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Big drop in farmland sales, £100m landscape recovery scheme, Red Tractor, winter bean warning, & storing winter rainfall

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Sunday 22nd February 2026

In this episode, we discuss the reasons behind a big drop in farmland sales – and it isn't all to do with inheritance tax.

We join dozens of farmers who’ve teamed up to create the UK’s biggest ever landscape recovery project – worth £100m

We've the latest on the Red Tractor farm assurance scheme; and we've a chocolate spot disease warning for winter bean growers.

And we speak to the farmer with eight reservoirs who has a special message about winter rainfall storage.

This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker.

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