ChewintheCud Podcast

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Mike Jones, Dairy Technical Manager from UK Agri-Tech Centre, based at the South West Dairy Development Centre (SWDDC) near Shepton Mallet in Somerset.  With this we had so much great information recorded that rather than one long episode we decided to split the episode into two parts, so welcom...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Sean O'Toole, Regional Sales Manager, North UK & Europe for Silostop Agri. As always we start with an introduction to Sean and his background, from a farm in Lincolnshire he went to college. Then upon completion of his course started in the ruminants feed industry, before progressing ov...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined (again) by Andrew Clune, Business Development Manager, Nitrogen Solutions from BASF. A quick rerun over Andrew's background before we talk about today's subject Urease Inhibitors & Protected Urea. We discuss the incoming requirements for all farmers to use a protected urea from 1st Ap...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Farmer's Weekly Dairy Farmer of the Year 2017, Neville Loder. Like usual we talk about Neville's background growing up on the family dairy farm, before travelling to various countries & continents around the world to experience farming there. Then upon his return home he partnered...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Teresa Dent, Chief Executive GWCT (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust) & board member EFG (Environmental Farmers Group) , and Peter Shallcross, a local farmer member EFG & Chairman Nadder Valley Cluster. Like usual we start with a little bit about the about the background of our spea...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by James Geraghty, dairy farmer and former director QDO (Queensland Dairy Organisation), later eastAUSmilk, retiring from the position after 22 years at the end of 2022. He also happened to be Andrew's neighbour during his six years dairying in FNQ (Far North Queensland). Big thanks to James G...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Andy Dodd, Farm Consultant from FCG (The Farm Consultancy Group), and Andy & Lynda Eadon from Len's Light, a legacy for Len Eadon, shining a light on mental health issues in the rural community and raising funds to support charities tackling these issues. Like usual we start by asking a...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Janette Mathie, Head of Field Services, and Karen Reeve, Area Manager for the South of England, from CIS (Cattle Information Services). Janette's journey starts like many looking for a part time job to work around her children going to school, and then worked her way up through the business...

Your host Andrew Jones & guest host Sarah Bolt based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Bronwen Pihlwret, Ruminant Technical Manager, QLF (Quality Liquid Feeds) Ltd. Bron talks her journey from life on a beef & arable farm, via Archaeology, to her role today with QLF. Bron then discusses sugars,  and therefore molasses, and their roles within a diet, and how the majority...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Farmer's Weekly Dairy Farmer of the Year 2022 Catherine Pickford and her herd manager Nathan Crocker. Both have their own journeys to where they are now but Catherine's starts with her returning home in 1995 with 70 Black & Whites calving AYR to today with 400 spring calving cows a...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Giles Simpson , Agronomy Team Manager, Pearce Seeds LLP as well as the current Chairman of The Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show. Giles discusses his own journey into the industry from following his father around a farm, to managing farms in his own right, to joining Pearce Seeds over twenty yea...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Dr Laura Tennant, Young Animal Feeds Technical Manager, Trouw Nutrition GB. Laura  discusses her own journey into the industry, from a beef & sheep farm near Harrogate in Yorkshire to studying for her degree in Bristol, her Masters in London, to her PhD in Nottingham before becoming the Head...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Sarah Bolt, Technical Knowledge Exchange Manager, Kingshay Farming & Conservation Ltd & Co-founder Women in Dairy. Sarah discusses her own journey into the industry, from a entirely non rural background, but already knowing at the age of four that she wanted to involved in the dairy indu...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Colin Hanson-Orr, Nutritionist, Forage Technology Ltd. Colin discusses his own journey in the industry from being a child of RAF parents, with a detour to rock star,  to being where he is now at Forage Technology before discussing the primary subject of this podcast, Silage Additives: The Good ,...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Andrew Stilwell, Crop Nutrition Technical Manager, Bartholomews Agri Food Ltd. Andrew discusses his own journey in the industry from "short trousers" to where he is now as Crop Nutrition Technical Manager before discussing the primary subject of this podcast, Grassland & Sulphur. A...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Richard Miller, Product Strategy Manager for NMR (National Milk Records). Richard discusses his own journey in the industry from farmer to Product Strategy Manager for NMR before discussing the primary subject of this podcast, Genomics: A Beginners Guide. Between the three of us we discuss the h...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Mark Partridge, Technical Manager from Duffields (South West) Ltd. Mark discusses his own journey in the industry from feed rep to now Technical Manager for Duffields (South West) Ltd before discussing the primary subject of the this podcast, Livestock: The Waste Feed Recycling Industry.   Not m...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Greg Ridout, Partner & Head of Agricultural Sales at Symonds & Sampson. Greg discusses how he accidentally became an auctioneer, after initially having plans for another profession, to where he is now in a job he loves, getting up in front of hundreds of people selling cows & kit. We...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Jan Bethlehem from JOZ & Andy Stewart from Fullwood JOZ. Jan & Andy discuss the JOZ Gazoo nitrogen cracker.  The Gazoo is relatively new technology, with units currently only in use in The Netherlands, that allows farmyard slurry to be turned into a liquid fertiliser that can then be use...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Rob Todd from Wessex Hoofcare. Rob talks about how he he started, and how his business has developed to where it is now. This was recorded in July 2022 and all information was correct at the time of recording. Send us Fan Mail For more information about our podcast visit www.chewinthecud.com/pod...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Ed Swales (Owner) & Jason Goddard (General Manager) from Grassroots Recycling. Ed & Jason talk about how the business started, how its developed to where it is now.  Their aim is to recycle as much on farm plastic as possible. They then talk about the Green Tractor Scheme, that is an ind...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Andrew Clune,  Agronomy Manager from BASF. While Andrew is an agronomist by trade he has a passion for the showring and acts as the MC for a number of local shows so we talk to Andrew about his background, where his passion for the ring came from, how he started and where it has taken him and st...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, are this time joined by Roger Bacon, Agricultural Key Accounts Manager from Barenbrug UK to discuss grass reseeding.  We talk Roger's history, what to look out for when you are considering a reseed, the return on investment, types of grasses and how they put a mix together. This was recorded in July 2022 and all i...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, answer each other questions so that you can learn more about them and their passion for the dairy industry.  This time Neil asks Andrew more about his history, from growing up near Frome in Somerset, emigrating to Australia and breeding the world renown Page House Shottle Noni EX92-4E 11SBC, and then to where he is now...

Your hosts Andrew Jones & Neil Greggor, based in the South West of England, answer each other questions so that you can learn more about them and their passion for the dairy industry.  They learn more about each other's histories so that you can understand more about them and where they are coming from when they discuss future topics with guests. Send us Fan Mail For more information abou...