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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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We couldn’t discuss anything other than Semex conference this week so after Chris’ milk market report, Will and Ben are joined by Drew Sloan, Vice President in Corporate Development at Semex and Rose Jackson, Senior Consultant and Head of Genetics in Kite to do just this. Rose and Drew discuss the power of genetics to improve the environmental credential of the industry, even more so with the anno...

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In our final podcast of 2022, Chris’ milk market report includes his thoughts on Mullers milk contract pricing announcement this morning, then Will and Ben are joined by Sophie Throup, Head of Agriculture, Fisheries and Sustainable Sourcing at Morrisons and David Keiley, Kite Senior Consultant at Kite to talk about the Morrisons “Farmer Christmas” advert. Sophie explains why they decided to showca...

Will and Ben are joined this week by Paul Savage, UK Agriculture Director for Arla, Becki Leach, Senior Consultant for Kite and of course Chris Walkland for his milk market report. Paul outlines how Arla’s sustainability incentive has been received by farmers and retailers so far, the key focus areas on farm and how they are going to deliver the sustainability objectives. He discusses with Becki h...

This week after the milk market update from Chris, Will and Ben are joined by Lucas Fuess, Director of Dairy Market Intelligence at Highground Dairy and John Allen from Kite for an update on the US dairy situation. Lucas outlines what their current milk output looks like as well as the milk price, input prices and market outlook. He discusses with John the limited constraints and multiple opportun...

Even Chris Walkland’s Milk Market report couldn’t dampen the excitement as Kite’s very own J-Edward duo, John Allen and Edward Lott share the news and more details about Kite's next chapter following the acquisition by AB Agri. Plus, they discuss the most recently updated COP figures including break even milk price, as well as the history of the COP model and why there is a need to move from break...

After a milk market report from Chris Walkland, Will and Ben are joined this week by two of the newest members to join the Kite team; Marcus Doig and Maimie Sloan. They share their thoughts on the future of dairy, the outlook and opportunities they see for the next generation and the advice they would give to those looking to pursue a career in agriculture. They go on to discuss their respective f...

EP130: Dairy Discussions & Climate Commitments at COP27 On this week’s episode, Chris Walkland is on hand to provide a milk market update and host Ben Eagle is joined by Sarah Simpson; Director at Simpson Farms Ltd and Brian Lyndsay; Sustainability Lead at Global Dairy Platform. They discussed the level of Agricultural representation at COP27, the dairy discussions taking place at the event and th...

After the usual milk market report from Chris Walkland, Will Evans and Ben Eagle are joined by Will Jackson, Divisional Director for Engagement and Strategy at the AHDB and Ed Towers, dairy farmer from Brades Farm to discuss the future direction of ADHB. After a period of reflection and consultation with levy payers, Will outlines the main changes that have come about, the ‘3 pillars’ they will be...

After the recording of this podcast this morning Chris picked up some news from a trader that a floor in the butter market may have been reached, with Q1 prices slightly higher than yesterday. Fingers crossed and watch this space next week! Please note: The information provided during this podcast has been prepared for general informational purposes only and does not constitute advice. The informa...