Ahdb Cereals & Oilseeds

It is all about affordable alternatives to the traditional Christmas dinner as AHDB's Denise Spencer-Walker draws inspiration from the numerous delicious recipes she has created for our marketing campaigns. Useful links AHDB launches brand new Let’s Eat Balanced campaign | AHDB Feed your family for less with British pork | AHDB Marketing | AHDB Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email us with your thoughts, comments and suggestions: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk 

We visited Jack Houghton, a farm manager near Wolverhampton, as he officially joined the AHDB Monitor Farm programme. Our reporter Carolyn Smith went along to the launch event to meet all those involved, including Knowledge Exchange Manager Alex Ansell. Useful links Content related to the topic: monitor-farms | AHDB The soil health scorecard | AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds | AHDB Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email us with your thoughts, comments and suggestions: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk 

Hear what Cereals & Oilseeds sector chair Tom Clarke had to say at AHDB's Funding Your Future live event in November. Useful links Funding Your Future 2023 – Cereals & Oilseeds | AHDB Funding Your Future 2023 – Beef & Lamb | AHDB Funding Your Future 2023 – Dairy | AHDB Funding Your Future 2023 – Pork | AHDB Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email us with your thoughts, comments and suggestions: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk 

AHDB's knowledge exchange manager for dairy, Daisy Green, has been to Buitelaar’s Long Lane Development Farm in Somerset to find out if their high health units can help tackle calf pneumonia. Useful links Helping you and your calves breathe easy this winter | AHDB Pneumonia in calves | AHDB Dairy calf management | AHDB Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email us with your thoughts, comments and suggestions: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk 

AHDB's new Roots to Resilience programme aims to equip farmers with the learning they need to take their businesses to the next level. Our senior knowledge exchange manager for beef and lamb, Amy Hughes, caught up with Dallas Mount who will be leading the workshops. Useful links Roots to Resilience | AHDB Roots to Resilience - YouTube Beef & Lamb sector plan 2022–2027 | AHDB Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email us with your thoughts, comments and suggestions: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk 

AHDB Chief Executive Officer Tim Rycroft, who's stepping down from his position at the end of the year, has been talking to presenter John Bates about the changes to the levy board during his time in charge. Useful links Tim Rycroft to step down as CEO of AHDB at end of year | AHDB Four sector councils publish levy increase proposals | AHDB Sector plans | AHDB AHDB appoints Tim Rycroft as CEO | AHDB Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email us with your thoughts, comments and suggestions: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk 

British red meat and dairy exporters have been showcasing their products at Anuga in Cologne, this year’s biggest agri-food trade show. Our reporter Dami Oyinlola went along to bolster AHDB's efforts in Germany, as well as getting a flavour of the event. Useful links AHDB and UK Government support UK red meat and dairy exports at Anuga | AHDB Beyond Borders: working together for your export success | AHDB Exports | AHDB Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email us with your thoughts, comments and suggestions: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk 

Our sector councils are proposing to increase levy rates from the 2024/25 financial year. Joining guest host Rebecca Wilson to discuss the reasons behind this and why it will benefit you and our industry are sector chairs Mike Sheldon (Pork), Colin Bateman (Beef & Lamb), Tom Clarke (Cereals & Oilseeds), and Lyndon Edwards (Dairy). Useful links Funding Your Future 2023 | AHDB Funding Your Future 2023 – Beef & Lamb | AHDB Funding Your Future 2023 – Pork | AHDB Funding Your Future 2023 – Dairy | AHDB Funding Your Future 2023 – Cereals & Oilseeds | AHDB Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email us with your thoughts, comments and suggestions: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk 

Carbon footprinting was the topic when AHDB's Thom Washbourne visited Bridge Farm in Glastonbury to meet dairy farmer David Cotton and Liz Bowles, CEO at the Farm Carbon Toolkit. Useful links Calculating and reducing your carbon footprint | AHDB Net zero: agriculture and carbon | AHDB Dairy | AHDB Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email us with your thoughts, comments and suggestions: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk 

We throw the spotlight on a service that aims to make livestock record management much more convenient. Ian Hewett, managing director for Livestock Information Ltd, a subsidiary of AHDB, joins our presenter John Bates to explain more. Useful links Livestock Information Transformation Programme (LITP) | AHDB https://www.livestockinformation.org.uk/ Changes to Bovine Identification, Registration, and Movement in England - Defra - Citizen Space Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email us with your thoughts, comments and suggestions: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk 

The Nutrient Management Guide (RB209) helps farmers make the most of organic materials and balance the benefits of fertiliser use against economic and environmental costs. The guide explains the value of nutrients, soil and why good nutrient management is about more than just the fertilisers you buy; it can save you money as well as help protect the environment. This year, the RB209 is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its first publication. In this episode, AHDB's John Bates discusses with Dr Amanda Bennett, AHDB's Senior Environment Manager, who is an expert in soil health and crop nutrition. Joining the conversation is Dr Ian Richards, a member of the Fertiliser Advisers Certification & Training Scheme (FACTS) Advisory Committee, and a contributor to the first edition. Together, they shed some light on the history of the RB209, why it is important and how it looks going forward. Also featured is James Price, a farmer from Oxfordshire, who uses the guide religiously. Useful links Nutrient Management

AHDB's Senior Knowledge Exchange Manager (Dairy), Stephen West, finds out about a new licence for moving cattle from TB-restricted holdings during a meeting about the disease at a monitor farm in Herefordshire as GB Calf Week gets underway. Useful links Bovine Tuberculosis | AHDB UK Dairy Day 2023 sees launch of third successive GB Calf Week campaign | AHDB GB Calf Week 13–20 September 2023 | AHDB Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email us with your thoughts, comments and suggestions: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk 

Join us for some insight into how to establish and manage clover in new and existing pastures. AHDB’s national specialist for grass forage and soil, Katie Evans, leads the discussion with Teagasc’s Nicky Byrne and Northumberland-based farmer James Drummond. Useful links ManagingClover2871_210310_WEB-1.pdf (windows.net) Management-and-establishment-of-grass-white-clover-swards.pdf (teagasc.ie) Red Clover - Teagasc | Agriculture and Food Development Authority Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email us with your thoughts, comments and suggestions: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk 

High quality cattle are key to dairy farming. This requires good quality genetics as without this and however good your management is, there is a cap to your herds productivity and profitability. In this episode, Daisy Green, Knowledge Exchange Manager (Dairy), speaks to George Brown, a dairy farmer from Hampshire who has made significant changes to his herd. Useful links Dairy herd genetic reports | AHDB Dairy breeding and genetics | AHDB Breeding Blocks | AHDB Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email us with your thoughts, comments and suggestions: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk This episode was produced Daisy Green and edited by Dami Oyinlola

In this episode, AHDB's Phil Maiden talks to Dr Temple Grandin, a world-renowned animal behaviourist and autism advocate. Temple is known for her work on designing humane livestock handling facilities, and she has also written several books on animal welfare. We discuss the importance of understanding livestock behaviour to handle them in a humane and stress-free way. We also talk about Temple's unique way of thinking, which is based on visual images. Her ability to think visually has helped her develop innovative designs for livestock handling facilities and has given her a deep understanding of animal behaviour. During a webinar organized by AHDB, Dr Temple Grandin discussed the behavioural principles of cattle handling and shared insights on stress-free stockmanship. Useful links Stress-free stockmanship with Temple Grandin | AHDB Improving cattle handling for Better Returns | AHDB The importance of observation in cattle handling | AHDB Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’

Last month, we hosted some speaker sessions at Groundswell covering topics on regenerative agriculture, crop rotation, perennial agriculture, genetic diversity of grains, and composting. In this podcast, Jason Hendy, Knowledge Exchange Manager, AHDB, brings together a summary of each session, including interviews with the speakers. Speakers Day one - session one: Mind the Gap John Pawsey, Mind the Gap session speaker at Groundswell Alice Andrews, Cereals Rural Jonathan Hodgson, Great Newsome Farm James Standen, Director of Farms, Newcastle University Farms Session two: Is perennial agriculture the future? Stephen Briggs, Senior Partner at Abacus Agriculture, head of technical development at Innovation for Agriculture & Non Exec Director of AHDB David Miller, Famer Dominic Amos, Organic Arable Emily Grant, Sheep farmer and an independent consultant Day two - session three: Discussing the genetic diversity of grains Michael Marriage, Farmer at Doves Farm Foods ltd DR Phil Howell, Lead NIAB’s germplasm

Getting to the root of growing herbal leys (also known as multi-species swards) is AHDB’s senior knowledge exchange manager for dairy, Stephen West. Helping Stephen improve his understanding of both the challenges and benefits of the practice are Peak District farmers Ben Rodgers and Robert Thornhill. Useful links Herbal leys and their place in a resilient dairy system | AHDB Six new varieties named on the Recommended Grass and Clover Lists | AHDB Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email us with your thoughts, comments and suggestions: foodandfarming@ahdb.org.uk This episode was produced and edited by Stephen West.

In this podcast, AHDB’s senior knowledge exchange manager for beef and lamb, Amy Hughes, leads the conversation about a recent visit from Japanese importers and a fact-finding mission in the US. Joining her to talk about the delegation from Japan are colleagues Jono Eckley (head of international trade development), Susan Stewart (senior export manager for livestock), Phil Hadley (international trade development director), and Karl Pendlebury (knowledge exchange manager for beef and lamb). Amy also spoke with a couple of mixed farmers, James Shouler and David Barton, after they accompanied her on a trip across the Atlantic for an event arranged by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. Useful links Japanese buyers visit the UK to explore opportunities for red meat | AHDB Beyond Borders: working together for your export success | AHDB Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you’d like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the pod

AHDB held an export conference on Thursday, 22 June at Butchers' Hall in London to unveil its new export strategy, Beyond Borders. The strategy aims to help more exporters maximise the global potential for high-quality domestic produce by providing enhanced services, such as bespoke training and advice and industry-leading marketing support. This podcast episode recaps the event and features recordings of Nicholas Saphir, AHDB Chair, and Defra Minister Mark Spencer discussing the UK government's commitments and support food and farming industry and AHDB’s role. It also features presentations from friends who support AHDB’s exports activities; Ella Beckett, UK Attaché to China, Rodrigo Perez Vega, AHDB Consultant in Mexico, and Marek Schejbal, AHDB Representative in Poland, Central and Eastern Europe. Useful links Beyond Borders: working together for your export success | AHDB Businesses urged to build on meat and dairy export success | AHDB UK Export Academy - great.gov.uk Ask the export support team a ques

From silaging to slurry spreading and bringing the cows in or out, the weather is a major driver of day-to-day life on British dairy farms. Last summer's unprecedented periods of hot weather will have a big impact on our cows and, if not managed effectively, will have led to more stress, lower milk production and higher rates of disease. As more extreme weather seems set to be the norm, preparing for and managing heat stress in cows will become increasingly more important. In this episode of the Food & Farming podcast, Knowledge Exchange Manager Thom Washbourne is joined by dairy farmer Kate Lywood and vet Claire Walker to discuss ways to help prevent and manage heat stress in dairy cows. Useful links Managing cattle and sheep in hot weather Managing calves in warm/hot weather Feedback We'd love to know what you think of our podcasts. If you'd like to give your feedback, please complete our short questionnaire, which will help us to improve the podcast on an ongoing basis, or email: foodandfarming@a