00:51 – River Wye: are farmers turning the tide on pollution?

10:18 – Bayer autumn drilling update: tackling weeds field by field

12:20 – Could gene-edited soya become a UK break crop?

21:51 – Farming news: El Niño, Asian hornets and SFI26

26:07 – Why are Britain’s beef and sheep herds shrinking?