On this month's podcast:
1:33 - 8:38 - Guest Speaker: Graham Redman from the Andersons Centre's monthly update.
8:39 - 25:25 - Guest Speakers: Minette Batters, NFU President and Matt Fuller, FSOOTY 2020 Winner joined by Scott Cockburn, Syngenta UK Business Manager and Mark Sanderson, Director at Top PR to discuss the importance and speciality of FSOOTY as an agricultural event.
25:27 - 29:28 - Guest Speaker: A conversation with Lynn Tatnell, Senior Research Scientist in Weed Biology at ADAS about our #ViabilityVision campaign taking place at our Barton Black-Grass Innovation Centre.
29:29 - 44:22 - Guest Speaker: A conversation with Keith Ineson, Head of Gay Farmer UK about the issues that gay farmers face working within the industry, and the steps that have been taken to address and reverse these problems.
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Our speakers:
Graham Redman is a partner of the Andersons Centre where he joined in 2010. His areas of expertise include Farmer Supply Chain Relationships and Agricultural Market Analysis and Industry Forecasting. He has worked on multiple publications and projects which can be found on the Andersons Centre website at https://theandersonscentre.co.uk/about/our-people/.
Minette Batters is the president of NFU. Minette runs a tenanted family farm in Wiltshire. The mixed farming business includes a 100 cow continental cross suckler herd, and a small herd of pedigree Herefords as well as sheep and arable. She has been an NFU member from grassroots through to County Chairman; she served as Wiltshire’s Council delegate and also as Regional Board Chairman for the South West.
Matt Fuller is responsible for spraying the arable cropping for Heathcote Farms in Toddington, Bedfordshire, where he is now the main sprayer operator. Since finishing university and joining the farm, four years ago, Matt has taken his BASIS qualification, where the use of Capstan Pulse Width Modulation (PWM), became the subject of his study project.
Lynn Tatnell is Senior Research Scientist in Weed Biology at ADAS. The ADAS weeds team provide expertise in weed control, management, biology, and biodiversity. They work on arable, horticultural, grassland, and amenity areas.
Keith Ineson is the Head of Gay Farmer UK which is a helpline dedicated to those who need emotional and mental support within the gay community. You can reach out to them by following this link - https://www.gayfarmer.co.uk/#contact