Wynnstay Agri-Hub Podcast
By Wynnstay (Agricultural Supplies) Ltd
Arable, Dairy, Beef, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry; are you looking for the best agri-advice from the real specialists?
The Wynnstay Agri-Hub podcast is the home of talking agriculture – keeping you in the know, and your farm in the best health.
Join us each month as we discuss everything from livestock matters to crop health with the Wynnstay Team; sharing news and practical tips to support the profitability of your business.
Wynnstay Agri-Hub PodcastMar 29, 2021
S3:E9 - Winter Housing of Beef Cattle
In our last episode of the season we're joined by Bryn Hughes, National Sheep & Beef Specialist; Millie Hendy, Youngstock Team Manager and Mark Matthews, Animal Health Sales Specialist in the Midlands as they discuss the steps to take for successful winter housing of beef cattle.
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S3:E8 - Looking Ahead at the Dairy Market
Listen in this month with David Howard, Head of Dairy and Chris Walkland, Agricultural Journalist, Commentator, Market Analyst and Business Advisor; as they look ahead to the next six months and beyond, discussing the direction of travel for milk prices and the market factors currently driving these prices.
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S3:E7 - Evaluating Grain Potential
In this episode we’re joined by Paul Crump, Senior Trader & Arable Manager and Rob Hess, Senior Trader in our GrainLink division, who are focusing on how farmers can evaluate the potential of their grain to ensure they’re selecting the most suitable end market, to offer the best return on investment.
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S3:E6 - Dancing With Daffodils
This month we’re focusing on the Innovate UK project which focuses on the cultivation of a new cash crop – daffodils.
The project looks into the use of an element within daffodil bulbs which could be incorporated into ruminant rations to help reduce methane emissions, and to discuss this we’re joined by Lewis Davies, Group Sustainability Manager; Andrew Evans, Group Sustainability, Innovation and Food Supply Chain Director and Alison Bond, Technical Services Manager from Rumenco.
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S3:E5 - Health and Nutrition; A Crucial Collaboration for Calf Performance
In this episode we'll be focusing on the important relationship between health and nutrition, reviewing new developments and innovations to help farmers produce the highest quality dairy replacements for their herd.
To explore this topic Head of Dairy Services, David Howard is joined by Calf & Youngstock Manager, Millie Hendy and also Charlie Moss from Horizon Vets.
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S3:E4.5 - Royal Cornwall Show 2023
Join the Wynnstay Team at the Royal Cornwall Show 2023.
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S3:E4 - Maximising Milk and Meat From Forage
Join us this month as we explain more about our new Forage4Profit campaign, launched this spring. Head of Dairy, David Howard, is joined by National Sheep and Beef Specialist, Bryn Hughes, and together they discuss the importance of producing high quality forage.
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S3:E3 - Tailoring Use of Fertiliser
Recent high fertiliser prices have meant farmers are reviewing their crop nutrition more closely than in previous years, so in this episode we're focusing on fertiliser, looking into the areas that producers need to consider ahead of purchasing and applications. We're joined again by Toby Reich, Head of Seeds as well as Dave Mitchell, Fertiliser Manager and Ellie Edwards, Agronomist.
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S3:E2 - Traits and Opportunities in Oilseed
OSR - it's a rev-oil-ution!
This month, Wynnstay's Head of Seeds Toby Reich focuses on oilseed rape and what producers can do to maximise establishment rates of their crop. He is joined by Danny Richardson, Combinable Seed Product Specialist; Ellie Edwards, Agronomist and Chris Guest, Managing Director of LS Plant Breeding who give us an update on OSR establishment this season, the potential challenges producers are facing and what can be done to try and avoid them.
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S3:E1 - Reducing Phosphorus Levels in Layer Diets
The Agri-Hub Podcast is back for its third season! Hosted by Jim Turner, Head of Poultry, we are joined by Company Nutritionist, Julie Wright and Premier Nutrition's Poultry Nutritionist, Eloise Lawlor as they talk about how changes to layer diets is one way the poultry sector can reduce phosphorus excretion from birds.
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S2:E12 - Forage Budgeting Ahead of Winter
With many farmers concerned about winter forage stocks, careful planning of winter feeding will be even more critical than usual this year. This month Tony is joined by Head of Dairy, David Howard and National Sheep and Beef Specialist, Bryn Hughes to talk about how farmers can best prepare themselves to keep livestock fed this winter - covering how to measure forage stocks, options for managing shortfalls, increasing milk from forage and crop planning for next year.
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S2:E11 - The Calf Rearing Trinity: Nutrition, Hygiene and Housing
In this month's episode, Tony is tapping into the not-so-holy calf rearing trinity. Joined by Millie Hendy and Jess Yeomans from our Calf & Youngstock Team, they explore how attention to detail with calf nutrition, hygiene and housing can result in successful calf rearing; and they get to grips with why they're essential and how to optimise each of them to rear healthy, profitable calves.
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S2:E10 - Pre-Harvest Outlook From The Field
This month, Tony is talking all things crops with Toby Reich, Head of Seed and Jack Kelly, Arable Specialist (East), as they dig into how wheat, barley and oilseed rape are performing in the fields as we approach harvest.
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S2:E9 - Determining Lifetime Yield Through Floor to Parlour Management
We're returning to dairy production to delve into how lifetime yield of a cow can be impacted from the moment a newborn heifer calf lands on the floor, through to when the animal enters the parlour at the start of its first lactation. Joining Tony is Laura Monk from the Calf & Youngstock Team; David Howard our Head of Dairy and Jon, a dairy farmer from Somerset.
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S2:E8 - Early Flock Management for Targeted Egg Size
Tony is joined by three members of our Specialist Poultry Team; Fiona Hunt, Fred Liddell and Steve Marriott, as they discuss the link between egg size and profitability and look into how early flock management decisions can influence the size of eggs produced throughout the lay cycle.
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S2:E7 - Managing Costs After Spring Calving and Turnout
This month, Tony explores how to manage costs following spring calving and turnout with a regular podcast guest; Wynnstay's National Sheep & Beef Specialist, Bryn Hughes.
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S2:E6 - Sustainable Dairy Production
In this episode, Tony explores sustainable dairy production with Head of Dairy, David Howard and Group Environmental & Sustainability Manager, Lewis Davies as they delve into myth-busters and win-win management tips.
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S2:E5 - All Things Forage
In this month’s podcast episode, Tony is joined by Arable and Forage Specialist for the South West, Louise Woolacott, as they dig deep into all things forage this spring.
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S2:E4 - How To Future-Proof Your Suckler Beef Business
We all know that it’s becoming increasingly challenging to produce beef profitably, so in our fourth episode of Season 2, Tony speaks to National Sheep & Beef Specialist, Bryn Hughes and welcomes Calf & Youngstock Manager, Eimear Diamond to talk about the options available to future-proof suckler beef businesses.
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S2:E3 - Getting Ready For Lambing
In this month’s episode, Tony is joined by National Sheep & Beef Specialist, Bryn Hughes and Calf & Youngstock Specialist, Laura Monk as they take a whistle-stop tour of all things lambing; starting with how to set ewes up for a successful lambing season, right through to lamb nutrition in the first few weeks.
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S2:E2 - Mental Wellbeing On Farm
We’re taking a step away from our usual topics on crops and livestock this month, as Tony opens a conversation about mental wellbeing on farm with Commercial Sales & Marketing Director, Paul Jackson and RABI’S CEO, Alicia Chivers.
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S2:E1 - Getting The Right Advice On Animal Medicines
In the first episode of our second season, we’re asking the questions you may not have asked before about what it means to be AMTRA qualified, with Agri Product Campaign Manager, Sarah Brooks. We’ll also be delving into seasonal animal health issues including cattle housing, sheep scab and parasite control with Regional Trade Manager, Chris Thomas; who has been nominated as Store Manager of the Year in the 2021 National SQP Awards.
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S1:E11 - Maximising Milk Solids
In this episode we’re keeping our finger on the pulse of the dairy industry’s most important issue – milk quality. Tony is joined by our Technical Product Development Manager, Beth Parry and Technical Ruminant Manager from UFAC-UK, Mike Chown as they consider everything from first cut silage to the five main points on butter fats for farmers to check.
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S1:E10 - What Are You Sowing This Autumn?
This month, Tony is looking ahead to Autumn and talking seed with Head of Seed, Toby Reich; Seed Sales Specialist, Joe Wood and Environmental Seed Product Manager, Amy Watts. Together, they’ll be discussing the best combinables, what’s new, disease and treatment, cropping options and regenerative agriculture.
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S1:E9 - Beef: From Field to Fork
We’re back with another episode, as Tony Morris discusses all things beef with Calf & Youngstock Specialist, Millie Hendy; Regional Animal Health Manager, Luke Derrett and guest, Simon Crabtree, to cover everything from calf selection to rearing animals, genetics and even practicalities on farm.
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S1:E8 - Spring 2021 Lambing Lessons
In this month’s episode, Tony Morris is talking sheep with National Sheep & Beef Manager, Bryn Hughes; Grass & Roots Manager, Colin Jones and Independent Sheep & Beef Adviser, Liz Genever.
Lambing for the majority has finished, or is coming to a close, and thoughts are turning to weaning strategies and getting lambs to their target weight in the most efficient way.
However, with one of the driest and coldest April’s recorded since the 1980’s, the other topic on everyone’s mind is: what do we do about the grass?
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S1:E7 - Looking To The Future: Environmental Land Management
Listen to this month’s episode as Tony Morris gets the latest Seed Division business developments from Head of Seeds, Toby Reich, and introduces us to our newly appointed Environmental Seeds Product Manager, Amy Watts, who discusses the future of environmental land management.
With global attention on environmental policy growing year-on-year and the impact of farming on our planet at the forefront of farming policy post-Brexit, Wynnstay has it’s sights firmly set on the future.
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S1:E6 - Dairy Robotics
This month, Tony Morris discusses dairy robotics with Wynnstay’s Head of Dairy Services, David Howard and Izzy Lester, Farm Management Specialist from Lely, the robotics specialists.
The 21st century has seen the introduction and rapid rise of robotic milking systems across the country, and Wynnstay has been at the forefront of this revolution over the last two decades.
David and Izzy fill us in on their robotics backgrounds and delve into key considerations before choosing robots, as well as how they can help improve cow welfare and cow health.
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S1:E5 - Dairy Heifers: Make Every Stage Count
Joining Tony in this month’s podcast is Sammy Howorth, our Lancashire and Cumbria Calf & Youngstock Specialist and Mike Van Amburgh, a Professor in the Department of Animal Science at Cornell University.
We delve into the subject of post-weaning heifers and how we can ensure they’re achieving their potential through targeted nutrition plans and looking into the data behind our advice.
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S1:E4 - Pursuing Poultry
This month, Tony Morris is joined by Poultry Product Manager, Jim Turner and Poultry Specialist, Fred Liddell, as they focus on free-range egg production, and how satisfying it is to diversify into this exciting industry.
As well as sharing a success story, the team discuss everything from planning and finance, to reducing the risk of spreading Avian Influenza.
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S1:E3 - Early Lambing and Beef Calf Rearing
In our latest episode, our host Tony Morris is joined by National Sheep and Beef Specialist, Bryn Hughes and Youngstock Specialist for Cornwall, Laura Monk.
Focusing on two of winter’s toughest challenges in the youngstock world; early lambing and calf rearing, our specialists will discuss how farmers can prepare themselves, and share their top tips.
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S1:E2 - All Things Seed
Welcome back to the home of talking agriculture.
In our second episode, we’re turning our attention to seed with our Head of Seeds, Toby Reich, and our Crop Protection Manager, Dr Simon Pope. Alongside our host, Tony Morris, our panel will be reflecting on what has been a difficult year and looking ahead to 2021, sharing all their expert advice and tips for farming businesses during what is sure to be a period of global change.
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S1:E1 - Lameness
An Englishman, an Irishman and a Welshman discussing lameness – what could go wrong?
In our first episode, we delve into the world of lameness in dairy herds with our Head of Dairy Services, David Howard, and look into what’s hot (or not) in the world of housing with our National Hardware Sales Manager, Tomi Jones. They explore the inextricable link between nutrition and lameness, as well as sharing how to ensure your farm is ready pre-housing. Finally, they each give us a take-home message (or three) providing actions to reduce lameness and ensure your cows are performing to their potential this winter.
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