The Farmers Guardian Podcast: Politics, pigs and price caps in focus at Royal Highland Show

The Farmers Guardian team takes a look at the key conversations at this year's events

Alex Black

Deputy Editor

23 June 2026 • 1 min read

Following another fantastic Royal Highland Show, Farmers Guardian takes a look at the highs, the topics of conversation and the challenges facing the farming industry in Scotland, with the First Minister committed to price caps on essential food items and fears over the future of the pig sector.

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The Farmers Guardian Podcast: Behind the scenes at Cereals 26

The FG team reflects on the main action from this year’s event held at Diddly Squat Farm, including budget announcements, celebrity sightings and some encouraging slug statistics

Jane Thynne

16 June 2026 • 1 min read

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The Farmers Guardian Podcast: "Take TB out of politics" – two farmers and a vet give their verdict on the road to a TB-free England

A new Farmers Guardian Podcast recorded at the Royal Cornwall Show lays bare the emotional and financial toll of bovine TB and what it will really take to beat it by 2038

Farmers Guardian

12 June 2026 • 2 min read