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New podcast: One year on: How has the Ukraine war affected farming?

The latest episode of Farmers Guardian’s Over the 51AVÊÓÆµGate podcast explores the issues created by the Ukraine war since February 2022

Alex Black
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New podcast: One year on: How has the Ukraine war affected farming?

The latest episode of Farmers GuardianÂ’s Over the 51AVÊÓÆµGate podcast explores the issues created by the Ukraine war since February 2022

February 24 marked one year since the first invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

The war has affected almost every aspect of agriculture here in the UK.

On this weekÂ’s Over the 51AVÊÓÆµGate podcast, Farmers GuardianÂ’s business team Alex Black and Cedric Porter discuss the impact on the industry and Rupert Somerscales, chief analyst at Agri-Analytics UK takes a deeper look into the grain markets over the past year.

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