Keep Agile Keep Farming Podcast

In this episode we have St. John Craner with us – the mastermind behind Agrarian, a New Zealand-based company revolutionizing sales and marketing in agribusinesses. St. John shares insights on how farmers can take their game to the next level in direct consumer marketing. We also discuss the concept of craft farming. Get ready to be inspired, as we uncover the secrets to breaking down barriers and...

We explore a more dynamic and direct way of raising capital for the next project on your farm, compared to making an appointment with your local bank manager. Austin Maness, cofounder at Harvest Returns walks us through how his business is connecting farmers to experienced passive investors with a passion for agriculture. By offering an alternative funding option to the traditional bank loan, Harv...

Have you ever thought that there should be an easier way to keep yourself up to date on news pertinent to your farming business, without having to browse through multiple websites and fight off a truckload of annoying ads and pop ups in the process? Our guests Nick and Clara from EasyNewZ have developed an app, which helps you cut to the chase and have Ag news relevant to farming right at your fin...

Diversifizierung ist ein wichtiges Thema für österreichische Landwirte. Wir haben Franz und Anna Gerstenmayer zu Gast, von denen wir unser sehr schmackhaftes regionales Kürbiskernöl beziehen. Es gibt kein Patentrezept für eine erfolgreiche Diversifizierung in der Landwirtschaft. Darauf weist eine große Variabilität bei der Wirtschaftlichkeit hin, gerade auch bei der Direktvermarktung, wie Kennzahl...

In this episode we learn how adversity can be responsible for dramatic personal growth in ourselves. Adam Williamson, an Australian thoroughbred horse stud farm manager faced adversity in his own family and farming operation. To combat hardships brought on by extreme drought conditions he decided to go back to University to  study for a degree in Precision Agriculture.  Adam’s story is a great exa...

The fear of failure can hold us back from trying out new things and making necessary changes. We discuss the concept of failing forward with Emmy Koeleman, who recently wrote an article on applying this concept to agriculture. The difference between average people and achieving people is their perception and response to failure." according to the bestselling author John C. Maxwell of the book Fail...

What happens when you keep butting heads on the family farm and good ideas or changes are not implemented because of stubbornness?  We had Andy Caygeon Junkin from Stubborn. Farm explain to us what the underlying causes are and how family farms can make better quality decisions together as a team. Andy Caygeon Junkin is a leading expert on farm succession and farm debt turnarounds, who is recogniz...

In this episode we learn some exciting facts about the carob tree from Dr. Vasilis Symeou. With the increasing reports of drought, heat and forest fires in the current news, we wanted to find a crop that is climate resilient  Vasilis talks us through the advantages of cultivating carob trees in Cyprus and we find out why 2022 is a particularly profitable year for carob growers in Cyprus.  About Dr...

We talk to Robert Saik, Founder of AGvisorPRO, who is a true champion for agriculture and serial entrepreneur based in Canada. We wanted to know how AGvisorPRO can make asking for help really easy and highly personalized at the very time you need it. Rob has founded over 15 companies and has been hailed an agricultural visionary on hot topics in global food production. He is also author of the Ama...

Dr. Sam Hoste from Quantech solutions joins us to talk about what matters to livestock farmers in adopting new technologies and where agritech companies still need to improve to become more famer friendly. Sam shares his experience from assisting companies in their innovations and commercializing digital solutions in the livestock sector. Follow us on Twitter

A large-scale Australian cattle producer and a new entrant UK beef farmer give their perspective on sustainable beef production and how it can be made more profitable and measurable by using smart tools. Ian Wheal, CEO and Founder of Breedr and James Wright, business development manager at Breedr and their diverse team bring the latest technology to a traditional industry for best quality meat-pro...

Making a swift Agilexit from 2020 this transition episode into 2021 features Gwen, some of her long-term pet topics and some of her take home messages from the Women in Food and Agriculture digital festival 2020, that she attended in early December. The annual Google search report for 2020 revealed that people asked "Why?" questions more than ever before, as they searched Google for answers to all...

We chat to Celia Gaze, founder of the Wellbeing Farm, whose story is a real inspiration for turning around a bad personal situation and overcoming obstacles when starting a new business on a farm. Yes, it is possible to competely transform your life and your farm.  Tune in to our chat with Celia to gain some inspiration and practical advice to turn your crazy idea for diversifying your farm into a...

The editor of the Farm Diversity Magazine shares some new farm diversification trends. Victoria Galligan has seen a lot when it comes to farm diversification and came across some quite unique projects. Her insights can serve as inspiration to anybody aspiring to diversity their farm to add another stream of farm-based income and increase the economic resilience of their farm. A survey published by...

In this episode we speak to Chris Bomgaars, Founder and CEO of EveryPig about managing pig health remotely, digitizing pig records and facilitating team work on farms with their new pig management platform.  Chris grew up pig farming in Iowa and therefore has firsthand knowledge of the challenges involved when it comes to managing pigs.  It inspired him to come up with solutions to make pig record...

The first episode of the Keep Agile Keep Farming Podcast is out. Looking at the challenges for animal production in the 2020s, it sets the scene for topics of discussion in upcoming episodes. We asked animal producers, vets and consultants from different countries on what their thoughts are on the challenges for their markets. On top of that we looked at the predictions influencers and decision ma...