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After another less than cheery milk market report from Chris this week, Will and Ben are joined by Phil Journeaux, an agricultural consultant and economist with AgFirst Waikato & John Allen, Director at Kite for an update on dairy in New Zealand. Firstly, looking back at last season for some context, Phil moves on to give some insight into outlook for this season, talking costs, inflation, interes...

After a very gloomy report from Chris Walkland, we move into something more positive to help farmers with those ever-rising costs; Will and Ben are joined by Jocelyn Johnson, research scientist with STgenetics in the USA (parent company of Cogent) and Rose Jackson, Kite’s Head of Genetics to tell us all about the ‘EcoFeed’ index. Jocelyn introduces STgenetics and explains the driver behind looking...

This week after Chris’ milk market report, Will is joined by James Bolesworth, Managing Director at CRM AgriCommodities and Edward Lott, Kite Director for an update on feed markets, Cost of Production and milk flows. James gives an update on current commodity prices and a round-up of where the feed markets have been over the last few months. He shares his thoughts on the impact of the Russia/Ukrai...

With discussions of a potential increase in levy rates on the table, Dairy Sector Council Member and Gloucestershire farmer; Mike King joins Kite’s Senior Consultant; Becki Leach to talk through how inflation has played a part in making this decision, the process for getting the increase implemented and realistically, how often the levy should be reviewed. With AHDB’s current priorities focusing o...

This week after Chris’ milk market report, Ben is joined by Torsten Hemme, IFCN founder and John Allen, Kite Director to talk about the International Farm Comparison Network. Torsten briefly talks through the background to IFCN and the changes we’ve seen over time since it was established in 2000, as well as the main talking points and findings presented at the most recent researcher conference in...

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The week’s podcast is perfectly timed for World Milk Day. After Chris’ usual milk market report, Will is joined by Joe Ives, Hampshire based dairy farmer and Maimie Sloan, Kite Consultant, to discuss Kite’s 1000Kgs project which examines herds achieving (or very nearly achieving) 1000kg of milk solids per cow per year. Maimie gives some background to the project, why Kite have decided to look at t...

On the podcast this week we are joined by DIN’s Editor & Director of Eden Publishing; Catherine Paice and Kite’s Head of Sustainability; Hayley Campbell-Gibbons who come together to talk through why monetising sustainability was the focus for this year’s DIN conference. They discuss the emphasis on Sustainability internationally and how dairy processors and traders are aligned on demonstrating imp...

This Week, Chris Walkland gives us his usual market update which leads us perfectly into a great discussion with Kite’s very own Paul Macer, Eliot Greenfield, and Becki Leach to deliberate if we have reached peak milk for 2023 and where we can expect volumes to go from here. With Eliot based in the North and Paul based in the South, they consider how the slow spring and catchy weather is affecting...

Following Chris Walklands dairy market update, former Deputy President of the NFU and Hertfordshire farmer Stuart Roberts joins Kite’s John Allen and Becki Leach to talk about his role advising the Lib Dems on their Food and Farming policy and how important it is in supporting food security whilst also keeping climate change and environmental factors at the forefront. Stuart talks in length about...

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A depleted podcast team this week as we are missing both Ben and Chris, but there is no shortage of fantastic discussion as Will is joined by Prashant Tripathi, Director of Market Development at Solera Advisors in Germany and John Allen, Kite Director for an update and discussion on dairy in India. Prashant talks about lumpy cow disease which is currently affecting cattle in India and discusses th...

After Chris Walkland’s milk market report this week, Will and Ben welcome Drew Sloan, Vice President in Corporate Development Semex and Rose Jackson, Senior Consultant & Kite. Rose talks through the highlights from the latest April proof run and Drew joins to talk through the numbers and data for the methane emission trait. Together they discuss the practical applications of genomic data on farm a...

This week after Chris’ milk market report, Ben and Will are joined by Rich Walker, dairy farmer from South West Scotland and 2019 Nuffield Scholar to talk us through the findings of his Scholarship looking at ‘British Dairy Exports: The Opportunities and Challenges. We are also joined by Tom Rawson, current Vice Chair of Nuffield’s trustees & a Director of Evolution Farming who along with Rich, ta...

After Chris Walkland’s milk market report, joining Ben this week are Maimie Sloan, Technical Consultant with Kite and Henry Lewis, Herefordshire based dairy farmer to discuss feed and forage efficiency on farm. Maimie outlines what she sees as the important things to put in in place to achieve ideal feed efficiency and reduce cost per litre without compromising elsewhere. Henry gives us a forage m...

EP148: Eucolait 2023 This Week, Chris Walkland kicks us off with his usual market update which continues to be down beat as it has been in recent weeks, and further emphasised by today’s announcement from Arla of the significant but not unexpected reduction for April. John and Chris go on to discuss the inevitability of others following suit and a substantial differential emerging between processo...

Chris Walkland kicks of this week’s podcast with his market update and he is followed by Erik Elgersma; Founder & Director of Strategic Analysis Services BV who joins John Allen to delve deeper into the developments of the Dutch situation and address the unexpected winner of the recent provincial elections - The Farmer Citizen Movement Party. They discuss structure of the Dutch Parliament and sena...

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After our usual milk market report from Chris, Will and Ben are joined by James Allen, CEO of Agfirst in New Zealand and Edward Lott, Kite Director to discuss the current dairy outlook in NZ. James outlines the devastating consequences of Cyclone Gabrielle on the north island of the country and the impact on horticulture and dairy farming in these areas. James and Edward discuss more broadly this...

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EP140 – DairyTech Cost of Production and the importance of Cash Break Even Milk Price Joining Ben Eagle this week on the podcast is Devon Dairy Farmer Cath Ratcliffe and Kite Director Edward Lott. Chris’ milk market report bucks the trend of recent weeks with glimmers of positivity following some shifts in market sentiment and trading and Cath and Ed continue a positive outlook, albeit discussing...

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