ChewintheCud Podcast

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Sarah Bolt, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Neil Greggor, Solutions Manager at Viking Genetics UK.

As Neil's background is familiar to our regular listeners he gives us a brief overview of his career before we move to our main topic of this podcast.

Using data to make your breeding decisions.

Neil discusses how it doesn't matter your type of system, your type of cow, using all the data you have available, be it pedigrees, milk recording or genomic, it all helps you make better decisions in the choices you make when breeding the replacements for your herd.

Part of our discussion on genomic data also includes how close we are to having a reliable genomic test for non pure bred cows.

This was recorded in August 2023 and all information was correct at the time of recording.

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Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Neil Groom, General Manager at Grainseed.

Like usual we start with a brief introduction from Neil about how he started in the industry to get to where he is today.

Then we move on to today's topic and start with a brief overview of the trials currently being run at Wiltshire College & University Centre Lackham, not only for DEFRA & NIAB but also the MGA (Maize Growers Association).

We also discuss some of the basic questions like what is the difference between "Flint" & "Dent" maizes, before heading outside to walk around the maize trial site and discuss when and how to determine the best time to harvest your maize.

This was recorded in August 2024 and all information was correct at the time of recording

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Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Sarah Bolt & Becky Miles, two of the co-founders of Women in Dairy.

With Sarah being a returning guest we move straight on to Becky and ask her about her background, and how she got to the multiple job titles she has today!

We then move on to discuss the ten years that "Women in Dairy" has been in existence, the hows, wheres & why is started. The successes they've seen and the upcoming celebration they have planned, and then discuss what the future might bring!

Please listen until the end for an update on location & guests.

This was recorded in June & August 2024 and all information was correct at the time of recording

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Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Andrew Harrison, Technical Sales Manager, from I'Anson Brothers Ltd in Yorkshire.

As usual we start by asking Andrew about his background, from a farm in Lancashire to where he is now with I'Anson Brothers.

We then discuss the new feed mill that I'Anson Brothers are due to open about the time this podcast is released, and discussed the process of starting from scratch on a green field site and what they included and how they are already planning for the future!

Then we move on to the main topic of this podcast which is Amino Acids and discuss not just the production benefits these can bring but all the different health benefits they also bring, including improving fertility, reduction in metritis and reduction in mastitis.

We discuss that should these be considered an essential nutrient rather being thought of as a feed additive.

This was recorded in July 2024 and all information was correct at the time of recording

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Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Dr Jo Matthews, Technical Trials Manager, and Harley Brown-Keech, Area Sales Manager, from Germinal GB Limited at their Germinal Horizon site in Wiltshire.

Initially we talk about the background of both our guests, and then briefly about the history of Germinal.

We then talk to Jo & Harley about the whole process of developing the different varieties for the different species, how long it takes, and the cost, before they even get to Germinal Horizon Wiltshire.

We then take a tour around the site at Germinal Horizon Wiltshire and see what is currently growing in the trial plots.

This was recorded in June 2024 and all information was correct at the time of recording

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Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Neil Christensen, partner in Steanbow Farms Ltd, at Pilton in Somerset.

We talk to Neil about the different aspects of the farm and how the management of the business is split with his brother, with Neil looking after all the Livestock and Mike looking after all the Operations (all the field work).

We then discuss the how the farm is affected for three months of the year, not just three days of the year, by being part of the site for one of Europe's biggest festivals, The Glastonbury Festival. What this means for the management of the farm and it's unique challenges!

This was recorded in April 2024 and all information was correct at the time of recording.

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Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Mike Jones, Dairy Technical Manager from UK Agri-Tech Centre, based at the South West Dairy Development Centre (SWDDC) near Shepton Mallet in Somerset. 

With this we had so much great information recorded that rather than one long episode we decided to split the episode into two parts, so welcome to part to of this episode.

We continue our conversation and tour around the SWDDC and this time discuss data gathering and ongoing projects on satellite grass measuring, virtual fencing. a new type of mattress as well as working with HerdVision and Oxi-Tech.

This was recorded in April 2024 and all information was correct at the time of recording.

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Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Mike Jones, Dairy Technical Manager from UK Agri-Tech Centre, based at the South West Dairy Development Centre (SWDDC) near Shepton Mallet in Somerset. 

As always we start with an introduction to Mike and his background, from starting his career on a dairy farm, managing herds to working with technology in the genetics industry to where he is now managing the different projects at the SWDDC testing technology before it becomes commercially available.

With this podcast we tested new technology of our own, using a recently acquired mobile recording device, so as well as our usual recording around a table we also walk the cows with Mike and talk about the different projects they are currently testing.

With this we had so much great information recorded that rather than one long episode we decided to split the episode into two parts.

In this first part we discuss setup of the SWDDC, the aims of the site, how projects are chosen and developed, as well as on going projects on biodiversity and detecting digital dermatitis with Hoofcount.

This was recorded in April 2024 and all information was correct at the time of recording.

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Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Sean O'Toole, Regional Sales Manager, North UK & Europe for Silostop Agri.

As always we start with an introduction to Sean and his background, from a farm in Lincolnshire he went to college. Then upon completion of his course started in the ruminants feed industry, before progressing over the last 30 years to where he is today with Silostop Agri.

We then start the story back in 1995, and a trip to Italy, by the then owners of Silostop where they met a plastics manufacturer that had begun to play with the idea of improving the plastics used for covering silage crops.

After some trials at Leeds & Kansas University the product has then grown to where it is today.

We then talk about the difference between an oxygen barrier silage sheets and a standard polyethylene sheets, the difference in its OTR (Oxygen Transfer Rate), and move on to discuss the benefits, advantages and financial saving/return using an oxygen barrier sheet brings. 

We also talk about some of the basics to try and get your silage making process right.

This was recorded in January 2024 and all information was correct at the time of recording.

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Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined (again) by Andrew Clune, Business Development Manager, Nitrogen Solutions from BASF.

A quick rerun over Andrew's background before we talk about today's subject Urease Inhibitors & Protected Urea.

We discuss the incoming requirements for all farmers to use a protected urea from 1st April every year, as this links back to the government's clean air strategy, and why we need to follow this industry lead initiative rather than have regulations enforced on us by the government.

We then discuss not just the environmental benefits but the financial and agronomic benefits of using these products and why really they provide a win win solution.

This was recorded in January 2024 and all information was correct at the time of recording.

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