Kite Consulting

Oct 25 2024 228 ep. 35 mins 46

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Kite Consulting provide business services to the entire food supply chain, from farmer to retailer and are widely recognised as one of the UK’s leading dairy consultancy companies.

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Autumn Milk Flows

Oct 25 2024 38 mins

After Chris Walkland’s usual report, he joins Kite Director John Allen to discuss autumn milk flows, first touching on the outcome of the CMA in relation to Muller’s acquisition of Yew Tree and what this means for the industry. They discuss the milk flows this autumn with record high volumes being produced throughout October as the trend for moving to autumn block calving conti

British Farming Awards 2024

Oct 17 2024 51 mins

After Chris’ report, Will and Ben are joined by Tom and Karen Halton who are finalists for British Farming Awards ‘Dairy Farmer of the Year’, as well as last year’s winner Patrick Morris-Eyton, to discuss the Awards ahead of the ceremony later this evening. Tom and Karen introduce their business including their priorities on farm in terms of maintaining high herd welfare st

Working together for food security & climate change

Oct 11 2024 39 mins

After Chris’ report this week, Will and Ben are joined by Nuffield scholar Ruth Grice, who works on her family’s dairy farm in Leicestershire as well as being the Farm Liaison and Sustainability Manager for Long Clawson Dairy, along with Rachael Madeley-Davies, Head of Environment Technical at AHDB to discuss how dairy farmers & environmental organisations can work together to

Profitability and Farm Costs

Oct 04 2024 33 mins

Following Chris' report this week, Will and Ben are joined by Kite consulting’s Eliot Greenfield consultant based in Cumbria with special interests including business management and planning, ruminant nutrition and technical consultancy, Scottish Dairy Farmer Robin Campbell, and podcast producer Becki Reay, who thinks it was a good time to look back on farms costs and profits for

Discuss the Undiscussabull – communication, conflict & farm succession

Sep 27 2024 48 mins

In episode 223 of the Kite Podcast, Will and Ben are joined Canada’s Farm Whisperer, Elaine Froese, AHDB’s Amy Hughes and Kite podcast producer, Becki Reay. The group talk about the taboo subject …Succession. Elaine a certified coach, speaker and author and an expert in helping farm families to improve their communication has been brought over to the UK by AHDB to speak in th

IFCN 2024 Conference: key messages and take homes

Sep 20 2024 47 mins

This week after Chris’ report, Will and Ben are joined by Andrea Lendewig, Head of Research and Development at IFCN and Dominik Streyl from Josera, who along with Becki attended IFCN Supporter Conference which was held in Poland last week. With Andrea’s presentation this year on global dairy status, she discusses the challenges the industry has been facing over the last few yea

Bluetongue update

Sep 13 2024 40 mins

After Chris’ report this week we are joined by Lorraine Blaxell, a Vet from Three Rivers and Chapelfield Vets and Jonny Crickmore, a dairy farmer from Bungay in Suffolk to discuss the latest outbreak of the Bluetongue (BTV3) virus in the UK. Lorraine explains what the virus is, the animals that are affected and some of the main signs and symptoms we might expect to see as well as

Feed markets & forage situation on farm

Sep 06 2024 44 mins

This week after Chris’ report, Will and Ben are joined by Paul Macer and Amy Watson from Kite as well as James Bolesworth, CEO at CRM AgriCommodities for an update on the feed markets & forage situation on farm. Paul and Amy discuss the growing season and the quality and quantity of forage in clamps, in particular the variability in quality, but with lower protein forages being m

Record Breaking Butter Prices

Aug 30 2024 47 mins

Following Chris' report this week, Will and Ben are joined by Kite consulting director John Allen and Erik Elgersma, founder and director of Strategic Analysis Services BV. The group talk about the current record high butter prices and how these are underpinning milk prices at present as reflected in today’s milk price announcement by Arla and Muller. They go on to debate the pot

Calf rearing & heifer management….can we do it better?

Aug 23 2024 37 mins

After Chris’ report this week, Will is joined by Kite Consultant Emily Stafford and Lincolnshire dairy farmer Zara Dorrington to discuss the importance of good calf and heifer rearing practices on farm. Emily explains why Kite have just updated the heifer rearing blueprint document, with new developments, new research and new technologies available and how this relates back to be