H&H Group Podcast

Glyn Lucas from H&H chats with Laura Millar on what visitors may expect this year when they visit the 10th UK Borderway Dairy Expo, to be held on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th March at Borderway, Carlisle. He also chats to a couple of important guests:

Brent Carruthers, Toi Toi Genetics and MilkTech NZ who have been big supporters of Dairy Expo over the years, both as a sponsor and an exhibitor. This year MilkTech NZ sponsor a new award for the expo: the UK Dairy Expo Rising Star Award; and

Michael Dennison, National Sales Coordinators for Semex UK and son of the late John Dennison, whom the John Dennison Lifetime Achievement Award is named after.

Laura Miller, Livestock Scheme Manager chats to three young generation speakers: James May (farmer from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and livestock exhibitor at the forthcoming expo, showing two of his best heifers), Isla Campbell (professional photographer who has been asked to take the general action photographs during the expo) and Robbie Tuer (Northern District Chairman of the Cumbria YFC who also works for Aspatria Farmers). 

In this episode, Laura finds out a little more of their backgrounds, why they got into the agricultural world and why they are looking forward to attending the Borderway Agri Expo. 

Scott Donaldson Managing Director Harrison & Hetherington chats to Dr Mark Cole, Managing Director for Carrs Billington and Chris Dodds, Executive Secretary FLAA for the Livestock Auctioneers Association on "The Future of Livestock Farming".

Listening to their conversation will give you an insight into how the Carrs Billington business operates today together with how as a company they are looking to reduce their carbon footprint both across their retail stores and manufacturing plants whilst working alongside farmers to assist them with their businesses.

Chris discusses how the livestock industry is getting back to some normality following both Brexit and the Covid pandemic, the difficulties of trading with Northern Ireland, together with an update on the export situation and how the emphasis has positively switched on the uptake by the UK consumer to eat homegrown lamb, beef and pork.  Scott and Chris also discuss the publication ‘More Than A Mart’ commissioned by HRH Prince Charles and The Prince’s Countryside Fund.

In this episode Laura Millar, H&H Livestock Scheme Manager chats to Louise Forsyth (WTS Forsyth & Sons Butchers, Peebles) and known as 'The Butchers Wife' on her Facebook page and Suzanne Mullholland, a chef and an award winning recipe book author based in the Ettrick Valley, Scottish Borders known as 'The Batch Lady' on her social media channels.

Louise can often be seen at our St Boswell's market on a Monday, selecting the best cattle for Forsyths.  Suzanne likes to promote British food, use seasonal produce and demonstrates batch cooking techniques to be time efficient, leaving more time to do the fun things in life!   

Continuing the Farmstock Futures story, in this episode Glyn Lucas, Senior Pedigree Dairy Auctioneer and Laura Millar, Livestock Scheme Manager from Harrison & Hetherington chat with Sue Howorth and Dave Clarkson, Family Business Network about the key topics raised following research and discussions with the 2020 Futures group and how the team will develop these themes into working projects and achieve meaningful results going forward.    

The topics covered are Technology, Education, Having a Voice, Health & Wellbeing together with the Future of the Marts.

If you would like to be part of the 2021 Farmstock Futures programme please do get in touch via Glyn or Laura at Harrison & Hetherington.

Laura Millar, Livestock Scheme Manager chats to Michael Diamond, Pointhouse Herd Limousin Breeder from Londonderry, Northern Ireland about the challenges he is experiencing, within the farming industry, following Brexit. 

Dave Clarkson and Sue Howorth of The Family Business Network in conversation with Farmstock Futures Alexandria (Alex) Nutter and Harriet Wilson, both farmer's daughters and now working in the beef and lamb meat industry.

In this podcast key topics discussed include Career Progression (traditional educational route vs life experiences/work placements), the Future of the Agricultural Sector (have we lost the romance of this industry), Collaboration within the industry and across the sectors to combat the perceived Negativity within agriculture as well as Diversity.

An interesting listen from the younger generation's personal perspective!