Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Janette Mathie, Head of Field Services, and Karen Reeve, Area Manager for the South of England, from CIS (Cattle Information Services).

Janette's journey starts like many looking for a part time job to work around her children going to school, and then worked her way up through the business to where she is now.

Karen originally offered relief management services, before starting milk recording, along with relief milking and then moved into milk recording full time before achieving her current position within the company.

Janette and Karen then talk a brief history of milk recording, before then taking us through a step by step process of what happens during milk recording on farm, then once the sample has been taken what happens to it once it begins its journey to and through the laboratory, including all the different information that can be obtained from just 30ml of milk!

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

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Your host Andrew Jones & guest host Sarah Bolt based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Bronwen Pihlwret, Ruminant Technical Manager, QLF (Quality Liquid Feeds) Ltd.

Bron talks her journey from life on a beef & arable farm, via Archaeology, to her role today with QLF.

Bron then discusses sugars,  and therefore molasses, and their roles within a diet, and how the majority of UK diets are lacking sugars and the benefits these bring.

The large majority of the discussed benefits come under the umbrella of "Improving Rumen Health" and therefore have benefits to the health of the cow, not just seeing an improvement in production.

We then discuss Bron's growing interest in soil biology and the benefits to soil health adding sugars brings, as its a lot like feeding the rumen with all the different bacteria & protozoa etc.

This was recorded in September 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 Farmer's Weekly Dairy Farmer of the Year 2022 Catherine Pickford and her herd manager Nathan Crocker.

Both have their own journeys to where they are now but Catherine's starts with her returning home in 1995 with 70 Black & Whites calving AYR to today with 400 spring calving cows and tells us about all the changes the business has seen in the last 28 years, including moving farms five years ago to a farm that had very very limited dairying infrastructure before the move and the work that has gone into converting the farm in this time.

We then discuss Nathan's journey from to school to agricultural college to working for Catherine fulltime, to where he is now trying to build his own equity in the business.

During our discussion we talk about them being winners of the Farmer's Weekly Dairy Farmer of the Year 2022 and how it was all a blur but then we talk about the succession plan that they have in place for Nathan so than with Catherine planning to retire in five years time he will be in a position to either succeed the current tenancy, or look for a farm of his own.

We also discuss the different markers they have in the business and also the benefit of being part of a local discussion group has brought benefits to them personally as well as the business.

This was recorded in May 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 Giles Simpson , Agronomy Team Manager, Pearce Seeds LLP as well as the current Chairman of The Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show.

Giles discusses his own journey into the industry from following his father around a farm, to managing farms in his own right, to joining Pearce Seeds over twenty years ago to is position now as Agronomy Team Manager before discussing the primary subject of this podcast, Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show.

Giles discusses the history of the show, what goes on behind the scenes for the rest of the year that we don't see, the affect COVID had on the show and then why the Show has decided, after much debate to move from it's traditional one day format to a two day show.

We also discuss how the local agricultural show is our industry's "Shop Window" to the general public , to show them  essentially how their food is grown, be it livestock or arable.

This was recorded in May 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 Dr Laura Tennant, Young Animal Feeds Technical Manager, Trouw Nutrition GB.

Laura  discusses her own journey into the industry, from a beef & sheep farm near Harrogate in Yorkshire to studying for her degree in Bristol, her Masters in London, to her PhD in Nottingham before becoming the Head of Youngstock at Nottingham University, to where she is now at Trouw before discussing the primary subject of this podcast, Calf Milk Powders!

Laura then discusses milk powders, the dos and don'ts, the difference between skim & whey, why palm is used in milk powders, why soya shouldn't be used in milk powders, and answers all our questions along the way, and how  it is her belief that we should start using the phrase "Feed for Immunity".

This was recorded in May 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 Sarah Bolt, Technical Knowledge Exchange Manager, Kingshay Farming & Conservation Ltd & Co-founder Women in Dairy.

Sarah discusses her own journey into the industry, from a entirely non rural background, but already knowing at the age of four that she wanted to involved in the dairy industry, before then completing her education and joining the commercial side of the farming industry to where she is now at Kingshay before discussing the primary subject of this podcast, Carbon Sequestration: Its not just trees!

Sarah discusses carbon sequestration and shares with us how its not just about the trees, and also how its not only about the type of soil, but then how you treat that soil that can impact its ability to absorb carbon and how a scale has been developed to compare the ability of different soils against one another.
 
We also briefly discuss Sarah's involvement in Women in Dairy, being one of its original four founding members.

This was recorded in March 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 Colin Hanson-Orr, Nutritionist, Forage Technology Ltd.

Colin discusses his own journey in the industry from being a child of RAF parents, with a detour to rock star,  to being where he is now at Forage Technology before discussing the primary subject of this podcast, Silage Additives: The Good , The Bad & The Ugly.

Colin discusses the history of silage additives, from neat acids to biological bacteria, what to look for in a good additive, as well as when you should be using a silage additive before we take a look to the future of farming as Colin shares some of his views that others may find a little controversial!
 
 Unfortunately this episode contains an occasional word that some listeners may find offensive.

This was recorded in March 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 Andrew Stilwell, Crop Nutrition Technical Manager, Bartholomews Agri Food Ltd.

Andrew discusses his own journey in the industry from "short trousers" to where he is now as Crop Nutrition Technical Manager before discussing the primary subject of this podcast, Grassland & Sulphur.

Andrew discusses the importance of the often forgotten nutrient and its important role for grassland growth and development, as well as it's role in making more efficient use of nitrogen when it is applied to the growing crop.

This was recorded in March 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 Richard Miller, Product Strategy Manager for NMR (National Milk Records).

Richard discusses his own journey in the industry from farmer to Product Strategy Manager for NMR before discussing the primary subject of this podcast, Genomics: A Beginners Guide.

Between the three of us we discuss the history, the development of genomics and how it can be used on farm today, even on a purely commercial farm, before talking about some exciting developments coming in the future. 

This was recorded in February 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 Mark Partridge, Technical Manager from Duffields (South West) Ltd.

Mark discusses his own journey in the industry from feed rep to now Technical Manager for Duffields (South West) Ltd before discussing the primary subject of the this podcast, Livestock: The Waste Feed Recycling Industry.  

Not many people realise that nearly all the raw ingredients used to feed livestock are waste products, or by-products, of feed used for human consumption.  For example wheatfeed from bread production, and without livestock to feed this too, what would happen to it?  Livestock production is part of the solution for maintaining and improving sustainability in the feed chain.

This was recorded in December 2022 and all information was correct at the time of recording.

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