The Cereals Podcast

In this special Cereals 2026 preview episode, kindly sponsored by KWS, Sandy Kirkpatrick is joined by Charlie Ireland of Ceres Rural and Diddly Squat Farm, Kate Cobbold of KWS, Stephen Goodwin of BASE-UK, Eleanor Gilbert (better known as The Berkshire Farm Girl) and Philip Case of Farmers Weekly to discuss the must-see features, hottest topics and biggest talking points ahead of this year's event...

Water and water management is a key topic for the future sustainability of farm businesses and so this episode take water as its focus. Host Sandy Kirkpatrick is joined by Michael Jorden from JRH Water Management, farmers Ed Wombwell and John Hawkins and Mark Taylor from Natural England. What are the options for water use and storage and how might management change in future?  With thanks to the s...

Building resilient soils and selecting the right seed varieties are the foundations to sustainable and profitable arable farming. But how can you practically improve soil health and crop resilience amid evolving challenges? In the latest Cereals Podcast episode, host Sandy Kirkpatrick  is joined by John Vickery , Ben Lowe , and Amy Hardwick  from Agrii , alongside James Warne  from Soil First Farm...

To build a sustainable farming business, farmers need to tackle market volatility head-on, but how do you navigate these challenges and position your business for long-term success? For the latest Cereals Podcast episode host Sandy Kirkpatrick discusses the topic of volatility with Charlie Ireland  of Ceres Rural, farmer George Hurrell  alongside Letty Glaister  and Alexander Waples  from Tees Law...

For the third episode of the official podcast of the Cereals Event host Sandy Kirkpatrick is joined by Georgina Wallis and Will Foyle from Hutchinsons alongside farmers Thomas Todd and Andrew Pitts to discuss how to take a ‘whole farm approach’ to farm management? They cover planning, cost of production, rotations, compliance, risk management and much more.  Also featuring a snippet of our previou...

For the second episode of the official podcast of the Cereals Event guest host Matt Tilt is joined by Ross Dawson (Customer Manager at Yagro), Rebecca Geraghty (Managing Director at Yagro),  Guy Thallon (Head of Natural Environment at Castle Howard) and Jonathan Henry (Managing Director of Garford farm Machinery) to discuss data and technology. In the context of an exponential growth of data colle...

For the first episode of the official podcast of the Cereals Event host Sandy Kirkpatrick is joined by a panel of guests to discuss emerging plans for the 2026 event being held at Diddly Squat Farm in the Cotswolds. There is also some general arable chat and a special introduction from the host farmer Jeremy Clarkson, alongside Charlie Ireland.  With thanks to the sponsor of this episode: Premium...

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