ChewintheCud Podcast

This time Sarah Tomlinson, Technical Director, TB Advisory Service (TBAS), joins the team for an episode of the podcast. Like usual we start with Sarah's background, graduating as a farm vet to where she is today with TBAS. Then we discuss the history of TB, and how you used to be rewarded for the voluntarily testing your herd! We discuss the different skin tests, and why we use the one we do here in the UK, before moving on to discuss the Gamma Test and what this brings for TB detection. Th...

This time the team are joined by Gabby Emery, Customer Success Manager, HerdVision. Like usual we start with Gabby's background, from growing up on a farm in Somerset, to where she is today with HerdVision before we move on to today's topic of HerdVision. Listen as we discuss how HerdVision went from a proof of concept to be developed into the commercial product it is today. We talk about it's ability to measure body condition score (BCS) and mobility every time an animal walks under the cam...

This time the team are joined by Kathryn Rowland, Senior Farm Services Manager, Kingshay Farming & Conservation Ltd. Like usual we start with Kathryn's background, from a dairy farm in West Dorset, to where she is today with Kingshay before we move on to today's topic of the Antimicrobial Focus Report. We take a look at different aspects and discuss the trends of the report, and look at how while the use of antimicrobials on farm is down, the overall health of the herds in the report ha...

This time the team are joined by Claire Winson, Head of Animal & Environmental Sciences and George Stickly, Farm Manager of Rodway Farm, from Bridgewater & Taunton College - Cannington Campus. Like usual we start with both Claire & George's backgrounds, before we move on to today's topic of Educational Opportunities in Agriculture. We discuss the different education options available to students, from Level 1 all the way to Level 6, depending on previous experience & qualifi...

This time the team are joined by Paul Harris, Founder & CEO of Real Success Ltd. Like usual we start with Paul's background, which was outside the agricultural industry, how he began Real Success and then how he became involved with agriculture to the role he plays within it today. Then we move on to the main topic of today's episode, People Management. We discuss the challenges we face today as an industry for recruiting, and then retaining staff, and sometimes how the most basic thin...