Dewing Grain Podcast

This week we are teetering on the edge of harvest starting and you can hear the age-old excitement in Andrew's voice as he delivers the market report for week commencing the 6th July. In Farmchat Andrew catches up with Dr Paul Everden, an old friend and fitness buddy who gives Andrew the inside track on Corona virus, how Norfolk is doing and his work specifically on old people's homes. P...

We start this week with the Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 29th June 2020 in which Andrew talks about the implications of the recent explosion at the oil seed plant at Erith. In Farmchat Andrew is joined by Josh Dewing who trades seed for Dewing Grain. Josh runs through a comprehensive account of the seed varieties for 2021, covering wheat, winter barley, rape seed and spring...

We kick off this week's episode in our usual fashion with the market report for week commencing 22nd June. In Farmchat - Andrew is flying solo to begin with and giving one of his education pieces. Pre-harvest he is covering trust and contracts between traders and customers and handshakes...or at least virtual handshakes for now! "So what could possibly go wrong?" is his main question and...

We start this week with Andrew and the market report for week commencing 15th June 2020. In Farmchat Andrew is joined by youngest son Henry, who got out of London shortly before lockdown and has been enjoying life in Norfolk for the last 3 months. The pros and cons of city life vs country living are discussed and Henry talks about the burgeoning agritech industry, revealing a teaser of a mystery p...

We start with a detailed analysis from Andrew in the Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 8th June 2020. In Farmchat Andrew is very excited to finally have a guest - Russell Corfield commercial director of Aylsham Growers pops in for a socially distanced catch up. They talk all things peas and Andrew discovers what a speedy pea is and where they all go to be frozen. They can't stay away...

We start this week’s podcast with Andrew’s market report for week commencing 1st June 2020 in which he talks about the ongoing drought. In Farmchat Andrew and Webby look ahead to harvest and what social distancing arrangements will be necessary to keep everyone safe.  There’s a long-awaited update on Webby’s nappy changing prowess and some fact-checking of Joe’s comments about pork in last we...

We start as always with Andrew and the Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 25th May 2020. In Farmchat Andrew, Ian and Josh are excited to have received a letter from Simon in Yorkshire which sparks a conversation on futures. Soon they are back on to the old favourite subject of the weather, possibility of droughts which have already started, how crops are looking and when harvest might...

We start as always with Andrew and the Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 18th May 2020. In Farmchat Andrew Ben and Joe have an impassioned discussion about the Agricultural Bill which was voted through in Parliament without the amendment to protect UK farmers from low-standard food imports. Described by Andrew as “a terrible moment for UK farming”, this is an issue we’ve had prev...

We set off this new episode with our usual market report from Andrew. Followed by a relaxed chat between Andrew and Webby covering a myriad of subjects - crop trials, milling wheat and some bread making from both these baker boys followed by an admittance of starting to enjoy gardening from Webby - he really is becoming like a proper Dad now! Andrew gets an opportunity to hark back to the days whe...

In the Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 4th May 2020 Andrew talks about the reduction in demand from the wholesale market as lockdown continues. In Farmchat Andrew is joined by Rob Melton, Manager at Aylsham Grain Store. As Rob approaches his seventh harvest at Aylsham, he explains what goes into managing the storage at Dewing Grain and how it differs from farm storage. From the...

Andrew kicks off this week’s podcast with the Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 27th April 2020. In Farmchat Andrew is back with Webby and he wastes no time in getting to the most important question over nappies - some trauma is revealed. Trump is next to be taken down a peg or two with his recent solutions to Covid-19 - why didn't we all realise we just needed to drink some disinfect...

We kick off this week’s podcast with the Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 20th April 2020 in which Andrew and Ben discuss the volatility of the market, Putin, drought and the drop in demand. In Farmchat Andrew, Ben and Joe discuss market conditions as lockdown continues. First, a big shout out to Ben’s wife Sarah who, with colleagues, has produced over 2,000 visors for healthcar...

This week we have the usual market report from Andrew for week commencing Tuesday 14th April. We are then playing an interview we recorded just before the lockdown in March, which we have been keen to put out for a while. Andrew and Joe chat with David Hoyles who farms in the Long Sutton area of Lincolnshire. He explains how the weather has impacted him this last year, he talks about growing...

In a world of uncertainty, we start this week's podcast with our regular market report for week commencing 6th April 2020. Working from home, Andrew's special guests this week are wife Tessa and daughters Lily and Molly, all of whom are delighted to be sharing the household chores and one phone line. Andrew has been struck by the affliction affecting middle-aged housebound men up and down the...

We kick off with the Dewing Grain market report from Andrew for week commencing 30th March 2020. In Farmchat, Andrew decides to keep the podcasts 'in house' for now as there is so much to talk about and he prefers talking face to face rather than remote recordings. So he is joined by Webby and Josh for an update on Webby's nappy changing activities...but gets to hear more about his shaven head.&nb...

The Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 23rd March 2020 is presented this week by Andrew, Ian, Ben and Joe who offer their combined thoughts on the unprecedented times we’re living in. In Farmchat, we finally get the lowdown on how Webby has taken to fatherhood. The boys debate the UK’s reaction to the pandemic compared to other countries and wonder whether we will reach a point wh...

Despite Corona Virus making the markets tricky to predict Andrew gives you the Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 16th March 2020. In Farmchat Andrew and Ben talk with Lottie Hill, environmental consultant at Brown and Co. Lottie explains the latest on carbon trading and the opportunities around the woodland carbon guarantee and reverse auctions - a complicated new opportunity for...

We start, as always, with the Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 9th March 2020. In Farmchat Andrew catches up with Caroline Drummond, Chief Executive of LEAF - Linking Environment and Farming - fresh from the Holkham Farming Conference. LEAF have various initiatives to include farming in the curriculum, working directly with teachers and through Farmer Time , whereby farmers use...

The Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 2nd March 2020 gives you Andrew’s latest insights into all that’s going on in the markets, including the ongoing impact of the coronavirus. In Farmchat Andrew catches up with old school friend Roger Jones who, when he managed to show up, was at Acle Secondary Modern with Andrew in the 70s. Roger is the 4th generation of his family to farm at South...

We start as always with the latest on the markets, including the coronavirus, with Andrew and the Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 24th February 2020. In Farmchat, Andrew and Ben are joined by David Jones, Farm Manager at The Morley Agricultural Foundation. As well as managing the farm, David helps to fulfil the Foundation's remit of supporting research and educational projects...

We start with Andrew and the Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 17th February 2020 and his particular focus is on barley this week - although all crops are covered.   In Farmchat, Andrew and Webby are chewing the cud together and drinking a beer that has been sent in by an avid listener this week - they have an on farm brewery called Great Newsome and the beer they are drinking th...

We start, as always, with Andrew and the Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 10th February 2020 and his analysis of how the corona virus might affect the markets. In Farmchat, Andrew meets up again with Lizzie Emmett - Upper Wensum Cluster Farm Advisor, to chat about a myriad of other issues that they didn't manage to cover in Ep 65 at the end of last year. They kick off with turtle dov...

This week we have Ian in the market report hot seat with lots of up to date information on the influence of the coronavirus on the market for week commencing 3rd February. In farmchat this week Ian and Ben are joined by Lindy Blanchard from AF who is Head of Crop Production and tells us about the major changes that have happened there in the last three years. Lindy explains the changes that might...

We start as always with Andrew and the Dewing Grain market report for week commencing 27th January 2020. In Farmchat Andrew and Webby meet with our second Nuffield Scholar of recent weeks, Sam Steggles of Fielding Cottage. 10 years ago Sam went on holiday and came home with 10 goats. Starting off at farmers’ markets, his cheese-making business has gone from strength to strength and now supplies su...

This week Andrew delivers the market report for week beginning 20th January with a slightly more gravelly voice than usual after the Norfolk Dinner. Brian Rigney a scientist from within the 2 Blades research group at the Sainsbury Laboratory comes in to have a chat with producer Claire about his work on the genetic modification of the soya bean to try and control a rust pathogen in South America....