The One and Only

This episode Glyn & Laura catch up with Jonathon Hird, Chartered Surveyor with H&H Land & Estates on the recent updates to grants & schemes available to to farmers in England & Wales. Find out what you could be entitled to with the right advice! This month we also welcome a new sponsor of the show Finance for Farms Finance for Farms is an agricultural finance provider who can f...

The One & Only Podcast The One & Only Podcast This month we invited all the major political parties onto the show ahead of next months General Election. John Stevenson, the Conservative candidate for Carlisle was delighted to respond and shares what an MP does, touches on the challenges faced in his constituency and his own views on what needs to be at the top of the pollical agenda. The O...

This month we chat with Cammy Wilson of the Sheep Games fame as well as Mark Pearson from Oxbury Bank. Cammy explains his conundrum around buying a farm of his own as well as the clear corelation between sheep game fans and fat lamb price!! Mark shares his transition from auctioneer to banker and how Oxbury are here always for farmers! The One & Only is sponsored by Herd's Media the border...

This month on the show John Carlisle from Border Meats joins Glyn & Laura. John tells the story of his upbringing, moving to Scotland 20 years previous, setting up a successful meat business and training hard to world class level! All the links - The Butchery, Lockerbie Website / https://thebutcherylockerbie.com/ The Butchery socials / Instagram Facebook Farm to Fork Nutrition socials / Instag...

This month on the show Willie Fleming, Hillhead Holsteins, Hillhead Farm ,Annan joins Glyn & Laura. Willie shares his story of making the change from conventional milking to robots and the shift in focus from breeding for type to driving genetics focused on production. Also - Glyn & Willie take the milk challenge tasting 5 types of "milk" to discover if the run of the mill cows m...

A special episode to celebrate our upcoming UK Dairy Expo 2024. Mark Holliday, Carrs Billington, Brent Crothers, ToiToi Genetics and Will Horsley join Glyn & Laura to discuss all things expo! The One & Only is sponsored by Herd's Media the borderlands media company that specialise in supporting British farmers & the whole Agri sector. Harrison & Hetherington https://harrisonand...

Beef vs Dairy! The 2023 expo winners join Glyn & Laura and share what it takes to produce champions! Charlotte Wilson, Evening Holsteins was the 2023 UK Dairy Expo Winner with Evening Sidekick Jennifer, she shares her daily to-do list including 2am milkings! Stewart Dunlop, Holehouse Farm, Ayrshire; part-time joiner, part-time farmer & fulltime show winner,  was the 2023 Borderway Agri Exp...

2024 first episode and this month Glyn & Laura chat to Oz dairy farmers and renown showmen Daniel Bacon & Ben Govett. Daniel mikes 320 jersey cows under the prefix Broobora and is the current highest production Jersey herd in Australia. Ben of Tandara Genetics milks 300 Brown Swiss and Holstein cows  with his Holstein cows averaging 10,500 litres and the highest yielding Brown Swiss not fa...

This month Glyn speaks with our sales teams and looks back at the year that was. The highs, the lows, what we need more of and what we need less of!   Merry Christmas from all at Harrison & Hetherington and we will be back in 2024 with more of the same fun and laughter with a sprinkle of serious talk in there too!

This month Glyn chats to  American dairy royalty in the form of Matt Engle, owner of Luck-E Holsteins,Illinois USA and John Erbsen, owner of Erbacres Holsteins, Illinois, USA. They  both share their story of the pursuit of perfection! Graham Kirkby also drops in on the conversation!

In this month’s episode our host Glyn speaks with Mark Johnson, Managing Director and Mark Barrow, Director & Chartered Surveyor both of H&H Land & Estates. The boys chat all things career choices, transitions, personal growth and what gets them up in the morning. Enjoy!

An extra episode of 'The One and Only' podcast for this month ahead of Borderway Agri Expo on Friday 27th October. Glyn catches up with the main men making the decisions in the show ring this year - John Sinnett & Gywn Edwards - as well as Jane Hutcheon from long established supporter of the Expo Norbrook Laboratories.

It’s Episode 6 of The One & Only podcast! This month Glyn talks to a couple of “Super Connectors” Amy Muirhead, Chartered Accountant with David Allen who has vast experience in all things farming and gives her insight into how promoting your business professionally gives your business the edge!  High Hall Farm is home to Amy and her husband Jimmy and where three years ago they diversified into...

Welcome back to The One & Only Podcast – Episode 5 This month Glyn chats to Karel Rutten, owner of Bovigen Agri tours. A study tour company specialising in small group tours of Agri based events and farms specifically in the Dairy sector. They chat on the subject of Designing the Future of Farming. Having travelled extensively himself Karel is extremely knowledgeable on animal husbandry in the...

This month Glyn has some very special guests who are championing a very important cause... We know, for some, this might be a difficult episode to listen to but the more we can talk openly the better. Andy and Lynda share their Lens Light campaign in memory of their son Len; Chris Manley also joins the conversation to talk about the struggles he's had with his own mental health. 

Episode 3 sees Glyn chat to three high performers in the livestock industry. Ali Jackson – owner of the Tiptop prefix and head stockman with Solway View British Blue tells his story of the last 15 years in the pedigree business! Boomer Birch, who is Beef Programme manager for Cogent shares his story and where he sees himself in the future. James Little, Auctioneer and Pedigree Sales Manager also d...

In this episode Glyn chats to Alastair Herd owner of Herd's Media - a media company offering a range of media services across the Borderlands regions of Cumbria, Scottish Borders, Northumberland & further afield!  Hugh Kennedy, former owner of Stair Holsteins, Ayrshire also joins the conversation. The Stair herd was established by Hugh in the 1980's when he invested in several top Hols...

In this episode Glyn Lucas, Dairy Sales Manager and Auctioneer for Harrison and Hetherington, chats to Stuart Martin, Programme Director for the Digital Dairy Chain initiative, based in Dumfries and Galloway. Many milk producers, processors, dairy suppliers and breed associations have been talking about this new initiative so Glyn asks Stuart to give an insight into why this programme was establis...