Not discouraged by some technical issues, our hosts Ben Eagle and Will Evans are joined this week by two Kite partners, Paul Macer and Tim Davies to talk about the topic on everyone’s lips at the moment; the current fertiliser and feed prices. They discuss the significant price rises, their impact on profitability and the risks of knee jerk reactions or poor planning. Paul focuses on fertiliser – with some top tips and a market situation outlook. Tim discusses some of the alternative options to our shrinking choice of feed materials in the UK and possible unintended consequences of cutting feed rates. It’s a stark listen made slightly more cheery by Chris Walkland’s milk market report which is again very positive.Please note: The information provided during this podcast has been

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This week, hosts Ben and Will are joined by Mark Larwood; winner of Farmers Weekly Dairy Farmer of the year award, along with his consultant and Kite Partner; Ben Watts. After another very positive milk market update from Chris Walkland with some notable and significant price jumps, Chris puts aside the football politics to congratulate Mark on his fantastic achievement. Fully recovered from the celebrations but still on a high, a very modest Mark talks us through the technical performance and farm investments, his winning team and what the award means to him. Ben, shares his thoughts on what is driving Mark’s business forward and sets him apart from others including key investments in genetics and staff, and comments on the winning combination of a healthy herd of cows and a healthy working environment. Mark also outlines what’s next for the farm and shares his insight into key challenges and opportunities for the industry. Please note: The information provided during this podcast has been

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Fresh from the Question Time panel on Thursday evening, Minette Batters; NFU President, joins host Ben Eagle alongside John Allen and Chris Walkland on this weeks podcast. After some worrying comments from PM Boris Johnson earlier this week at the Conservative Party Conference, we ask Minette if she believes there is a political appetite for agriculture. Minette describes the government as having ‘our lives and our livelihoods in their hands’ and discusses with John, the NFU request for a delay to BPS reduction to support farmers through this period of unprecedented change, as well as current issues with food security, farm labour and export opportunities. Not forgetting Chris who has double celebrations, firstly on becoming a grandfather but also the Milk Market is again extremely positive with some staggering numbers for spot milk trading this week. Please note: The information provided during this podcast has been

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On this week’s podcast, Food and Nutrition Consultant; Barbara Bray MBE joins her fellow Oxford Farming Conference council member and our podcast co-host; Will Evans alongside Ben Eagle and Chris Walkland. To coincide with World School Milk Day earlier this week, and after hearing that over 2.5 million children are at risk of food insecurity, they discuss the nutritional benefits of dairy for children along with the political, social and behavioural aspects of food consumption and nutrition. Chris Walkland gives a very positive milk market update and wishes Becki all the best with her London Marathon efforts this weekend.Please note: The information provided during this podcast has been

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On this week’s podcast, Enda Buckley; Director of Sustainability at Carbery Group and Rachael Madeley-Davies; Head of Sustainability at Kite join hosts Will Evans and Ben Eagle to discuss a project aiming to deliver the first ever climate neutral dairy farm by 2027. After the usual milk market update from Chris Walkland, they discuss the UCD-led Farm Zero C project which was recently awarded 2 million Euro funding to support this and provide a blueprint to roll out across over 5000 other farms. It will use Shinagh Farm, owned by the farmers of Carbery group (4 West Cork Co-ops) as a demonstrator for this project, with the goal that the farm will be climate neutral by 2027. Enda and Rachael discuss current farm carbon performance, the areas of focus for improvements, key learnings so far and discuss how climate neutrality extends beyond carbon.Please note: The information provided during this podcast has been

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On this week’s podcast, hosts Will Evans and Ben Eagle are joined by Neil Kennedy Chairman at Crediton, alongside Kite’s David Levick and Chris Walkland. Neil has been instrumental in driving significant changes during his career within the dairy industry, playing an important role in the Milk Link/Arla merger before acquiring the Crediton business. With extensive involvement in a number of other dairy businesses including Omsco, Rodda’s, Ornua UK, Belton Cheese as well as Dairy UK, he is well placed to discuss the future growth opportunities of value added products, whilst looking to encourage consumer trade-ups. Neil and David discuss how the relationship with their farmers is critical to the Crediton business and Neil speaks optimistically about the expansion and new entrants they are seeing in their supply group. Please note: The information provided during this podcast has been

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Host Ben Eagle is flying solo this week and is joined by Managing Director at AgFirst Waikato; James Allen, Kite’s John Allen and Chris Walkland. Chris gives a milk market update and they discuss New Zealand dairy farming; a view of the season so far, farm performance, cost of production along with the short and long term milk production outlook.Please note: The information provided during this podcast has been

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Hosts Ben Eagle and Will Evans are joined this week by Jersey dairy farmer and Chairman of the Jersey Milk Marketing Board; Andrew Le Gallais alongside Kite Partner Tanya Colman. After a milk market update from Chris Walkland they discuss the island of Jersey and it’s cows, dairy farmers, milk production, marketing and exports. Including how the decision to lift a ban on the import of genetics just over a decade ago changed the production capacity of the cows and the island. They also discuss the challenges and opportunities of farming on Jersey. Please note: The information provided during this podcast has been

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This week we are taking a global view of dairy production, consumption and farm competitiveness and to do this hosts Will Evans and Ben Eagle are joined by Dr Torsten Hemme; CEO of the International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN) alongside John Allen and Chris Walkland. After a milk market report from Chris, they discuss IFCN’s data, analysis and prediction for dairy consumption in 2050 and discuss which of the key dairy nations have the production capacity and the necessary farm competitiveness at a global level to meet any increase in demand. Please note: The information provided during this podcast has been

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On this week’s podcast, hosts Will Evans and Ben Eagle welcome back Chris Walkland with more to be positive about in his Milk Market Review, along with Kite’s Head of Sustainability, Rachael Madeley Davis and Managing Partner John Allen, to discuss the most recent IPCC Report. They talk methane, the GWP* metric and what this means for the dairy industry, as well as how ruminants could be aiding global cooling– take note policy makers! Please note: The information provided during this podcast has been

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