AHDB Food & Farming

AHDB Food & Farming

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AHDB Food & Farming episodes

  • 16: Planning ahead: soil P and organic manure
    Teresa Meadows, AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds Knowledge Exchange Manager for East Anglia hosts this episode looking at nutrient management. It features pieces on soil phosphorus and organic manure, with insight from Newark Monitor Farm host John Miller.
    cereals.ahdb.org.uk
    10 min
  • 2: Productivity: why farmers and growers should be concerned
    With the turn of the year, the post-Brexit world of the end of March 2019 ebbs ever closer. Hear, in this podcast, how AHDB maintains its focus on the possible impact on farming and why productivity matters, in terms of the economic wellbeing of those involved with producing food for British households. Once again AHDB urges farmers and growers ‘not to sleepwalk into Brexit’ and considers the benefits of collaborative working, as well as whether we can learn from our competitors.
    AHDB’s Tom Hind talks with John Bates.
    The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board's (AHDB) assessment of current productivity within UK agriculture is set out in the latest in the series of Horizon reports, titled Driving productivity growth together. [www.ahdb.org.uk/brexit](http://www.ahdb.org.uk/brexit)
    7 min
  • 1: Festive food and farming
    John Bates hosts this festive special from the AHDB consumer insights team looking at how the season of goodwill changes what and how we buy, how Brexit might impact our favourite festive foods and what farmers and growers need to think about to gear up for Christmas future.
    https://ahdb.org.uk/
    Photo by Keenan Loo on Unsplash
    9 min
  • 13: How to prepare for Brexit
    This month’s episode comes from our recent Grain Market Outlook Conference. It focused on how our industry can get ready for the challenges of a post-Brexit market place.
    Hosted by Judith Stafford, this episode features snippets from Jack Watts and Amandeep Kaur Purewal's presentations at the conference, as well as AHDB’s latest Horizon document. This recent report sets out the potential impact of three different post-Brexit scenarios for agriculture. We also hear from Phil Bicknell and George Lawrie on how to start preparing for Brexit.
    26 min
  • 12: Soils special: October 2017
    Philip Dolbear, AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds Knowledge Exchange Manager, presents a soils special podcast, featuring news of an AHDB initiative to measure soil health; Jack Smith from AHDB's Leicester Monitor Farm; growers putting research into practice, and an update from the market intelligence team.
    17 min
  • 10: Cover crop trials, group 3 soft wheats, Scotland's gluten-free oat processing and the skills business
    Harry Henderson, AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds Knowledge Exchange Manager for the East Midlands, presents this podcast episode featuring news on AHDB's cover crops trials, insight into group 3 soft wheats and an interview with Scottish farmer Andrew Booth on his proposed gluten-free oat processing plant. The episode finishes with a discussion on the importance of business skills in agriculture.
    21 min

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Our Food & Farming podcast is for levy payers and those in the food supply chain – bringing together key players in the agriculture industry to talk about the things which really matter.