Farming Focus

About Farming Focus

The podcast for South West Farmers.

Publisher

Cornish Mutual

Category

business · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Jun 2023

Latest episode

29 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

119 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Future-proofing your farm through change

   What can farmers learn from the past few seasons to build greater resilience for those still to come? Farming Focus™ is revisiting a conversation with Dorset dairy farmer Ian Baggs and Adele Jones, then Executive Director of the Sustainable Food Trust. From choosing crops suited to your land to measuring progress and learning from others, they explore practical ways to adapt farm businesses in the face of changing weather.

2. 

   15 Sept 2026

   Farming through unpredictable weather: How can we adapt?

   Drought one season, flooding the next. How do you plan when the weather is becoming harder to predict? Riverford Organic Farmers founder Guy Singh-Watson and Herefordshire farmer Ben Andrews join Farming Focus™ to share how changing weather is affecting their businesses and what they’re doing about it.

3. 

   1 Sept 2026

   Farming, nature and wellbeing: Exploring the connection

   Can changing your relationship with the farm help change your outlook too? In this week’s Farming Focus™, farmer Eddie Rickson shares how a devastating period in his life became a catalyst for reshaping his farm and future. Alongside Dorset farmer and NHS wellbeing coach Ellie Sturrock, Eddie explores mental wellbeing, connecting with nature and making space for yourself.

Who has been a guest on Farming Focus

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Chris Clark
• Niall Tewson
• Amelia Greenway
• Rebecca Tonks

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Spotify

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 43 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

56

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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