On this week’s episode, Andrews special guest is Frances Roberson who is the manager of the Food and Farming Discovery Trust.

Frances grew up on a mixed beef and arable farm in North Norfolk.

Frances talks Andrew through the wide variety of jobs she had after she left university. 

Andrews days as an international model get bought up. 

The Food and Farming Discovery Trust aims to showcase food, farming and the countryside to the local community.

They discuss the Royal Norfolk Show's school program, which helps to give young people a better understanding of what agriculture is all about.

Olivia Shave’s petition to get agriculture in the curriculum gets mentioned. If you haven’t already, please take the time sign the petition!

This month’s podcast walk will take place at 2pm on the 31/03/2025 at the Suffield Arms. The What3Words location is Clever.Schooling.Prefix. We look forward to seeing you there!

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This week the Dewing Grain podcast was recorded live with all of the stars present!

Andrew starts by thanking Oscar Smith and the rest of the Farming Community Network team for arranging this live event.

Oscar explains how the FCN is there to help support farmers and talks about the different resources they have available for farmers.

The first topic is about prospects for the upcoming harvest.

Next, Andrew shares some of his favourite stories from the grain trade.

Andrew debates the things farmers can do to persuade the government to change their agricultural policies while also keeping the general public on the farmers side.

1930’s Germany gets mentioned?

Andrew gets Harry to enlighten the audience on the thrilling topic of podcast production and distribution.

To finish off the boys share some of their stories from the early days of their agricultural careers. #FarmingAintEasy

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In this week’s episode, Andrew is joined by award winning farmer, Olivia Shave. 

Olivia is lobbying the government to improve children’s education and basic understanding of where their food comes from and how agriculture works.

Please follow this link to sign Olivia’s petition or alternatively the link can be found on her Instagram page @ecoewe. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/700029

Olivia mentions how she believes farmers can put the great back in Great Britain!

Olivia and Andrew talk about the changing landscape for farmers, and the things they can do to diversify and make the most of the situation.

Olivia’s final note is that farmers need to challenge the government to a greater extent.

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In this week’s episode Andrew is joined by Webby & Josh to catch up on what happened at the Norfolk Farming Conference.

They start by talking about Daniel Zeichner and the unsympathetic tone of his speech.

Next, they mention how impressed they were with Diana Overton Frontiers new managing director.

They go on to talk about “The Empire” and for once they are actually complimentary!

Finally, we get to hear our reporter in the field interviewing Matthew Scott and Will Mallon.

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In this week’s episode Joe, Ben, Webby and Josh to discuss last Monday’s farmers meeting.

Josh runs the team through on how successful he believed the morning was.

Josh talks about the benefits farmers will gain from using methodology that Roots is creating and being able to utilise the good farming practice contracts.

The team reiterates one of the core messages of what Josh is working on. Don’t give your data away for free!

Ben moves the conversation on to discuss the topic of Trumps tariffs and what role they might play in the future of agriculture.

Of course, there had to be some Trump talk due to his volatile nature!

Webby catches Joe out for not being devout listener of the podcast. Criminal!

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In this week’s episode Andrew is joined by Webby to discuss the dynamics of the 2024 harvest.

Andrew justifies his reasoning for his recent opinions of the market, stating that there is going to be a surplus that cannot be carried and that there is no option to export as we are not competitive. This means the most likely direction for old crop UK wheat is to go down in value.

Andrew talks about the inequalities in farm subsidies between European and UK farmers.

The duo goes over some world wheat carry over stock statistics.

They speculate over the conditions of crops around the world and what it could mean for the upcoming marketing season. 

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In this week’s episode, Andrew is joined by Ben, Webby and Josh.

They start by discussing the forthcoming Dewing Grain seminar. It is taking place at the John Innes Centre on the 3rd of February and will feature a handful of guest speakers ranging from farmers to scientists.

Next, they move on to discuss the fundamentals of the current market conditions. 

Webby mentions one of his many fetishes. Any guesses what it is?

The boys talk about Elon Musk’s interesting behaviour at Trumps inauguration and Webby wonders if he should start taking the same performance enhancing drugs while he works.

To come full circle, Josh talks about the things farmers could be doing to demonstrate that the governments scientific approach to the effect farming has on the climate is flawed and skewed. The team, who have done extensive research into the topic, argue that farmers are actually a crucial part of the fight against climate change and they need to make it clear to everyone through scientific proof.

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In this week’s episode the team have a debrief of the events from Thursday nights Norfolk Dinner.

The boys start by critiquing the manliness of Harrys handshakes. They’re a work in progress…

A big congratulations to Alexandra Cuninghame of StoneX with the winning bid for the prestigious annual auction.

Ben and Webby debate Andrew on his questionably politically correct speech.

The team reflects on the different market views they encountered while making the rounds at the Dinner.

The boys talk about which Norfolk Dinner venue has been their favourite in recent years.

Ben comments on American farmers scepticism towards Trumps upcoming term in the Office.

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On this week’s episode Andrews special guest is Poul Hovesen. Poul was the third guest to feature on the podcast some 6 years ago!

Poul and Andrew start by discussing Pouls upcoming appointment as President of The Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association.

 They move on to talk about the how farming is heading into a greener era and that farmers and consumers need to work together to make it work for everyone. Collaboration between science and research, collaboration between farmers to learn from and support each other.

Andrew touches on the Dewing Grains new project which aims to make proof of how good farmers are for the world.

Poul discusses new innovations that farmers can use to help make incremental improvements to their farming practices.

They talk about the benefits of The Norfolk Farming Conference and how it is a great place to network and share knowledge among like minded people. 

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In this week’s podcast, Andrew, Ben and Andy recap the events of the December podcast walk which took place in Norwich.

Thank you to everyone that was able to join us on the walk and we hope you all had as good a time as we did!

The team talk about how it was nice to be able to have a wide variety of conversations with all of the attendees and how they were able to get a range of opinions on what is likely to happen next in the markets. 

Andrew touches on the new inheritance tax rules giving an unfair advantage to major corporations.

Dewing grain wishes you all a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year!

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