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A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on 14th August 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Kris Boswell.

Share your Field Stories!Laura and Nic interview Sunny Fleming, Kelly Easterday, and Healy Hamilton live from the Esri User Conference to explore how GIS, digital twins, biodiversity data, and conservation technology are reshaping the future of environmental work. From building community to using maps as powerful tools for storytelling and action, this episode dives into the people, ideas, and innovations helping conservationists see through the noise and move faster toward impact.Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! Help us continue to create great content! If you'd like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Please be sure to ✔️subscribe, ⭐rate and ✍review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Connect with Sunny Fleming at https://www.linkedin.com/in/littlemissesri/Guest Bio:Sunny Fleming serves as the Director of Conservation Solutions at Esri. Her career has been shaped by a consistent theme of applying GIS to solve real‑world challenges across conservation, environmental regulation, and parks and recreation management. From monitoring species and natural resources in the field to supporting agencies in policy development, asset management, and strategy, GIS has been central to her work at every stage. She has a passion for uniting these interconnected disciplines and advancing their role in conservation efforts around the world, and she is committed to building a global community of GIS practitioners who collaborate, innovate, and support conservation through shared expertise and geospatial insight.Connect with Kelly Easterday at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-easterday-68a06837/Guest Bio:Kelly Easterday is the Director of Conservation Technology at The Nature Conservancy's Jack and Laura Dangermond Preserve. She has been with The Nature Conservancy for seven years. Previously, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. Connect with Healy Hamilton at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/healy-hamilton-a1a20942/Guest Bio:Healy Hamilton serves as Chief Scientist at the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and vice president of the Society for Conservation GIS. She has 25 years of experience as a biodiversity data scientist. Prior to joining SFI, she worked as Chief Scientist at NatureServe for ten years. Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the showThanks for listening! A new episode drops every Friday. Like, share, subscribe, and/or sponsor to help support the continuation of the show. You can find us on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and all your favorite podcast players. 

Foundations of Amateur Radio When the Sun burps, something that it does regularly, the mainstream media starts talking about aurorae and optionally the end of the civilised world, not always as clinically as that. What's not talked about, let alone explained, is the nature of the solar burp. You've likely heard the terms Coronal Mass Ejection, or CME, Solar Flare and perhaps Solar Wind, Solar and Geomagnetic Storm, and Solar Flux, but what do these terms actually mean and how do they relate? Let's start with some basic numbers. Our Sun is 150 million kilometres away from Earth. As seen from Earth, the Sun rotates on its axis every 27 days, called a synodic rotation period, because while the Sun is rotating, Earth is moving too. If that wasn't enough, the Sun isn't solid, depending on where you're looking at it, rotation happens at different speeds, faster at the equator, slower at the poles. You might have heard of the Solar Cycle, an 11 year period during which solar activity steadily increases, near the maximum activity its magnetic poles flip from North to South and activity slowly decreases until the cycle starts again. Until quite recently we've deduced this by counting the number of dark areas, called sunspots, on the surface of the Sun. All this to say that our Sun is one massively dynamic environment and with it come a whole lot of processes that science is still discovering. The YouTube channel Astrum has a fascinating video called "We Didn't Predict the Sun Would Do This", that describes much of what we're still learning. We experience the Sun as a source of light, but as a radio amateur you know that light only represents a small set of frequencies in the radio spectrum, it's better to think of the Sun as a radio source, emitting many frequencies at once. The strength of this is measured at 2.8 GHz three times a day at 17:00, 20:00 and 23:00 UTC at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory in Penticton, British Columbia, Canada. This measurement, the Solar Flux gives a good indication of the level of solar activity. Adjusted for the varying distance between Earth and the Sun, a Solar Flux Index, or SFI, below 70 means that solar activity is very low, above 150 is considered very high activity. In addition to radio waves, the Sun also spits out a continuous wave of particles. Different parts of the Sun emit these at different speeds, varying between 300 and 800 km/s. These particles, the Solar Wind, exist throughout our Solar system. Because the Sun rotates and the particles aren't being emitted evenly we experience the solar wind as having a 27 day cycle. Think of a water filled beach-ball hanging from a rope with a hole in it, spinning, creating spirals of water. Stand in one spot and every time the ball rotates, you get hit by water. When the Sun burps, often at a sunspot, where concentrations of magnetic fields cool the surface, bursts of electromagnetic radiation are generated throughout the radio spectrum. Measured in Watts per square meter, this radiation is called a Solar Flare. Travelling at the speed of light, it takes about nine minutes to arrive at Earth. Sunspot and solar activity is used to model and predict the potential for solar flares. Strength is classified in four stages, class B being the weakest, through C, M, and class X being the strongest, each ten times more powerful than the previous. Within each class, numbers 1 through 9 serve to provide additional resolution, X2 being twice as strong as X1. The most powerful flare on record was estimated to be about X45, recorded on 4 November 2003, when at strength X17 the sensors overloaded. Some solar flares coincide with a massive eruption of particles, some of which are ejected violently, called a Coronal Mass Ejection or CME. A slow CME, travelling at 500 km/s might take three days to hit Earth, an extreme CME, travelling at up to 2,500 km/s might arrive in 16 hours. As the CME particles arrive, they distort Earth's geomagnetic field and depending on the severity, might cause a geomagnetic storm where fields are pushed closer towards Earth causing visual effects as aurorae. Recovery generally takes up to two days, but in extreme cases has been observed to take four. Disturbances of Earth's magnetic field are highly variable and are expressed in several different ways, the K, Kp, A, Ap and G indices. The K-index measured at individual observatories, ranges from 0 to 9 over a three hour period represents the maximum horizontal fluctuation in the geomagnetic field. Values of 5 and above indicating a geomagnetic storm. The planetary Kp-index represents a weighted average of 13 mid-latitude observatories. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA uses a G-scale, between 1 and 5, equivalent to a Kp-index between 5 and 9. The A-index is derived over eight K-index readings over a 24 hour UTC period at a particular observatory, below 20 is calm, between 20 and 50 is unsettled and above 50 is a stormy day. The Ap-index is an averaged planetary index based on data from a set of specific Kp stations. There's more. In 1760, a publication by Swiss polymath Leonard Euler indicated the existence of three stationary points between any two large bodies, known today as L1, L2 and L3. In 1772, Italian born, French mathematician, physicist and astronomer, Joseph-Louis Lagrange, discovered two more stationary points, L4 and L5. Known as the Euler-Lagrange, or Lagrange Points, some of these locations are being used today for solar observations, predictions and early warning systems. Launched on 24 September 2025 and in orbit at L1, between the Sun and Earth, at a distance of 1.5 million kilometres from Earth, the SOLAR-1 satellite acts as an early warning for solar storms. Since particles travel slower than the speed of light, this provides about 15 minutes warning for extreme CME's and longer for slower events. It became fully operational on the 10th of June, 2026. As part of the same Space Situational Awareness Programme as SOLAR-1 is the European Space Agency's Vigil space mission. Intended to be placed at L5, 150 million kilometres from Earth, it will be able to observe solar activity as the Sun rotates towards Earth and reports indicate that this will increase early CME warning by two to four hours. Vigil will also allow for four to five day space weather forecasts. It's planned for launch in 2031, mind you, it's going to take three years to get to L5. Aimed with all that information, I was actually, for the first time, able to at least understand the solar report in my Mastodon feed. "The Sunspot Number has dropped to 88. The Solar Flux Index has risen to 149. G1-class geomagnetic storms are predicted for today. A-Index is 14, K-Index is 2. Chance of flares today: 55% for M-Class, 10% for X-Class." Armed with that information I'm going to make myself a cuppa and figure out what my WSPR beacon has to say about all this. I'm Onno VK6FLAB

Welcome to Episode 160 of the Drag Drive Repeat Show presented by Summit RacingIts the Aussie Invasion with Adam Rogash (the Quickest drag and drive racer in Australia) and the All Stars Drag and Drive event team. We'll talk all things All Stars, but also Aussie drag and drive culture. Plus we have more updates for Havlik's, Heads Up Hustle, and more drag and drive news and entertainment. Summit Racing's speed legacy began in 1968 as a one-man startup and is now the World's Speed Shop® with four facilities and 200+ catalog editions. Fueling your passion, they save you money, deliver fast, and offer top-notch customer service for more than 1500 brands.Make sure to download the Summit Racing Mobile App for easy access to speed parts. Find them on Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram. Also, you can tune in to the On All Cylinders podcast for more automotive discussions. From humble origins to the social media lane, Summit Racing stands by your need for speed. Find everything at summitracing.comBefore the Aussie talk, Eric recapped Fuel Fest in Chicago, the drift/car show/concert hybrid from Tyrese and Cody Walker (Paul Walker's brother) benefiting Reach Out Worldwide — he came home with 1,300 more photos for an already massive backlog. His Fox Body rotating assembly is together, though it still needs a timing chain cover gasket. Short Circuit sold out at 100 spots. Bigger news: Jeremy Howell's flat-six stick shift car, long the fastest stick shift in drag-and-drive, sold as a roller with no word on what's next. Fast Lane Racing and JayWire Solutions teased a huge announcement, two-plus years in the making. Dan Casease, on keeping Allstars tight: "We don't want to water it down. We don't want to cut any corners."Talk turned to Adam's 1969 Ford Capri, "the Mac 1," which ran flawlessly at Allstars — zero aborted passes across four days, capping off with a 6.50 at 3,200 pounds. Adam explained how strict Australian road law makes true street-legal builds: real glass windows, full steel bodies, ADR-compliant seats and harnesses, no SFI cages, no Lexan. His workaround is a bolt-on V-band exhaust that lets him pull the turbo J-pipes and legally "de-turbo" the car for street driving in about six hours. He broke down the brutal fuel math — roughly $10/gallon for pump gas versus methanol at a comparatively cheap $3/liter — and how stacking import taxes can balloon a $4,000 US part once GST and fees hit. He's already building his next car, a right-hand-drive chassis with Matt from Moore Race Chassis and input from Steve Morris, aimed at eventually racing Sick Week stateside. On the Capri's week: "Every time we let go of that button, there was not a single aborted pass."Dan and Deli explained how Allstars built its reputation for a tighter ship than other Aussie drag-and-drives, born from wanting better track prep and less of a "social hangout" vibe. The first event drew around 120 entries; the second sold out 200 spots in under two hours. Their "quarantine" system gives top qualifiers extra passes and priority lane access — which let Adam's two-man crew prove they could turn around a six-second car solo, including surviving a mid-event rocker failure thanks to fellow racer Mark Whitler, who drove four hours to deliver spare parts. Their bump-in format ties reaction time directly to ET, with no sitting on a green light building boost. Best moment of the night: Adam daily-drives the Capri for school pickups and bottle shop runs for his wife. Line of the night, on a fellow racer's tiny 13B turbo rotary: "Don't worry, what that car lacks in size, he makes up in personality."

The All Core Devs meeting covered updates on DevNet 7, discussions on moving EIPs to the SFI stage, and housekeeping items. The meeting also addressed the promotion of EIPs to review status and the status of the Hagoda headliners.TakeawaysDevNet 7 updates and stabilityMoving EIPs to the SFI stageChapters00:00 DevNet 7 Updates25:33 Moving EIPs to SFI Stage

(Presented by Thinkst Canary: Most Companies find out way too late that they've been breached. Thinkst Canary changes this. Deploy Canaries and Canarytokens in minutes and then forget about them. Attackers tip their hand by touching 'em giving you the one alert, when it matters. With zero admin overhead and almost no false-positives, Canaries are deployed (and loved) on all 7 continents.) Three Buddy Problem - Episode 105: We discuss a fascinating Hugging Face breach, where an autonomous AI agent broke out of the sandboxes, moved laterally through production, and generated 17,000 alerts before anyone caught it, and how frontier model guardrails locked the defenders out of their own investigation. Plus, China's big AI showcase, Xi's pitch for open models and global distribution, a record 622-CVE Microsoft Patch Tuesday, and 13 years of dwell time in the Daxin backdoor. Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade, Ryan Naraine and Costin Raiu. Timestamps: 0:00 Introductory banter 3:51 Hugging Face discloses end-to-end agentic hack 9:42 Why Hugging Face couldn't use frontier models 13:28 AI guardrails hampering defenders 16:22 Codex vs Claude for real malware work 23:43 Flash attacks vs. going low and slow 30:27 Was it targeted, or did Hugging Face pwn itself? 38:11 Long-horizon coherence: what GLM 5.2 still can't do 41:27 Kimi K3 leapfrogs, and Xi's AI speech 52:15 Exceptionalism vs. distribution 1:11:05 Gold Eagle: the White House vulnerability clearinghouse 1:15:05 Microsoft patches 622 CVEs — a record 1:20:29 APT corner: Daxin resurfaces after 13 years of dwell time 1:29:45 Balochistan police, and Microsoft's attribution-free wiper 1:34:26 Denis Obrezkov, leaked Kaspersky records, and the wrong questions 1:46:01 Magnet Forensics sues over a burned iPhone bug 1:57:57 Shout-outs

Sommar! I årets sommarkakor kommer det läsas historier från vårens livepoddar.Sponsor: LundgrensDetta avsnitt finns också filmat på YouTube! https://youtube.com/@kafferepetpodHar du ett skvaller som fler borde få höra? Maila det till kafferepetpod@gmail.comMissa inte vår månatliga systerpodd Cigarrummet. Bli prenumerant på www.underproduktion.se/cigarrummet07:10 - Doktor aptonym12:35 - Tjingeling17:10 - Artig till sista andetaget27:10 - SFI-lektionen29:50 - Bilaga på bilaga39:15 - En otippad olycka Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discover how PRW Power is reinventing its performance engine components with smarter engineering, improved manufacturing, and race-proven technology.In this episode of EPARTRADE Race Industry Now, host Brad Gillie (SiriusXM Ch. 90, Late Shift) sits down with Cary Redman, Vice President & Chief Revenue Officer of PRW Power, for an in-depth technical discussion covering the company's latest innovations in high-performance engine components.Whether you're an engine builder, racer, machine shop, performance parts distributor, or serious enthusiast, this webinar dives into the engineering behind today's most critical engine components.Topics include:✅ New direct-oiling roller rocker arms✅ SFI-certified billet flexplates rated up to 3,500 HP✅ Modular flexplate designs that reduce inventory complexity✅ Fluid harmonic balancers for high-performance engines✅ Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and product development✅ Valvetrain durability under extreme spring pressures✅ Manufacturing quality control and product validation✅ Performance aftermarket trends and future product developmentLearn how PRW Power is combining advanced engineering, precision manufacturing, and real-world racing experience to develop reliable components for street performance, drag racing, circle track, road racing, endurance racing, and other high-horsepower applications.If you build engines, tune race cars, or simply enjoy learning the technology behind today's performance parts, this is an episode you won't want to miss.

Korey and Joe sit down with Meg Hanna, Director of Urban and Community Forestry for Canada for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI). Meg and the guys discuss her career journey, the work of SFI, and how Meg, her team, and their collaborators are working to lead the charge of turning sustainability strategies into action. For more on SFI you can visit their website www.forests.org If you enjoyed the podcast please rate, review, subscribe and tell a fellow tree lover! Send your questions or topics you would like us to discuss to ⁠info@discoveringforestrypodcast.com⁠.Be sure to follow us on all your favorite social media platforms!Twitter/X: @DisForestryPodInstagram: @discovering_forestryFacebook: Discovering ForestryYouTube: @discoveringforestry6905LinkedIn: Discovering Forestry PodcastMusic credit:⁠ Cool Tools Music Video - "Timber"⁠   ⁠Muzaproduction “Sport Rock Logo 1”⁠Hosted by: Joe Aiken & Korey LofyProduced by: Nico Manganiello

Defra has finally unveiled the budget for its flagship Sustainable Farming Incentive scheme – but is £240 million enough to meet demand from farmers? Former Natural England agriculture head Geoff Sansome gives his verdict – and explains why thousands of farmers could still be left in limbo when existing agreements expire. We also bring you an exclusive interview with new Red Tractor chief executive Paul McLaughlin, who responds to criticism of the farm assurance scheme. Just weeks into the role, Mr McLaughlin outlines plans for reform and explains how technology, AI and simpler audits could help rebuild trust with farmers. Recorded at the Cereals event at Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm, we discuss why this year’s show has been one of the most talked-about industry events in years. And we hear about the NFU’s call for government support to protect growers from soaring fertiliser costs. Finally, we meet the team behind Only Farmers – a new online platform designed to help farmers market products, share equipment, promote experiences and connect with customers. Guests * Geoff Sansome – former head of agriculture, Natural England* Red Tractor chief executive Paul McLaughlin* NFU president Tom Bradshaw* Lisa Hogan – co-founder, Only Farmers* Wolfe Bentinck – co-founder, Only Farmers Chapters 00:00 SFI budget finally confirmed01:45 Geoff Sansome on whether £240m is enough05:41 Industry reaction to the SFI announcement09:02 Exclusive: Red Tractor chief executive Paul McLaughlin11:36 Why assurance reform is taking so long14:05 Imports, standards and farmer frustrations16:38 Technology, AI and the future of farm assurance20:41 Panel reaction to Red Tractor’s plans24:49 Cereals 2026 from Diddly Squat Farm25:14 Has Jeremy Clarkson changed Cereals?30:51 NFU fertiliser resilience plan explained35:43 Markets: beef, sheep, pigs, cereals and diesel38:34 Only Farmers: a new platform for agriculture41:47 Can farmers benefit from Only Farmers?43:50 Final thoughts and goodbye Useful links Sustainable Farming Incentive Red Tractor National Farmers Union Cereals Event Only Farmers Natural England Farmers Weekly This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker. We love to hear from you: - Contact or follow Johann: linkedin.com/in/johanntasker/ Contact or follow Louise: linkedin.com/in/louise-impey-95470b20b/ Contact or follow Hugh: linkedin.com/in/hugh-broom-9b11906a/ For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow linkedin.com/company/farmers-weekly To contact, sponsor or advertise on the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email podcast@fwi.co.uk. In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Department for Envrionment Food and Rural Affairs has announced how much money it's making available to farmers in England through the Sustainable Farming Incentive - or SFI - for 2026. It's something farmers and environmental organisations have been keenly anticipating. There's a total budget of £240 million pounds., with the first application opening later this month. The SFI is the DEFRA ‘public money for public goods' scheme that pays for farming in ways that protect and benefit the environment, support food production and improve productivity. Some farming and conservation groups say the budget isn't big enough.And all this week we're talking about growing cereals, things like grain and oats. The latest figures just out from the industry body the AHDB, that's the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, show that UK farmers are growing less barley than they have for the last 16 years, while oilseed rape and wheat have climbed back from last year's lows. The Eden Valley in Cumbria is possibly better known for its livestock than its crops. But over the past couple of years, father and son Thomas and Harry Ewbank have been bucking that trend. Guided by local agronomist, Steven Gate, they've abandoned ploughing in favour of what's called ‘one-pass drilling', and they've expanded their range of crops to maximise yields and increase sustainability.Presented by Caz Graham and produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Sally Challoner.

This live Cereals 2026 episode tackles one big question: with high input costs and mediocre grain prices will planting cereals this autumn be financially worthwhile? The discussion starts with markets and margins, including break-even wheat prices, grain carryover, milling wheat premiums and the risks of holding out for higher prices. Part Two looks at how growers can reduce risk through variety choice, BYDV resistance, hybrid wheat, yellow rust resilience and AHDB decision-support tools. Finally, we asks whether the public and politicians really understand farming — and how Clarkson’s Farm has changed the conversation about food security and farm profitability. Guests Andrew Williamson – Shropshire farmer and NFU Combinable Crops Board vice-chair Andrew Dewing – Dewing Grain chief executive and grain trader Clare Leaman – NIAB cereal variety specialist Sacha White – AHDB crop protection scientist Patrick Galbraith – Daily Telegraph rural affairs writer Charlie Ireland – Ceres Rural and adviser to Clarksons Farm George Badger – Ceres Rural and adviser to Clarksons Farm Chapters 00:00 – IntroductionLive from Cereals 2026 at Diddly Squat Farm. 01:15 – Are cereals still worth drilling?Andrew Williamson outlines the pressure on arable margins. 04:12 – Grain markets and break-even pricesAndrew Dewing assesses wheat values, cost of production and selling opportunities. 05:30 – Feed prices and livestock linksHugh Broom looks at what low grain prices mean for livestock producers. 09:04 – Fertiliser costs and possible supportThe NFU’s call for help if fertiliser prices spike. 11:44 – Feed wheat, milling wheat and riskLouise Impey and the panel discuss whether milling wheat still stacks up. 16:37 – Grain marketing strategyWhen should growers lock in prices for harvest 2026 and 2027? 19:20 – Growing a cost-effective cropClaire Lehman and Sasha White join the discussion. 20:10 – BYDV-resistant varietiesWhy barley is moving faster than wheat on BYDV tolerance. 21:30 – Hybrid wheatCould new hybrid wheat varieties change the market? 23:13 – Yellow rust resistanceHow breeders are responding to resistance breakdowns. 24:24 – AHDB’s new BYDV toolSasha White explains how the tool can help growers decide whether spraying is worthwhile. 28:28 – Decision support and SFI toolsHow AHDB is helping growers weigh up complex agronomic and business choices. 32:04 – Resilience over yieldWhy variety choice is increasingly about consistency and risk management. 34:45 – Does the public understand farming?Patrick Galbraith, Charlie Ireland and George Badger join the final panel. 35:52 – Telling farming stories in national mediaHow farming issues are explained to non-farming audiences. 37:17 – Behind the scenes at Diddly SquatWhat Clarkson’s Farm gets right about farming life. 42:27 – Food security and public awarenessWhy the link between shoppers and producers remains fragile. 44:32 – Reasons for optimismMixed farming, SFI, land opportunities and long-term business thinking. 49:09 – How farming is perceivedPatrick Galbraith on public sympathy, politics and why farming should keep pushing its case. This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker. We love to hear from you: - Contact or follow Johann: linkedin.com/in/johanntasker/ Contact or follow Louise: linkedin.com/in/louise-impey-95470b20b/ Contact or follow Hugh: linkedin.com/in/hugh-broom-9b11906a/ For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow linkedin.com/company/farmers-weekly To contact, sponsor or advertise on the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email podcast@fwi.co.uk. In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The AG Show might've just stumbled on something genuinely handy for farmers ahead of the next round of the Sustainable Farming Incentive. We're joined by one of the brains at AHDB behind a new tool that helps you see what different SFI actions could actually mean for your own farm - so you can make smarter calls. Plus, we hear from a farmer who's already put it to the test.We'll also be chatting to the head of the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers as AIMS hits a big milestone - 25 years.And we'll get into herbal leys too, catching up with organisers from a recent event focused on growing and managing multi-species swards.SOME USEFUL BITS (FROM AHDB & BEYOND)SFI cost benefit tool | AHDB ToolsSustainable Farming Incentive | AHDBThe Garlic Farm Isle of Wight | Farm Shop | Restaurant | CaféAssociation of Independent Meat SuppliersFarmED - FarmED - Farm & Food Education EnglandHome | NiabGET IN TOUCHCharlotte, Hannah, Phil and Producer Martin would love to hear what you think! Got feedback, stories, or ideas for future episodes? Drop them a message at agshow@ahdb.org.uk.Sign up to the AHDB Preference Centre so that you can:Easily update your preferences and contact informationGet information on the latest AHDB events, webinars, market insights and moreReceive important updates such as disease alerts

This week, Defra confirms England’s Sustainable Farming Incentive will reopen for applications on 30 June – but only for some farmers, and with questions over budget. Farm business adviser Katie Hilton explains the key changes in SFI 26, including land use caps, no-till rules and revised payment rates. We also examine a High Court ruling which could mean lower meat inspection charges for abattoirs, processors and livestock producers. And royal recognition for Open Farm Sunday which celebrates its 20th anniversary – we find out why even small events can help reconnect the public with farming. Podcast guests: * Katie Hilton, director, Cheffins* John Royle, NFU chief livestock policy adviser* Rachel Risdon, Devon farmer and Open Farm Sunday host Chapters 00:53 – Sustainable Farming Incentive12:59 – High Court ruling on meat inspection charges17:18 – Why small abattoirs matter to livestock farmers24:19 – Listener feedback on Red Tractor reform27:32 – Farmers Weekly Podcast Live at Cereals30:23 – Sainsbury’s white eggs and trailer safety33:53 – Market prices36:16 – Open Farm Sunday celebrates 20 years40:23 – Why public engagement matters43:11 – Closing remarks Useful links Sustainable Farming Incentive guidance Cheffins National Farmers Union Association of Independent Meat Suppliers British Meat Processors Association Food Standards Agency Open Farm Sunday LEAF Tilly Pass trailer safety Farmers Weekly stage at Cereals This episode of the Farmers Weekly Podcast is co-hosted by Johann Tasker, Louise Impey and Hugh Broom. Edited and produced by Johann Tasker. We love to hear from you: - Contact or follow Johann: linkedin.com/in/johanntasker/ Contact or follow Louise: linkedin.com/in/louise-impey-95470b20b/ Contact or follow Hugh: linkedin.com/in/hugh-broom-9b11906a/ For Farmers Weekly, visit fwi.co.uk or follow linkedin.com/company/farmers-weekly To contact, sponsor or advertise on the Farmers Weekly Podcast, email podcast@fwi.co.uk. In the UK, you can also text the word FARM followed by your message to 88 44 0. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The meeting covered updates on Glamsterdam DevNet 4, discussions on target gas limit PRs, and the introduction of a new tool called Disruptor. The conversation also delved into EIP 7684 and EIP 8148, addressing the custom sweep threshold for validators and the return deposits for distinct credentials. The conversation covers a range of EIPs and their potential impact on stakers, validators, and node operators. It also discusses the proposal to change the timing of the ACDC call to accommodate participants from different time zones.TakeawaysGlamsterdam DevNet 4 issues and investigationsDiscussion on target gas limit PRsIntroduction of Disruptor tool for reorgs and network forksEIP 7684 and EIP 8148 for validators and return deposits EIP 8148 is supported by solo stakers, small operators, and institutional stakers due to its predictable cash flow benefits.EIP 8148's configurable cap is seen as useful for institutional stakers to manage risk limits and for solo stakers to consolidate into zero X02 validators.EIP 8148's automatic sweep mechanism is preferred for seamless reward accounting and better user experience.EIP 8061's increase in exit and consolidation churn is already implemented and tested, making it a candidate for SFI.The proposal to change the timing of the ACDC call to accommodate participants from different time zones is being considered for the next ACDC call as a trial.The decision to change the timing of the ACDC call will be based on the turnout and engagement of participants in the next call.Chapters00:00 Glamsterdam DevNet 4 Update13:02 Discussion on Target Gas Limit PRs21:35 Introduction of Disruptor Tool38:10 EIP 7684 - Custom Sweep Threshold for Validators48:08 EIP 8148: Predictable Cash Flow and Configurable Cap53:24 EIP 8148: Automatic Sweep Mechanism59:14 EIP 8148: Support from Node Operators01:08:22 EIP 8080: Exits Using the Consolidation Queue01:15:28 EIP 7688: Forward Compatible Consensus Data Structures01:21:25 ACDC Call Timing Change Proposal

SFI, Svenska för invandrare, har varit ständigt återkommande i den politiska debatten under lång tid. Oavsett om det är språkkrav, villkor, rättigheter eller skyldigheter, huvudmän eller deltagare tycks alla ha en uppfattning om vad SFI ska göra, hur de ska göra det och vad det ska resultera i. Maria Fredriksson har arbetat som lärare under samtliga upplåtandeformer och menar att villkoren är orimliga – för alla inblandade. Vi får också höra hur det gick när Göteborg försökte ta över huvudmannaskapet, och frågar oss om det är meningen att några elever ska klara de nya kraven som ställs över huvud taget?

In this episode of the TapRooT® Podcast, we break down the truth about leading indicators, lagging indicators, safety metrics, and “safety theater.” Are your KPIs actually improving safety performance or just encouraging people to game the system? Mark and Tim discuss how organizations misuse safety measures like TRIR, behavior-based safety observations, corrective action closure rates, and leading indicators. They explore how poorly designed metrics can create unintended consequences, hide real risks, and even damage safety culture. If you work in safety management, incident investigation, operational excellence, human performance, process safety, EHS, or root cause analysis, this episode is packed with practical insights on building better safety systems and avoiding metric-driven failures.

Matthew O. Jackson is perhaps the world's most renowned scholar of the economics of networks; as a 2005-06 CASBS fellow, he wrote most of his still-influential book Social and Economic Networks. In this wide-ranging conversation with 2025-26 CASBS fellow Rajiv Sethi, Jackson discusses his foundational work on strategic modeling of networks, empirical applications on the role of economic connectedness in influencing people's life trajectories in the U.S., related multi-disciplinary and cross-national work he is undertaking at the Santa Fe Institute, and recent cutting-edge work using large language models to gain insights into human motivations and behaviors. Matthew O. Jackson: Stanford faculty page | Personal website | CASBS page | Wikipedia page | Google Scholar page | National Academy of Sciences bio | Stanford profile | SFI page | NBER working papers | Jackson CV | Rajiv Sethi: Barnard faculty page | Columbia page | CASBS page | Google Scholar page | SFI page | Rajiv's Substack newsletter, Imperfect Information |  Matt Jackson works referenced in this episode: Matthew Jackson and Asher Wolinsky, "A Strategic Model of Social and Economic Networks," Journal of Economic Theory (1996) Matthew Jackson and Alison Watts, "The Evolution of Social and Economic Networks," Journal of Economic Theory (2002) Raj Chetty, Matthew Jackson, et al., "Social Capital I: Measurement and Associations with Economic Mobiliity," Nature (2022) Raj Chetty, Matthew Jackson, et al., "Social Capital II: Determinants of Economic Connectedness," Nature (2022) Chetty, Jackson, et al., Opportunity Insights Social Capital Atlas (website)Dynamics of Wealth Inequality project (Santa Fe Institute) Matthew Jackson, Social and Economic Networks, Princeton University Press (2008) Matthew Jackson, The Human Network, Penguin Random House (2020) Mei, Yuan, and Jackson, "A Turing Test of Whether AI Chatbots are Behaviorally Similar to Humans," PNAS (2024) Xie, Mei, Yuan, and Jackson, "Using Large Language Models to Categorize Strategic Situations and Decipher Motivations Behind Human Behaviors," PNAS (2025) --- Rajiv Sethi's latest op-ed is "Polymarket Anonymity Must End," Financial Times (May 7, 2026) Subscribe to Rajiv's Substack newsletter, Imperfect Information   Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford UniversityExplore CASBS: website | Bluesky | X | YouTube |LinkedIn | podcast |latest newsletter | signup | outreach​Human CenteredProducer: Mike Gaetani | Audio engineer & co-producer: Joe Monzel |

A.J. Shaw interviews Brother Rice High School, an inductee to the SFI 2026 Sports Faith Hall of Fame.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 11th 2026. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Producer/presenter: Sujay Dutt

Estudo técnico para conter avanço do mar em Atafona e no Açu Impactos da alteração da foz do rio Paraíba do Sul para Gargaú em SFI

Холодная экономика, стабильная инфляция и сильный рубль – где причины, а где – последствия? Какие шаги ждать от регулятора? Обсудили, как на текущем рынке компании борются за доверие инвесторов. Узнали, почему даже ИИ не справляется с отчетами «Промомеда» и «Озон Фармацевтики». Стоит ли отправлять деньги в космос? Как оценить перспективы SpaceX? И что делать с капиталом, когда будущее не поддается прогнозам? Расскажем в новых «Итогах недели» с Ярославом Кабаковым и Тимуром Нигматуллиным.  Мы в соцсетиях: Телеграм: https://t.me/+qu7kqJeORnxkYWIy YouTube: www.youtube.com/@finam_invest Rutube: https://rutube.ru/video/513a6c34242bcc92b8182b94138811e8/ VK: https://vk.com/video-17555738_456244398

Jim talks with John Krakauer—professor of neurology and neuroscience, director of the Center for Study of Motor Learning and Brain Repair at Johns Hopkins, and external faculty at SFI—about his 2017 paper "Neuroscience Needs Behavior: Correcting a Reductionist Bias." They discuss defining behavior as ecologically valid goal-directed action within an animal's umwelt, behavioral decomposition being epistemically prior to neural investigation, bipedal running and Sherrington's spinalized cat experiments as illustrations of that decomposition, what a satisfying neural explanation should actually look like, emergence and neuroscientists' resistance to it, the concept of explanatory autonomy and the "wings don't fly, birds do" framing, downward causality and the traffic jam analogy, Sherrington's own epistemic humility about understanding thought, whether consciousness will eventually be explained the way life was or remain permanently fuzzy, the three traditions of studying the nervous system and their persistent tensions, the problem of double-dipping with coarse-grained behavioral language in neural data, "filler verbs" like "involves" and "underlies" that add surplus meaning to a correlation without doing extra explanatory work, everyday pseudo-explanations like dopamine for unhappiness and oxytocin for love, the identity fallacy, LLMs as scientific sparring partners and critical reviewers, Krakauer's vertigo at the current moment and the possibility of retiring if AI generates better intuitions, interpretable AI as a new subject for neuroscience and psychology, Jim's own artificial consciousness project building a rudimentary white-tailed deer, distinguishing consciousness from cognition and sentience, separating the machinery of consciousness from its contents, Nagel's "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" and echolocation as conscious content, multiple realizability and its being pervasive and fatal to naive reductionism, the mereological fallacy and mirror neurons as ground zero for multiple fallacies, Marr's three levels and the direction of the scientific project from behavioral goal to algorithm to neural implementation, the bradykinesia paper finding that Parkinson's patients move slowly because they want to move more slowly, the C. elegans connectome and the limits of that knowledge, the Jonas and Kording microprocessor paper, and much more. Episode Transcript "Neuroscience Needs Behavior: Correcting a Reductionist Bias", by John Krakauer "What Is It Like to Be a Bat?", by Thomas Nagel "Why Don't We Move Faster?", by Pietro Mazzoni, Anna Hristova, and John Krakauer "Could a Neuroscientist Understand a Microprocessor?", by Eric Jonas and Konrad Kording John Krakauer is currently John C. Malone Professor, Professor of Neurology, Neuroscience, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Director of the Brain, Learning, Animation, and Movement Lab at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also an External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute and Director of the Centre for Restorative Neurotechnology at The Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown. His areas of research interest include experimental and computational studies of motor control and motor learning, long-term skill learning and its relation to higher cognitive processes, prediction and mechanisms of motor recovery after stroke, new neuro-rehabilitation approaches including immersive XR gaming with generative AI, robotics and invasive CNS stimulation, and philosophy of mind. He is slowly working on a new book on the mind, intelligence, and AI for Princeton University Press.

Om att vänta över en timma på ett skämt. Om kulturkanon i bokform. Och om den virala festen som är årets upplaga av Miss Universe Thailand. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app.

Navigating the complexity of environmental schemes across the UK demands careful consideration to identify the most suitable options for each individual farm. To guide us through these challenges, we're joined by Agrii's Amy Watkins, Sustainability and Environmental Services Manager, Liam Wink, Grass and Forage Specialist and Jenny Douglas, an independent advisor on Scottish subsidies.Podcast Summary:England, Scotland and Wales are all moving away from BPS at different speeds, making environmental schemes increasingly vital for farm income.Scotland maintains full BPS for now but with tighter compliance rules, particularly around EFAs, margins and seed mix requirements.England's SFI reopens this year with fewer actions, one agreement per farm and a £100k annual cap, so early preparation is essential.Wales' new Sustainable Farming Scheme is replacing a significant BPS reduction, with many upland farms choosing it for better income fit.Additional funding options remain available across the UK—including grants and carbon‑credit opportunities—although competitiveness and long‑term commitments vary.You can find details of your local Agrii agronomist and environmental specialist at agrii.co.uk/contact.

Clover can feel like a gamble until you understand what it's really doing in the sward and how small management choices decide the outcome. We're joined by John Spence, Forage Crops Product Manager at Limagrain, to get clear on the practical differences between red clover and white clover, and how to choose the right option for grazing, silage, or a dual-purpose ley on UK dairy farms.We talk through the big paybacks farmers actually care about: higher home-grown protein, better digestibility, and nitrogen fixation that can cut fertiliser use when prices spike or supply tightens. John explains why clover often carries summer growth when grasses dip, how deep rooting links to drought tolerance and soil structure, and where clover fits alongside SFI options and multi-species or herbal leys.Then we get into the detail that makes clover work on farm: white clover leaf sizes and why blends matter, red clover longevity expectations, sowing windows based on soil temperature, seedbed and sowing depth, and the realities of overseeding. We also cover bloat risk sensibly, cutting date decisions for quality versus yield, why clover silage can benefit from an additive, and what to do when NIR forage analysis struggles with clover-heavy or mixed swards.This was recorded in November 2025, and all information was correct at the time of recording.If you find this useful, subscribe, share the episode with a fellow grassland nerd, and leave a review so more UK dairy farmers can find it.Send us Fan MailFor more information about our podcast visit www.chewinthecud.com/podcast or follow us on Instagram @chewinthecudpodcast. ChewintheCud Ltd is also on Facebook & LinkedIn. You can email us directly at podcast@chewinthecud.com

La Société financière internationale (SFI), filiale du Groupe de la Banque mondiale dédiée au secteur privé dans les pays en développement, a ouvert le 4 mars 2026 son tout premier bureau au Gabon. Auparavant, les dossiers gabonais étaient pilotés depuis le Cameroun. L'augmentation du portefeuille client au Gabon a amené la SFI à se rapprocher du marché en ouvrant sur place son bureau. Une bonne nouvelle pour le Gabon et surtout pour les opérateurs économiques du secteur privé, dont certains peinent à trouver les financements adéquats pour leur développement. Avec notre correspondant à Libreville, Parmi les invités à la cérémonie du 4 mars, il y avait notamment Mohamed Reslan, patron de la CDG, une fonderie d'acier spécialisée dans la fabrication des fers à béton. L'entreprise a rapidement entamé des discussions avec la SFI pour financer un nouveau projet industriel visant le marché international : « On est en train de voir avec eux pour qu'ils puissent intervenir dans le financement d'un projet qui va faire 90% d'export de produit local. C'est un projet d'exportation pour 40-50 millions de dollars par an. » Également présent à la cérémonie, Loys Olympio, homme d'affaires dans le secteur de la santé. Il estime que l'arrivée de la SFI est une réelle opportunité. « On dit très souvent qu'il est difficile de trouver des financements au Gabon. Donc là, on a l'opportunité d'avoir d'autres types de financements, d'autres types d'accompagnements pour nous, les entrepreneurs. Ça nous rassure de voir qu'ils ont choisi de s'implanter au Gabon de manière durable », souligne l'entrepreneur.  Libreville fait face à une sévère pénurie d'eau. L'État a confié au groupe français Euranove le pilotage d'un projet de construction d'une nouvelle usine d'eau. Armel Messan Sedji, qui travaille sur le projet, confirme des discussions en cours avec la SFI : « Nous avons entamé les discussions avec eux il y a quelques mois. Nous essayons de voir dans quelle mesure le projet que nous portons pour renforcer la capacité de production d'eau peut être accompagné par ce bailleur de fonds. » Énergie, infrastructures, mines... La SFI finance de nombreux secteurs Dahlia Khalifa, directrice de la SFI pour le Nigeria et l'Afrique centrale, qui a effectué le déplacement à Libreville, a rappelé à l'assistance les secteurs clefs financés par l'institution : « L'un des secteurs prioritaires est l'énergie, parce que l'énergie est la clef de toute chose. Il y a aussi en général les infrastructures, y compris le transport et l'industrialisation. Il y a également le secteur minier. Pas uniquement exporter les minerais bruts mais la transformation locale pour plus de plus-value et de création d'emplois au Gabon. » À lire aussiMakhtar Diop (SFI): «Développer des chaînes de valeur régionales en Afrique» Dans les coulisses, des murmures sur les conditions présumées rigides d'accès aux financements de la SFI ont été entendus. Dahlia Khalifa explique que la SFI n'est pas une « une banque classique ». « ​​​​​​​En tant que banque de développement, nous ne sommes pas focalisés uniquement sur le prêt d'argent. Nous faisons également de l'investissement actif et du renforcement des capacités. Nous soutenons les entreprises afin qu'elles puissent se développer pour l'avenir. Et nous disons que nous sommes des partenaires pour la vie », a-t-elle expliqué. La SFI finance déjà plusieurs projets au Gabon, notamment la construction d'un barrage hydroélectrique et la rénovation du chemin de fer transgabonais. Ces financements se chiffrent à 117 millions de dollars aujourd'hui. La SFI vise les 400 millions de dollars. À lire aussiCongo-Brazzaville: la SFI et Bank of Africa s'associent pour financer l'essor des PME

In this episode of Inside the Pod, Ben Pike takes a look at the latest Pulse Market Update for March 2026.Market values have been remarkably static since the autumn of 2025 with little to report and a clear explanation is not so easy to find. The DEFRA declared cropped area for pulses in 2025 was below 200,000ha - the lowest since crop 2019 and a drop of over 73,000ha over two years - most of which appears to have been at the expense of field beans. It is highly likely that this reflects the negative impact of the uptake of SFI options, although recent inconsistent crop experiences may not have helped.Read the full report now at https://www.pgro.org/pulse-market-update-mach-2026/

Det är på dagen ett år sedan masskjutningen på Risbergska skolan i Örebro, där 10 personer mördades. P1 Kulturs reporter Mina Benaissa undersöker kulturens roll efter tragedin. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Örebro läns museum börjar bli klara med insamlingen av material och berättelser efter masskjutningen. Bland föremålen finns en mjuk enhörning, ett handgjort träkors och ett paket druvsocker, märkt med namnet Aziza, en av de tio mördade.Utöver föremål har museipedagog Johanna Björck även samlat in ett tjugotal intervjuer som kommer sparas för framtida forskning.Mina Benaissa besöker även Örebro konserthus som fick en oväntad roll efter masskjutningen - det blev ett kriscenter och Svenska kammarorkestern efterfrågades i sorgearbetet. Deras styrelseordförande var dessutom lärare på SFI och inrymd på skolan under attentatet.På onsdagskvällen anordnar Örebro konserthus en minneskonsert där bland andra poeten Michael Horvath medverkar. Hans dikt, ”När orden tog slut”, som blev en symbol för sorgen efter masskjutningen, har nu blivit musikverket ”Quid est vita” av Göran Fröst.Reporter: Mina Benaissa.

Créer une entreprise au Congo-Brazzaville relevait du parcours du combattant, avec beaucoup de formalités à remplir. Pour faciliter la tâche aux opérateurs économiques, le gouvernement vient de lancer une plateforme pour faciliter la création d'entreprise en ligne. Elle est accompagnée d'un numéro vert fournissant toutes les informations. Avec notre correspondant à Brazzaville, Loïcia Martial Entrepreneurs, membres du gouvernement… En tout, plus d'une centaine de personnes sont venues assister au lancement de la plateforme de création des entreprises en ligne. Emeriand Dieu-Merci Kibangou est le directeur général de l'ACPCE, l'Agence congolaise pour la création des entreprises, qui se charge de la gestion du site : « La plateforme de création d'entreprises en ligne permet en réalité à ce que tous les acteurs du secteur privé, qu'ils soient Congolais, qu'ils habitent au Congo ou pas, puissent être capables d'avoir la vraie information sur que faire et comment faire pour créer leur entreprise. Cette plateforme permet à ce que chacun, de sa maison du Congo ou de l'extérieur du Congo, puisse véritablement créer l'entreprise. » La plateforme est accompagnée d'un numéro vert 1730 fournissant aux demandeurs toutes les informations requises. Désormais une entreprise peut être créée en 24 heures, dans n'importe quel domaine d'activité. Une vraie révolution, estime Emeriand Dieu-Merci Kibangou : « Pour créer une entreprise, il y a quelques années, c'était le parcours du combattant. Il fallait même avoir un avis de la sécurité d'État parce que nous revenons d'un pays avec un passé communiste. Donc, ça faisait que ce n'était pas forcément évident. Ce n'était pas bien vu. » À lire aussiDévelopper les PME en Afrique: le défi de l'investissement Le seuil financier nécessaire pour la création d'une entreprise a baissé, ce qui permettra d'encourager de nombreuses petites sociétés à s'enregistrer, se félicite également la ministre en charge du commerce informel. « Autrefois, pour créer une entreprise, il fallait avoir au moins 500 000 francs CFA (762 euros). Mais, aujourd'hui, avec 25 000 francs CFA (38 euros) on peut créer une entreprise. Cela arrange les acteurs de l'économie informelle », explique Inès Nefer Bertille Voumbo Yalo. Dirigeant d'une entreprise informatique, Max Abraham Charlemagne Lepa juge que cette plateforme encouragera les jeunes à créer leur société. « Aujourd'hui, on a mis un système en place pour pouvoir pousser les jeunes entrepreneurs congolais à créer quelque chose, afin que cette jeunesse puisse vivre de ça et aller de l'avant », analyse-t-il. L'Agence congolaise pour la création des entreprises a été mise en place pour faciliter la tâche aux entreprises. Le nombre d'entreprises au Congo-Brazzaville est passé de 1 800 en 2021 à plus de 5 000 entreprises cette année. À lire aussiCongo-Brazzaville: la SFI et Bank of Africa s'associent pour financer l'essor des PME

(Presented by ThreatLocker (https://threatlocker.com/threebuddyproblem): Allow what you need. Block everything else by default, including ransomware and rogue code.) Three Buddy Problem - Episode 75: We dig into a CVSS 10/10 unauthenticated RCE bug causing chaos across the internet and early signs that Chinese APTs are already launching exploits, the cascading patch chaos, and a long tail of malware intrusions to come. Plus, commentary on Chrome's telemetry collection, Microsoft and the "SFI success story," newest BRICKSTORM backdoor intrusions, the US national security strategy, Anthropic's AI popping smart-contract bugs, a secret FBI ransomware-hunting unit getting weird, and a pair of sad stories in the security community. Cast: Juan Andres Guerrero-Saade (https://twitter.com/juanandres_gs), Ryan Naraine (https://twitter.com/ryanaraine) and Costin Raiu (https://twitter.com/craiu).

Au Congo-Brazzaville, les petites et moyennes entreprises ont beaucoup de peine à se financer pour croître et investir. Afin de les soutenir, la Société financière internationale (SFI), filiale de la Banque mondiale pour le secteur privé, a accordé à Bank of Africa-Congo un prêt de 14,5 milliards de francs CFA (quelque 21 millions d'euros) qui doit donc servir à financer les entreprises locales. Avec notre correspondant à Brazzaville, Un certain nombre de PME dans la cible et qui devraient bénéficier de prêts font déjà des projets. Ilithe Ongania dirige depuis neuf ans le Système d'observation et de reconnaissance aéroterrestre et maritime ou SORAM. Aux yeux de ce patron de PME, la ligne de financement allouée par la SFI à Bank of Africa-Congo sera bénéfique, car au Congo-Brazzaville, les PME reçoivent encore assez peu de soutien. « Nous, les jeunes entreprises, nous avons besoin de grandir. Et, pour grandir, vous avez besoin d'un levier. Les leviers, il y en a beaucoup, mais le plus important généralement, c'est le financement. Dans la culture des banques commerciales de notre environnement, il est très difficile d'avoir accès à des crédits d'investissement », explique ce patron. Une frilosité des banques qui « freine le développement de nos entreprises ».  Cet acteur espère que ce financement de la SFI va créer des opportunités pour « développer l'entreprise, devenir plus grand, investir parce qu'il y a un besoin de faire beaucoup plus d'investissements, afin de répondre aux différentes demandes qui sont là. » Au moins 10% des financements pour les femmes entrepreneuses Acquérir davantage de drones est l'un des objectifs de Soram, qui tient à satisfaire les besoins de ses différents clients. Selon les signataires de l'accord de prêt, au moins 10% seront dédiés aux entreprises dirigées par des femmes. Ce dont se réjouit Francine Nzamba, directrice générale de l'entreprise FN2 plus, qui exerce dans le graphisme et l'imprimerie. « Dans ce pays, il y a quand même des femmes qui entreprennent, mais nous ne sommes pas entendues. Nous voulons avoir une place, prendre une place dans l'économie congolaise. Si les banques commencent à nous accompagner dans notre développement, ça ne peut être qu'une bonne chose pour nous », lance-t-elle. Promotrice de la société Glacy Congo, spécialisée dans la transformation des fruits congolais en glaces, Christine Matondo connaît des difficultés d'approvisionnement en énergie, et elle fait déjà des projets. « J'espère qu'avec ce prêt, on va pouvoir passer aux panneaux solaires ; gagner en indépendance vis-à-vis de l'énergie. Je suis très confiante parce que je suis déjà bénéficiaire des services de la Bank of Africa », se félicite-t-elle. Les prêts vont jusqu'à 50 millions de francs CFA, l'équivalent de 76 000 euros, remboursables sur deux ans. Le taux d'intérêt, aux environs de 10%, est jugé satisfaisant par ces PME, qui n'obtiennent que très rarement un crédit. À lire aussiDévelopper les PME en Afrique: le défi de l'investissement

Au Sénégal, les grands chantiers se multiplient : routes, logements, chemins de fer… Derrière cette frénésie de construction, il y a une filière souvent méconnue, mais essentielle, celle des carrières : de sable, de calcaire, d'argile ou encore de basalte. Si la demande est forte et constante, le secteur doit encore composer avec des conditions de travail difficiles et un accès à l'électricité souvent limité. Sable, calcaire, argile… Le Sénégal est riche en matériaux de construction, indispensables aux chantiers qui pullulent dans le pays. « Là, c'est le sable siliceux qu'on peut utiliser dans la verrerie, détaille Bob Adama Dione, enseignant chercheur en géotechnique à l'École nationale des mines. Il y a aussi les sables utilisés dans la construction, qui sont des sables que l'on mélange avec le ciment. Ensuite les cailloux et enfin le béton. » La demande est constante pour les carrières du pays, comme celles de CSE Granulats, qui exploite du basalte. « Il y a de la demande, constate Mor Thiam, directeur des opérations. C'est du matériau très prisé. Nous, on est arrivé en 2018. On est à peu près les derniers arrivés. On a des concurrents, mais on a quand même réussi à se faire une place. » Peu d'automatisation Le secteur est dynamique, tiré par les projets d'envergure tels que le Train express régional. « La demande va beaucoup dépendre des gros projets de l'État, reconnaît Mor Thiam. Il y a eu le projet de la [ligne de train] TER pour le réseau ferroviaire, par exemple. Tout ce qui est ballast, ce sont des choses qu'on va produire pour les chemins de fer. Le port de Ndayane, qui est actuellement un gros projet pour l'État, a besoin de gros blocs. » Le travail en carrière reste difficile, poussiéreux et largement manuel. Malgré cela, les entreprises n'ont pas de mal à recruter, dans un pays où le chômage avoisine les 20 %. Certaines visent désormais une montée en gamme, avec l'automatisation progressive des activités. « Quand on prend l'exemple des carrières en France, qui sont plutôt automatisées, il faut dix ou quinze personnes pour faire tourner une carrière qui produit entre 300 et 600 000 tonnes l'année, compare Mor Thiam. Nous, dans nos carrières, on est quand même sur des centaines de personnes. » Problèmes d'électricité Un obstacle freine encore cette ambition : l'accès à une électricité fiable, indispensable pour alimenter des équipements plus modernes et réduire les coûts de production. Un enjeu suivi de près par la Société financière internationale, qui appuie la structuration du secteur minier. « On sait que le déficit énergétique en Afrique est important, concède Fatoumata Sissoko Sy, manager Infrastructures et ressources naturelles de la SFI pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest. Parfois, pour un projet minier, le coût de l'électricité peut représenter jusqu'à 35 % du coût total. C'est considérable. Les mines utilisent souvent des sources alternatives comme des générateurs diesel, des centrales électriques qu'elles-mêmes construisent. » Le secteur espère aussi tourner la page des difficultés traversées ces dernières années : les retards de paiement de l'État ont fragilisé de nombreuses entreprises du BTP, ralentissant les chantiers et la demande en matériaux.

Details on the relaunch of England's biggest agri-environment scheme will come in the first half of next year - so says the Secretary of State for the Environment, Emma Reynolds, who was speaking at the Country Land and Business Association's annual conference. The sustainable farming incentive or SFI, pays farmers for things like planting hedges and improving soils. It was suddenly closed to new applicants in March as it had run out of money. Details on what happens next were supposed to be announced in the summer. Some farmers say they've lost confidence in the system but Emma Reynolds told the conference that it is complicated and they want to get it rightEngland's farm business income figures for the last financial year have been released. All types of farms, with the exception of horticulture and pig farming, saw a year on year increase, though in 2023/4 farm incomes dropped considerably. Government payments to farmers in agri-environment schemes now make up an average of 30% of farm income, and many farms continue to lose money on the farming sides of their business. All week we've been talking about farming around the world because of the climate talks - COP 30 - in Brazil. They dedicated two days to agriculture, which is seen as offering both problems and solutions as we try to mitigate the changing climate. So what's been decided? The inmates who look after pigs at a prison farm in Kent.Presenter = Charlotte Smith Producer = Rebecca Rooney

Tidsgräns för SFI elever får bara studera svenska i tre år / Väljare saknar politisk debatt om sjukvård / Färre kvinnor dödas av sin partner / Hundar hjälper barn vid förhör hos polisen Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. Av Ingrid Forsberg och Jenny Pejler.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on November 19th 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/producer: Kris Boswell.

Ring P1 från Göteborg om bland annat kraven på SFI-elever, kvaliteten på färskvaror i matbutiker och respekt för mat. Programledare: Tomas Tengby, ansvarig utgivare: Sabina Schatzl Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app.

Ring P1 från Göteborg om bland annat cykelböter, barnafödande, SFI och P1. Programledare: Emmy Rasper, ansvarig utgivare: Sabina Schatzl Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on July 10th, 2025. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio. Presenter/Producer: Kris Boswell.

Discover the latest World Radio League software updates unveiled at Dayton Hamvention 2025! Our exclusive YouTube interview dives into new features, enhanced band condition tracking with real-time A, K, and SFI metrics, and more. Perfect for amateur radio enthusiasts eager to stay ahead with cutting-edge tools. Watch now to explore how WRL is revolutionizing ham radio! #HamRadio #WorldRadioLeague #DaytonHamvention2025Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/ham-radio-2-0--2042782/support.

The sustainable farming incentive or SFI will re-open in the New Year, it pays English farmers for things like planting hedges or wildflowers. It was suddenly closed to new applications earlier this year after it ran out of money. Speaking at the regenerative farming festival Groundswell, the Defra secretary Steve Reed said he wants the SFI to support a transition to regenerative farming. Details will be announced later this summer with applications opening next year though Mr Reed says it will still have a limited budget. He also announced the reintroduction of capital grants for English farmers which were unexpectedly closed last year. These grants are for projects such as cutting water pollution or prevent flooding and now educational visits. All this week we've been looking at regenerative agriculture, where farmers reduce or stop ploughing, grow cover crops and keep livestock - all with the aim of improving soil and storing carbon. We speak to Becky Wilson from the Farm Carbon Toolkit about how farmers can make money from improving the biodiversity on their land and storing more carbon.A PhD student from the University of Exeter is interviewing female farmers as she cycles thousands of miles across England. We speak to Veronica White at the end of her research tour in Cumbria.Presenter = Charlotte Smith Producer = Rebecca Rooney

Emma har börjat lektionen när hon hör det första skottet. Efter skolskjutningen faller hon ner i ett mörker. Men hon vill återerövra skolan. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Det börjar som en helt vanlig dag för SFI läraren Emma och hennes elever på Campus Risbergska i Örebro. Men på eftermiddagen den 4 februari 2025 har de upplevt den värsta masskjutningen i Sverige i modern tid. I flera timmar sitter Emma inrymd i sitt klassrum medan skjutningen pågår i skolan och polisen försöker få kontroll över situationen. Hon känner flera av de som ska komma att bli gärningsmannens offer.Första veckan efter dådet är det som att Emma har en superhjärna. Men när adrenalinet försvinner är det som att hon slutar fungera.Det blir en lång väg tillbaka. Men Emma är fast besluten att få komma tillbaka till Risbergska. Komvuxskolan som hon beskriver som en plats för framtidsdrömmar: – Vi måste börja stapla nya bra dagar på den här dagen. Täcka över de hemska minnena med nya minnen. Ju mer vi går vidare ju mer vinner vi över den här händelsen. Vi som kan, säger Emma.Den 4 februari dog 11 personer i skolskjutningen på Campus Risbergska i Örebro, inklusive gärningsmannen Rikard Andersson som tog sitt liv.Reporter: Åsa FuruhagenProducent: Anna FreySlutmix: André LjungbergProgrammet är gjort 2025.

My latest solo podcast takes us into the realms of fixity, frequency bands, attachment styles, imposed limitation and the SFI eugenics crew's lame-ass push towards technofascism.Part 2:danikatz.locals.comwww.patreon.com/danikatzAll things Dani, including books, courses, coaching + consulting:www.danikatz.comPlus, schwag:danikatz.threadless.comDefender Shield EMF Protection products:https://www.defendershield.com?ref=ndk0mjrShow notes:Defender Shield & EMF protection Know Thyself Salon external validation-contemplation promptChiropractor & Trump-bashingConfluence EventFixity and the “I Am” declarationFrequency bandsBrett Weinstein's limiting/wrong-use-of-will projections“Omniscopic” instead of “limitless” + “unlimited” Couple's coaching story: Her refusal to “fight”Santa Fe Institute David Krakauer intro speechCTO of Google's insane push for transhumanismMalthus, eugenics, MIT, computer modeling + scientific materialism

Brandi Jones joins the Amateur Activist this week to talk about Secure Families Initiative - the work they do, the importance of advocating for military spouses & family and why their experiences are important to listen to. As the Organising Director, Brandi establishes the vision, systems and strategies for SFI. She oversees grassroots programs, international campaigns and coordinates across departments to ensure that the values & experiences of their members are heard & uplifted. In this episode, Isabela and Brandi talk about the goals & mission of SFI, why it's important to civilians to prioritise these issues, the different ways SFI advocated for military familes on The Hill, and how listeners can get involved.As always, we are so grateful for everyone who listens and shares. When you get a moment, we'd be so grateful if you left a review on Apple Podcasts, rated us on Spotify, or tagged us in your stories on Instagram, @amateuractivistpodConnect with me on Instagram, @belagiirrllConnect with Secure Familes Initiative on Instagram or at their website. A big thank you to David Andrew for producing the music for this season. Follow him ⁠here.

DEFRA says an "error was made" when closing the Sustainable Farming Incentive to new applications earlier this year, and people who had applications in progress when it was shut, could now be allowed to submit them. The Sustainable Farming Incentive - or SFI - is part of the new system of farm payments in England, replacing the EU's Common Agricultural Policy. It pays people to do things like grow cover crops, plant flowers for pollinators, and manage hedgerows on their land. But in March this year, the Government announced, with no warning, that the SFI would be closed to new applications.We visit one farmer who could be affected by the change: dairy farmer, Sarah Godwin, had planned plant a mixture of grasses, enriched with legumes and other species - called a herbal ley - paid for by the SFI...but the scheme was abruptly closed in March before her application was complete. She says the farm had spent more than a thousand pounds on agents' fees to help with the forms.And testing top soils is often done to measure nutrients and organic matter - but recording what lies at a much lower depth could be key to enhancing soil health, and help achieve agriculture's net zero targets. We visit CAFRE, Northern Ireland's College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise, where a major, deep soil carbon-coring project has been underway.Presented by Anna Hill Produced by Heather Simons

This week we're taking a closer look at the rural lives of islanders around our shores. A survey by the Young Islanders Network found the biggest concern for young people in Scotland's islands, is housing – or a lack of it. We speak to people about some of the problems they've faced - and some of the solutions.The Environment Food and Rural Affairs select Committee of MPs has been grilling the farming minister Daniel Zeichner about the repercussions of suspending the Sustainable Farming Incentive, or SFI, which gives payments to farmers for environmental work. Thousands of farmers have already joined, but it was abruptly closed to new applicants on 11th March. Trees are being planted on Dartmoor to help alleviate flooding. A team lead by the National Park Authority is using a method developed by Japanese botanist Akira Miyawaki which plants a wide variety of native species close together to encourage rapid tree growth.Presenter = Anna Hill Producer = Rebecca Rooney

Fler män än kvinnor vill försvara Sverige med vapen. / Samarbete mellan taxi och polisen minskar grova brott. / Produkter som bara fungerar med gamla mobilnät fortsätter att säljas. / SFI-elever visar upp sin konst Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Av Jenny Pejler och Ingrid Forsberg.

SFI-läraren Ingierd tog skydd under skjutningen: Eleverna kände igen skottljuden. / Den misstänkte gärningsmannen var från Örebro. / AI-avatar intervjuar årets sommarjobbare. / Forskare vill att sötpotatis ska odlas i Sverige Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Av Jenny Pejler och Anna Jonasson.

Support the show to get full episodes, full archive, and join the Discord community. The Transmitter is an online publication that aims to deliver useful information, insights and tools to build bridges across neuroscience and advance research. Visit thetransmitter.org to explore the latest neuroscience news and perspectives, written by journalists and scientists. Read more about our partnership. Sign up for the “Brain Inspired” email alerts to be notified every time a new “Brain Inspired” episode is released. David Krakauer is the president of the Santa Fe Institute, where their mission is officially "Searching for Order in the Complexity of Evolving Worlds." When I think of the Santa Fe institute, I think of complexity science, because that is the common thread across the many subjects people study at SFI, like societies, economies, brains, machines, and evolution. David has been on before, and I invited him back to discuss some of the topics in his new book The Complex World: An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Complexity Science. The book on the one hand serves as an introduction and a guide to a 4 volume collection of foundational papers in complexity science, which you'll David discuss in a moment. On the other hand, The Complex World became much more, discussing and connecting ideas across the history of complexity science. Where did complexity science come from? How does it fit among other scientific paradigms? How did the breakthroughs come about? Along the way, we discuss the four pillars of complexity science - entropy, evolution, dynamics, and computation, and how complexity scientists draw from these four areas to study what David calls "problem-solving matter." We discuss emergence, the role of time scales, and plenty more all with my own self-serving goal to learn and practice how to think like a complexity scientist to improve my own work on how brains do things. Hopefully our conversation, and David's book, help you do the same. David's website. David's SFI homepage. The book: The Complex World: An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Complexity Science. The 4-Volume Series: Foundational Papers in Complexity Science. Mentioned: Aeon article: Problem-solving matter. The information theory of individuality. Read the transcript. 0:00 - Intro 3:45 - Origins of The Complex World 20:10 - 4 pillars of complexity 36:27 - 40s to 70s in complexity 42:33 - How to proceed as a complexity scientist 54:32 - Broken symmetries 1:02:40 - Emergence 1:13:25 - Time scales and complexity 1:18:48 - Consensus and how ideas migrate 1:29:25 - Disciplinary matrix (Kuhn) 1:32:45 - Intelligence vs. life

Windows 11 24H2 is following a now-familiar trajectory to release. Right, it's chaos Microsoft issues last-second updates to 22H2/23H2 and 24H2 in the Release Preview on Monday. Paul predicted these would turn into our Week D updates later in the week and that we'd get nothing on Tuesday Dev and Beta channels got some interesting updates recently as well The Windows App is now available on Windows, Mac, and iOS HP announces two new flagship AI PCs, one AMD and one Intel. Plus a lower-cost 8-core Snapdragon model. This is officially a trend. A week after providing details about the September 2024 firmware update for Surface Laptop 7, Microsoft confirmed it shipped the same update to Surface Pro 11. This has had a major negative effect on the device's instant-on capabilities Microsoft 365, cloud, AI Microsoft is reviving Three Mile Island and other headlines I never thought I'd write Google formally complains about alleged Microsoft antitrust abuses in the EU LinkedIn is training AI with your data. You can turn it off because Microsoft loves opt-out Microsoft issues a SFI progress report and they are doing GREAT, thank you very much Gemini comes to Workspace Apple Intelligence will hoover 4GB of drive space on iPhones to start, more later as more features are added More! Qualcomm makes another offer to acquire Intel Investment firm offers Intel a $5 billion lifeline Arc just experienced its first major security incident and handled it really well Raspberry Pi reports its first-ever earnings Paul has finished updating .NETpad for Windows 11 theming support in .NET 9, will put code up in GitHub after .NET ships in stable Xbox A new tell-all about Blizzard, Activision, and Xbox arrives October 8 Game Pass features are coming to Xbox mobile app where they belong Also, Game Bar Compact mode as part of September Xbox Update New Indie Selects titles Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is available for preorder and it will look a lot better and take up a lot less disk space Xbox Ambassador's Program is dead, Jim Xbox spends $1 billion per year to acquire Game Pass titles Xbox figured out how to reduce its carbon emissions. You know, besides selling fewer consoles Sony announces 30th anniversary PS5 collection Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Stop paying so much for everything App pick of the week: A week of browser-adjacent updates RunAs Radio this week: Windows Server 2025 and Active Directory with Orin Thomas Brown liquor pick of the week: Hatozaki Small Batch Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: e-e.com/twit lookout.com bigid.com/windowsweekly veeam.com