Dewing Grain Podcast

This week Andrew travels to Dublin to meet Phelim Dolan, trading director of Comex McKinnon, to discuss the grain market and to hear a personal opinion of the impact of Brexit on the people of Ireland, the dangers of not sorting out the backstop and the implications if the need for a secure border increases. He gives the Irish perspective and describes how there has been so much blathering about Brexit! They move onto the pluses and minuses of being independent grain traders - swimming about in a pond with lots of bigger fish. Lastly, they discuss the football match that they had been involved in the previous day. The market report for week commencing 11th February 2019 is followed by Farmchat in which Andrew and Webby express their true feelings about John Smith's Bitter and talk Valentine's plans. With their wooing days firmly behind them, they nonetheless offer their top tips for anyone hoping to make a good impression this year.  Thanks to our sponsors this week:  Ben Burgess - East Anglia's premier agricultural, construction & grounds care equipment retailer. www.benburgess.co.uk The Dewing Grain Podcast is co-produced by www.eastcoastdesignstudio.co.uk and www.tinshedproductions.co.uk Dewing Grain - Independent grain trader for Norfolk & Suffolk 01263 731550 - www.dewinggrain.co.uk

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This week Andrew travels to Dublin to meet Phelim Dolan, trading director of Comex McKinnon, to discuss the grain market and to hear a personal opinion of the impact of Brexit on the people of Ireland, the dangers of not sorting out the backstop and the implications if the need for a secure border increases. He gives the Irish perspective and describes how there has been so much blathering about Brexit! They move onto the pluses and minuses of being independent grain traders - swimming about in a pond with lots of bigger fish. Lastly, they discuss the football match that they had been involved in the previous day. The market report for week commencing 11th February 2019 is followed by Farmchat in which Andrew and Webby express their true feelings about John Smith's Bitter and talk Valentine's plans. With their wooing days firmly behind them, they nonetheless offer their top tips for anyone hoping to make a good impression this year.  Thanks to our sponsors this week:  Ben Burgess - East Anglia's premier agricultural, construction & grounds care equipment retailer. www.benburgess.co.uk The Dewing Grain Podcast is co-produced by www.eastcoastdesignstudio.co.uk and www.tinshedproductions.co.uk Dewing Grain - Independent grain trader for Norfolk & Suffolk 01263 731550 - www.dewinggrain.co.uk

In our Christmas Bumper Special and last show before Christmas, Andrew is down in the big smoke meeting with Lisa Kalal, who looks after clients at CME group mainly looking after hedgers, and Erin Burns, who heads up the commodity risk team at Tesco. They can't help but talk about agriculture post-Brexit and, with Erin and Lisa being Australian and American respectively, we get a slightly different perspective on deals, no-deals and referendums. We also get their take on women in agriculture and how important it could be to talk to your daughters about the markets to encourage more fantastic women in to the trading industry. Finally we hear about how their Christmases will be shaping up and Andrew tells us about his secret Santa.    The Dewing Grain market report for the week commencing 17/12/2018 gives Andrew’s latest insights into the markets. In Farmchat, renamed Santa Banter this week following a listener suggestion, Josh and Andrew discuss the Christmas bourse where lots of traders and merchants meet for a catch up over a few drinks and where the podcast was a big subject of conversation this year. They sample a couple of beers from Andrew's beer advent calendar - a Norwegian beer that Josh can't pronounce and Boundary American Pale Ale for Andrew. We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Baker and Larner's hamper is Mark Thompson - known on Twitter as 'anorfolkfarmer' - how very appropriate!  Thanks to our sponsor this week Ben Burgess - East Anglia's premier agricultural, construction & grounds care equipments retailer. www.benburgess.co.uk The Dewing Grain Podcast is co-produced by www.eastcoastproduction.co.uk and www.tinshedproductions.co.uk Dewing Grain - Independent grain trader for Norfolk and Suffolk 01263 731550 - www.dewinggrain.co.uk

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This week Andrew meets with Scott Wellcome who is Risk Manager and grain sourcing for Goodmills - Europe's largest wheat miller with approximately 2.8 million tonnes of wheat capacity. Scott gives an insight in to what is involved in risk management including price, cash flow, cybercrime, liability and reputation risk management. They talk about the risks that are about this year, there is some footie chat with some varying recall on events and we hear how farmers are all risk managers. Our regular market report gives Andrew's latest insights into the market for the week commencing 28/01/2019 and in Farmchat Andrew and Webby consider the new hot topic for the dinner table - Veganuary - over a bottle of Highland Spring as they consider how the farming community can use social media effectively to get its message across and engage with consumers.  Thanks to our sponsors this week:  Ben Burgess - East Anglia's premier agricultural, construction & grounds care equipment retailer. www.benburgess.co.uk The Dewing Grain Podcast is co-produced by www.eastcoastdesignstudio.co.uk and www.tinshedproductions.co.uk Dewing Grain - Independent grain trader for Norfolk & Suffolk 01263 731550 - www.dewinggrain.co.uk

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This week Claire is at Norfolk Bluebell Wood Burial Park to meet founder and owner Andrew Morton. The Morton family are Norfolk farmers and when they bought some land with an old wood which had millions of bluebells in, Andrew saw an opportunity. Having done his research in to natural burial parks, he set up his own. It has been a huge challenge and is a long term investment that matches his personal skills as a people-person who loves nature and wildlife and is interested in a sustainable business. To Find out more visit: www.norfolkbluebellwood.co.uk Picture credit: Antony KellyAs Andrew is away, the market report for week commencing 4th February 2019 is brought to you by Ian Webster, while in Farmchat (recorded before he left) Andrew and Webby celebrate the end of Dry January with a drop of Guinness as they talk about the Norfolk dinner and the recent acquisition of Gleadell by ADM.  Thanks to our sponsors this week:  Ben Burgess - East Anglia's premier agricultural, construction & grounds care equipment retailer. www.benburgess.co.uk The Dewing Grain Podcast is co-produced by www.eastcoastdesignstudio.co.uk and www.tinshedproductions.co.uk Dewing Grain - Independent grain trader for Norfolk & Suffolk 01263 731550 - www.dewinggrain.co.uk

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This week Claire is at Norfolk Bluebell Wood Burial Park to meet founder and owner Andrew Morton. The Morton family are Norfolk farmers and when they bought some land with an old wood which had millions of bluebells in, Andrew saw an opportunity. Having done his research in to natural burial parks, he set up his own. It has been a huge challenge and is a long term investment that matches his personal skills as a people-person who loves nature and wildlife and is interested in a sustainable business. To Find out more visit: www.norfolkbluebellwood.co.uk Picture credit: Antony KellyAs Andrew is away, the market report for week commencing 4th February 2019 is brought to you by Ian Webster, while in Farmchat (recorded before he left) Andrew and Webby celebrate the end of Dry January with a drop of Guinness as they talk about the Norfolk dinner and the recent acquisition of Gleadell by ADM.  Thanks to our sponsors this week:  Ben Burgess - East Anglia's premier agricultural, construction & grounds care equipment retailer. www.benburgess.co.uk The Dewing Grain Podcast is co-produced by www.eastcoastdesignstudio.co.uk and www.tinshedproductions.co.uk Dewing Grain - Independent grain trader for Norfolk & Suffolk 01263 731550 - www.dewinggrain.co.uk

This week Andrew meets with Scott Wellcome who is Risk Manager and grain sourcing for Goodmills - Europe's largest wheat miller with approximately 2.8 million tonnes of wheat capacity. Scott gives an insight in to what is involved in risk management including price, cash flow, cybercrime, liability and reputation risk management. They talk about the risks that are about this year, there is some footie chat with some varying recall on events and we hear how farmers are all risk managers. Our regular market report gives Andrew's latest insights into the market for the week commencing 28/01/2019 and in Farmchat Andrew and Webby consider the new hot topic for the dinner table - Veganuary - over a bottle of Highland Spring as they consider how the farming community can use social media effectively to get its message across and engage with consumers.  Thanks to our sponsors this week:  Ben Burgess - East Anglia's premier agricultural, construction & grounds care equipment retailer. www.benburgess.co.uk The Dewing Grain Podcast is co-produced by www.eastcoastdesignstudio.co.uk and www.tinshedproductions.co.uk Dewing Grain - Independent grain trader for Norfolk & Suffolk 01263 731550 - www.dewinggrain.co.uk

This week Andrew is over at AF (formerly Anglian Famers) to meet with CEO Jon Duffy. They talk about AF, how his first two years there have been and the excitement of being able to share £1million with its 3,500 shareholders this year. With Jon Duffy having formerly been business director for Frontier, Andrew sees it as very opportune to ask him about Frontier taking over the selling of the grain for the Fengrain store and subsequent tonnage that trades within it and ask whether Frontier are getting too powerful? They talk about the AF conference that is coming up and Jon slides in that there are still some tickets available. As usual, we bring you Andrew's latest insights into the market in the Dewing Grain market report for the week commencing 21/01/2019. In Farmchat, over a bottle of Badoit sparkling mineral water (which they can't pronounce), Andrew and Webby confess to a slight falling off the wagon during Dry January as they continue the discussion around the implications of Frontier taking on the grain marketing of Fengrain.  Thanks to our sponsors this week:  Ben Burgess - East Anglia's premier agricultural, construction & grounds care equipment retailer. www.benburgess.co.uk The Dewing Grain Podcast is co-produced by www.eastcoastproduction.co.uk and www.tinshedproductions.co.uk Dewing Grain - Independent grain trader for Norfolk & Suffolk 01263 731550 - www.dewinggrain.co.uk

In part two of Andrew's interview with Sam Watson Jones of the Small Robot Company, Sam paints a picture of the future where farmers use the small precision robots on their farm as a service, allowing them to get on with other elements of farming and diversification better suited to their skills. He explains in more detail the potential he sees in these robots even potentially harvesting crops eventually and encourages Andrew not to see the farm in fields any more but down to square cms where you might see several different crops and environmental schemes in one field. Andrew is left musing as to whether, when Sam gets round to making an AI grain trading robot, he could name it after him? The Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 14/01/2019 gives you Andrew's latest insights into the markets and, continuing with Dry January, Andrew and Webby sample a drop of Aylsham tap water as they talk about service vs front end price in Farmchart.  Thanks to our sponsors this week:  Ben Burgess - East Anglia's premier agricultural, construction & grounds care equipment retailer. www.benburgess.co.uk The Dewing Grain Podcast is co-produced by www.eastcoastproduction.co.uk and www.tinshedproductions.co.uk Dewing Grain - Independent grain trader for Norfolk & Suffolk 01263 731550 - www.dewinggrain.co.uk

This week Andrew is in London interviewing Sam Watson Jones from the Small Robot Company - an agri-tech start-up focused on revolutionising the way that technology is used to farm. Sam is a fourth generation farmer, inspired by the work of Simon Blackmore in the National Centre for Precision Farming at Harper Adams and his vision for replacing much of the work done by tractors in fields with a series of high accurate, smart, lightweight robots. Following interviews with farmers the small team are focused on efficiently building an AI driven robotic service where three robots named Tom, Dick and Harry are out in the field collecting data and individually spraying weeds etc., whilst back at the farm, running the show, is Wilma. Wilma uses precise, up-to-date data from Tom and converts it into crop care instructions that, with the farmer's approval, are implemented by Dick and Harry.  In part one of this two-parter, Sam explains why he thinks this is the future of farming, a greener solution which uses the unique convergence of technologies from more efficient batteries to AI and satellite tracking systems.  The Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 07/01/2019 gives you Andrew's latest insights into the markets and, as it's January, in Farmchat Andrew and Webby are sticking to the water as they discuss merchants' dreams of what they would like farmer's New Year's resolutions to be. Thanks to our sponsors this week:  Ben Burgess - East Anglia's premier agricultural, construction & grounds care equipment retailer. www.benburgess.co.uk The Dewing Grain Podcast is co-produced by www.eastcoastproduction.co.uk and www.tinshedproductions.co.uk Dewing Grain - Independent grain trader for Norfolk & Suffolk 01263 731550 - www.dewinggrain.co.uk