Welcome to this special episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast – the Farmers Weekly Question Time Event at the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference.

Recorded in front of a live audience on Wednesday the 8th of January 2025, farmers and other conference delegates quiz industry leaders on topical agricultural issues.

Our panel is:

• Minette Batters, cross-bench peer & immediate past president, NFU
• Graham Wilkinson, chief executive, Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board
• Alice Groom, head of sustainable land management, RSPB
• Matt Lobley, professor of rural resource management, Exeter University
• Oli Fletcher, farmer, rural historian & Farming Explained host

Hosted by Farmers Weekly Podcast editor Johann Tasker. To attend future Farmers Weekly Question Time events, visit fwi.co.uk/questiontime.