AHDB Food & Farming

On 27 July 2021, AHDB hosted an on-farm event at Ninezergh Farm to find out how Adrian Bland is hoping to meet growth rate targets for his 180 head of youngstock, using a rotational grazing system.

In this episode, Knowledge Exchange Manager James Hague is joined by Adrian to follow up from the meeting and find out what his plans are going forward. He will also speak to James Daniel from Precision Grazing, who is helping Adrian to have a greater control over grass production, enhance the quality of the grass grazed, improve animal performance per hectare and potentially extend the grazing period.

Find out more about Ninezergh Farm.

Learn how to make the most of grass on your farm.

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This episode was produced and edited by Kate Smith, Marcomms Executive (Dairy).

Milk production is a fundamental driver of market dynamics in Great Britain. Twice a year, AHDB hold a milk forecasting forum, where representatives from across the industry meet to debate, analyse and discuss the key factors influencing production. The AHDB Milk Forecasting Forum (MFF) met on the 1 September to discuss the factors impacting on future GB milk production

In this episode Kate Smith is joined by Chris Gooderham, Head of Market Specialists, and Kat Jack, Senior Analyst, to discuss why the milk forecasting forum is important and what were the key outcomes of the recent meeting.

View the milk forecasting forum page.

Keep up to date with the latest industry data, analysis and insights from the dairy sector.

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This episode was produced and edited by Kate Smith, Marcomms Executive (Dairy).

With news this week that Mexico has officially opened its doors for British pork for the first time, our Food & Farming Podcast takes a look at what this means for the pork sector and for British exporters who can now tap into this brand new market.

In this episode AHDB’s John Bates speaks to Dr Phil Hadley, AHDB’s International Market Development Director, AHDB’s Strategic Insight Manager Tom Forshaw and Ana Fernanda from DIT Mexico.

Mexico market opens its doors for imports of British pork

Market access to Mexico – the work behind the scenes

This podcast was hosted by John Bates and edited by Josh Borthwick.

AHDB’s We Eat Balanced and Love Lamb Week marketing campaigns are on the horizon.

Running from 1- 7 September, this year’s Love Lamb Week will remind shoppers about how good lamb tastes and provides insight on the sustainability of UK sheep production and the role sheep farming plays in maintaining our landscape and beautiful countryside.

Later in September the We Eat balanced campaign which was first aired in January this year gets a second burst of activity and is designed to remind and reassure people about the positive role red meat and dairy from Britain can play in a balanced diet as well as reduce food miles.

In this Food and Farming podcast John Bates speaks to Liam Byrne, Head of Consumer Marketing at AHDB, Rebecca Miah, AHDB Beef & Lamb Strategy Director and Adrian Coombe, Sheep farmer from Cornwall about the importance of these marketing campaigns and what they mean for farmers.

 

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Phil Bicknell, Market Intelligence Director

Ben Williams, Senior Knowledge Transfer Manager (Pork)

Carol Davis, Lead Analyst - Farm Economics

Bethan Wilkins, Senior Analyst (Red Meat) 

Jennifer Newman, Animal Health and Welfare Scientist (Data)

In this episode, we look at some of the business tools and services offered by AHDB to support you and help you make the most of your circumstances. 

Our guests focus on the characteristics of top performing farms and take a closer look at four key performance indicators (KPIs): financial performance, productivity, yield and survivability.

The episode has a Pork bias, but much of the content and resources discussed are applicable across the farming sector. 

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): making use of production data

Farm Business Review: Farm Business Review offers a combination of an online tool, expert advice and peer support to help your business prepare for the biggest agriculture policy shift in a generation.

Farmbench: an online benchmarking tool that allows you to compare your farm to similar businesses

Horizon report: Preparing for change, the characteristics of top performing farms

Pork: The four pillars of pork production (previous episode of the AHDB Food and Farming podcast)

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In this episode Alistair McLaren is joined by Marco Winters, Head of Animal Genetics at AHDB, and Professor Mike Coffey from SRUC to talk about two new breeding indexes that will enable farmers to identify and breed cows with better environmental credentials and reduce their feed costs.

Find out more about breeding and genetics.

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This episode was produced and edited by Kate Smith, Marcomms Executive (Dairy).

In this AHDB Food & Farming podcast, we catch up with our new Beef & Lamb Monitor Farmers in the South West, Liz and Rob Priest. As a family they farm both sheep and beef cattle in Holsworthy, Devon. However, Rob and Liz are about to move to a new farm on the coast near Bude. They farm organically. All cattle are grass fed and rotationally grazed, they also have herbal and ryegrass leys. They have a flock of 480 ewes but are moving to Aberfields.

Take a listen to find out about why they wanted to become a Monitor Farm with AHDB, what has prompted their farm move, how they ensure a work life balance and what their plans are for the future with some diversification prospects on the horizon.

Monitor Farm profile https://ahdb.org.uk/farm-excellence/kingsford-farm

Follow Rob on Twitter @kingsfordfarm

This podcast introduces AHDB’s analysis of the prospects for the UK’s arable farming industry over the coming months. It explores production, trade and consumption for the year ahead.

Phil Maiden asks Vikki Campbell (AHDB's Senior Market Specialist in Arable)  about why the market outlook is so important for arable farmers and discuss the current situation and they look to what we might expect in the coming months, for supply availability, trade and demand.   

Phil then speaks to Jon Foot (AHDB's Head of Environment) about the work he and his team are doing with farmers to help reduce their carbon footprint and how to become eligible for future funding schemes. 

What is the Agri-Market Outlook? Read the full reports for each sector here: Agri Market Outlook | AHDB

Cereals Market Outlook:  https://ahdb.org.uk/cereals-market-outlook

Oilseeds Market outlook: https://ahdb.org.uk/oilseeds-market-outlook

Horizon Blog: https://ahdb.org.uk/news/trade-and-policy/horizon-blog-trade-deals-food-standards

Carbon Outlook: https://ahdb.org.uk/news/environment-sustainable-farming-incentive-and-carbon-outlook

This podcast introduces AHDB’s analysis of the prospects for the UK’s livestock farming industry over the coming months. Covering red meat (pork, beef and lamb) and dairy, it explores production, trade and consumption for the year ahead.

Phil Maiden asks Duncan Wyatt (AHDB's Lead Analyst for Livestock) and Patty Clayton (AHDB's Lead Analyst Dairy) about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on supply chains as well as the knock-on effects of leaving the EU. 

Phil then speaks to Jon Foot (AHDB's Head of Environment) about the work he and his team are doing with farmers to help reduce their carbon footprint and how to become eligible for future funding schemes. 

What is the Agri-Market Outlook? Read the full reports for each sector here: Agri Market Outlook | AHDB

Beef Market Outlook: https://ahdb.org.uk/news/beef-market-outlook-july-2021-now-online

Lamb Market Outlook: https://ahdb.org.uk/news/outlook-for-uk-lamb-market-july-2021

Horizon Blog: https://ahdb.org.uk/news/trade-and-policy/horizon-blog-trade-deals-food-standards

Carbon Outlook: https://ahdb.org.uk/news/environment-sustainable-farming-incentive-and-carbon-outlook

In this episode of the Food & Farming podcast, Nic Renison talks to Colina Humphrey, sheep farmer and self-confessed grass addict! They talk about about Colina’s passion for farming with a focus on rotational grazing and all things grass. Colina also stresses the importance of planning grazing for the autumn in the summer time and how she’s met some  influential people who have really helped her along the way with her grass journey.

For more information on all things grass visit our AHDB Grass page.

If you would like to follow Colina she’s on Twitter @HumphColina

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This podcast was hosted by Nic Renison and produced and edited by Gemma Pamment.