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Chris Walkland unfortunately doesn’t have much positive news in his milk market report this week on the Kite podcast but happily there is much more positivity amongst this week’s guests; NFU Cymru President; Aled Jones and Kite Managing Partner; Neil Blackburn. They both join Will Evans this week to discuss the recent announcement on the amendment of the Welsh NVZ regulations which see a delay in...

This week Will and Ben are joined by Arthur Fearnall, Arla Board member (one of his many titles) and Ainsley Baker, Kite Partner to discuss Arla’s new sustainability incentive, as well as Chris Walkland for our usual market report. Arthur outlines Arla’s wider sustainability commitments, how they have been working towards these and how the sustainability incentive fits in. He describes the differe...

View the report discussed in the podcast on the Kite website here   Please note: The information provided during this podcast has been prepared for general informational purposes only and does not constitute advice. The information must not be relied upon for any purpose and no representation or warranty is given as to its accuracy, completeness or otherwise. Any reference to other organisations,...

On this weeks podcast Will Evans is joined by the Managing Director of Oxbury Bank, Nick Evans and Kites Jess Buss. They discuss the impact of this weeks turbulent financial events including currency, rising interest rates and what this means for inflation, along with Oxburys New Gen finance offer. Plus there is a discussion on what this means practically at farm level, what opportunities it prese...

This week Will and Ben welcome and congratulate Heydon Dark, Cornish dairy farmer and winner of the Cream Awards Young Dairy Farmer of the Year Award. This year, it was sponsored by Kite and with producer and Senior Consultant Becki, one of the judges, Becki outlines why Heydon stood out to her. Heydon describes the core values of his farming business and his journey so far, including navigating t...

Today Will and Ben are joined by Kevin White, Fresh Foods Editor of The Grocer and John Allen, a Managing Partner at Kite to discuss The Dairymen Report which features results from a recent consumer survey, The State of a Nation, completed in July this year. They discuss key features of interest including consumer trends in dairy buying and several reasons for a recent reduction in consumption in...

After scooping the John Beckett memorial cup plus two other Cream Awards last night, Cornish farmer Anthony Wills of Willsbro Holstein joins host Ben Eagle to tell us a bit about his business, the cows, the family and what makes his business resilient. John and Becki comment on the calibre of entries for the Kite sponsored Young Farmer category and discuss the qualities required to thrive in the s...

Back after a week off, Will and Ben are joined by Paul Macer, Partner at Kite Consulting and Chris Walkland, not just for his usual report, but for in-dept look at the milk markets. With these currently being guided by the sustained lower than average milk volumes, they discuss the pressure being felt by the processing sector on demand and availability. Paul also shares the results of the forage s...

After the usual milk market report from Chris Walkland, Ben is joined John Chamberlain, Derbyshire based farmer and Chris Flint, Managing Consultant and Partner at Kite, to talk about the challenges this year has brought and future proofing your farm business. John explains what they have already put in place on the farm to manage winter feed stocks and cash flow, as well as the key capital invest...

Will and Ben are joined by James Bolesworth, Managing Director at CRM Agricommodities and John Allen, Managing partner at Kite, to discuss the new UN backed trade agreement between Russia and Ukraine to restart grain and other exports across the Black Sea. With decent volumes of feed material now moving out of Ukraine, James and John discuss current and future buying opportunities presented by thi...

Food vision Strategy for Ireland https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/c73a3-food-vision-2030-a-world-leader-in-sustainable-food-systems/ Food vision for dairy https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/2d7b4-statement-on-food-vision-dairy-group/ Please note: The information provided during this podcast has been prepared for general informational purposes only and does not constitute advice. The information...

On this week’s podcast, hosts Will Evans and Ben Eagle are joined by Jim Chapman MBE, Trustee of the Farm Safety Foundation, along with Kite Partner, Ainsley Baker, to discuss the very important topic of Farm Safety. Jim shares the details of his own on-farm accident, how it affected him physically and mentally and how he has since made it his mission to raise awareness of the topic. He and Ainsle...

Chris returns from holiday this week for his usual milk market report and Will and Ben are joined by two members of the Kite Team to discuss the impacts of heat stress on farm, Kate Matthews, Vet consultant and Vicky Hicks, Technical consultant. Kate and Vicky discuss both short and long-term effects on cow health and production as well as mitigation measures that can be put in place such as adjus...

Chris is on holiday this week so no milk market report but we still get a markets fix as Will and Ben are joined by podcast veteran James Bolesworth MD at CRM Agri-Commodities and Neil Blackburn, Kite Managing Partner at Kite to discuss the feed markets. They discuss current grass and forage situation on-farm including options for those who are short and buying options for those not yet booked, al...

With farmers protesting against green reforms in the Netherlands and Western Europe, and milk volumes down in the UK, Europe and across the globe, hosts Ben Eagle and Will Evans welcome back Erik Elgersma; Founder and Director of Strategic Analysis Services BV alongside John Allen and Chris Walkland for an in-depth discussion on the milk market and pricing mechanisms. They also discuss the detail...

On this week’s podcast, following our usual update from Chris Walkland, Will and Ben are joined by Ash Amirahmadi, in his role as Chair of Dairy UK and John Allen, Kite’s Managing Partner to discuss the new ‘It’s what we’re made of’ campaign that Dairy UK have launched to highlight the sustainability improvements achieved through the UK Dairy Roadmap. Ash outlines the background to the campaign, w...

Following our usual milk market update from Chris, we are joined this week by Stuart Roberts who farms in Hertfordshire and is now the Lib Dem’s Food and Farming Advisor and Lucy Williamson, Nutritionist, a Love British Food Ambassador and a former vet, to discuss the government’s food strategy which was published on 13th June. Stuart and Lucy give a summary of their views on the food strategy and...

One of our most positive and thought provoking podcast’s ever! Author Jayne Buxton joins us a week after the release of her book ‘The Great Plant Based Con’ to discuss with the podcast team why she wanted to write the book, some of her research and conclusions about plant based diets along with a discussion on some of the big businesses and individuals who are bankrolling the plant based agenda. J...

This week, Ben Eagle is joined by Organic dairy farmer and ‘Down to Earth’ event host Tim Downes alongside Kite Partner Ainsley Baker. Tim describes how he has adopted Regenerative agriculture principles on his farm and the results he has seen and shares the reasons he thinks farmers who want to know more about Regen should visit the Down to Earth event. Ainsley and Tim discuss the viability of in...

After our usual milk market report from Chris Walkland, our hosts Will and Ben are joined by Amy Jackson, Director of Oxtale Ltd and Neil Baker, Farm Manager at Bakers of Haselbury Plucknett to look at the perception and preference of the Great British public towards dairy cow management in the UK. Amy outlines her research into this topic and discusses with Neil how we might use this to change pu...

After the usual milk market report from Chris Walkland, Ben is joined this week by Carmarthenshire dairy farmer and recently elected Chair of the Muller Milk Group Board; Grant Hartman and Kite Consultant Chloe Cross. They discuss the MMG board, it’s role, purpose and how it interacts with the senior team at Muller along with discussing both the Muller Advantage and Next Gen groups and what the re...

Full report can be viewed here: https://www.kiteconsulting.com/2022/05/13/project-apollo/ Please note: The information provided during this podcast has been prepared for general informational purposes only and does not constitute advice. The information must not be relied upon for any purpose and no representation or warranty is given as to its accuracy, completeness or otherwise. Any reference to...

Chris opens as usual with the milk market report after the 4th consecutive fall in the GTD auction and the podcast team are joined by Steve Spencer, Director of FreshAgenda and John Allen, Kite’s Managing Partner. Steve gives us an update on dairy Down Under in terms of milk volumes and the mood of farmers at present, as well as the view from Australian dairy on the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreeme...

This week Will and Ben are joined by James Bolesworth, Managing Director CRM AgriCommodities and John Allen, Managing Partner at Kite to discuss the unexpected news this week of an export ban on palm oil by Indonesia, pushing up the oilseeds markets. Plus our usual milk market report from Chris Walkland. With Indonesia as the largest global exporter of palm oil, James talks us through the fast mov...