Kite Consulting

Becki Reay

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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Feb 26, 2021 · 24 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Practicalities of an All Wales NVZ
We are joined this week by dairy farmer; Abi Reader alongside Kite’s Neil Blackburn to carry on some of the themes from last week’s podcast; discussing what the introduction of an all Wales NVZ means for dairy farmers both practically in the short term and how it might influence longer term planning at farm level. They share their thoughts about the wider precedent it sets for other nations and whether this is an indicator of the likely speed and scope of future environmental legislation impleme
Feb 19, 2021 · 29 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Permitting, Planting Trees & Carbon Credits
The podcast team take a virtual trip to New Zealand where hosts Ben Eagle & Will Evans are joined by Phil Journeaux, an agricultural consultant and economist with AgFirst & John Allen, Kite’s Managing Partner. With NZ farmers now required to record & report on their environmental impact and NZ agricultural output limited or retracting, they discuss what the future of UK agriculture might look like including some appealing commercial financial returns for non-food producing activities such as tre
Feb 12, 2021 · 29 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Celebrating Young Farmer Success!
Hosts Will Evans and Ben Eagle are joined by Nick Eccles; dairy farmer and winner of the Young Farmer of the Year at the 2021 Cream Awards alongside Kite’s Becki Leach. They discuss what makes Nick an award winning young farmer including; how he has driven the family business forward through investment in technology and the use of data in decision making which is delivering great technical and financial performance and created a sustainable business for the future. Chris Walkland blesses listene
Feb 5, 2021 · 29 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Feed Prices & Future Farm Profitability
After another positive milk market report from Chris Walkland, hosts Ben Eagle & Will Evans are joined by Managing Director at CRM AgriCommodities; James Bolesworth & Kite’s John Allen. They discuss current feed markets, what is driving prices for key feed materials; including the impact of China’s buying behaviour, what to expect in the medium term and what this means for farm profitability when considered in the context of milk price predictions.
Jan 29, 2021 · 28 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Gold Cup & Dairy-Tech
As Dairy-Tech goes online next week & the announcement of the Gold Cup winner is delayed, hosts Ben Eagle & Will Evans talk to dairy farmer & 2015 Gold Cup winner; Neil Baker and Matthew Knight from RABDF. After Chris Walkland’s milk market update, Matthew tells listeners what to expect from a virtual Dairy-Tech before he & Neil discuss the role that awards & events such as these play in championing innovation and driving progress on farm.
Jan 22, 2021 · 23 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Hitting The Motivation Wall
Host Ben Eagle talks to dairy farmer; Bill Higgins & Kite’s very own Jo Speed as they discuss the current challenge many farming families & teams are facing in maintaining motivation. Keeping teams motivated during winter can be a challenge at the best of the times but has been further emphasised by Covid both during 2020 & in the current lockdown. Jo & Bill discuss the tell-tale signs that indicate teams & individuals might be ‘Hitting the Wall’ & give practical solutions of how to tackle this
Jan 15, 2021 · 30 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & AHDB Change Strategy
Hosts Ben Eagle & Will Evans are joined this week by the Chair of AHDB; Nicholas Saphir and dairy farmer John Allwood. They discuss the key elements of AHDB’s new Change Programme & Strategy for the next 5 years (2021 – 2026) including the proposed focus on farm performance, evidence and marketing & exports.
Jan 8, 2021 · 29 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & What the Deal Means For Dairy
Hosts Ben Eagle & Will Evans welcome listeners to 2021 and back to the podcast with a brighter Brexit outlook following the deal announced on Christmas Eve. We’re joined by former Director of Strategic Intelligence at FrieslandCampina & Director and Founder of Strategic Analysis Services BV; Erik Elgersma & our very own John Allen to discuss what the Brexit deal means for dairy. We're also joined by Chris Walkland for his first milk market update of the year, after a positive GDT auction earlier
Dec 18, 2020 · 25 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Christmas Stilton Special with Cropwell Bishop
Christmas isn’t complete without cheese……& with Chris Walkland featuring every week on the podcast we’ve never been short of cheese. But this week’s pre-Christmas episode, hosted by Ben Eagle has a double dose of cheese; Chris Walkland’s terrible jokes & market report followed by Robin Skailes of Cropwell Bishop Creamery & Kite Partner Chris Flint to talk all things Stilton! We discuss not only Covid & Brexit but also the Cropwell Bishop business; its farmer suppliers, customers, consumers & w
Dec 11, 2020 · 29 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & DEFRA’s Agricultural Transition Plan
Following the publication of the Agricultural Transition Plan last week, which detailed how BPS will be phased out & gave some detail about new agricultural support schemes, hosts Will Evans & Ben Eagle are joined by Janet Hughes; Programme Director for Future Farming & Countryside at DEFRA alongside our own Ros Hughes. Janet shares DEFRA’s ambition for the future of farming including an increasing focus on environmental protection and her thoughts on how this fits with food security. Ros descri
Dec 4, 2020 · 26 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Carbon Sequestration Calculation
Hosts Will Evans & Ben Eagle are joined on this weeks podcast by Brian Lindsay, who is the Global Dairy Platform’s Sustainability Lead & Project Manager for C-Sequ, alongside our very own Helen Evans. They discuss the current carbon sequestration calculation consultation, what it could mean for dairy, practical implementation on farm & how this links with the ELMs framework revealed earlier this week. As always, we have the milk market update & banter from Chris Walkland.
Nov 27, 2020 · 29 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Waitrose Net Zero Carbon by 2035
Hosts Will Evans & Ben Eagle are joined by Jake Pickering who is Agriculture Manager at Waitrose, dairy farmer & WDF Chairman; Brian Barnett & John Allen. Waitrose recently announced an ambitious target for their business and farmer suppliers to be carbon net-zero by 2035. We discuss what this means for the Waitrose business, their customers, farmer suppliers and how practically this will be achieved practically on farm along with what this means for the wider dairy industry. Plus we get a milk
Nov 20, 2020 · 28 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Bitesize Brexit Negotiations & Trade Implications
Following a milk market update from Chris Walkland, where he helpfully and metaphorically goes shopping for George Eustice, hosts Ben Eagle & Will Evans are joined by the Director General of the Provision Trade Federation (PTF); Andrew Kuyk CBE. The PTF represents companies trading or manufacturing dairy, pork and seafood products, having previously worked for the Food & Drink Federation and DEFRA, Andrew has unique insight and shares his rather stark thoughts on the progress of the Brexit negot
Nov 13, 2020 · 27 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Podcast from America Part 2
Following the US presidential election we invited Eric Meyer from Highground Dairy back onto the podcast alongside John Allen to discuss what the Biden administration means for US dairy producers and consumers, what impact the current oversupply of milk in the US means for UK dairy and whether the incoming administration looks more or less favourable for UK exports to the US or US imports to the UK. Chris Walkland provides not only his usual milk market update but gives us unofficial, uncensored
Nov 6, 2020 · 28 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Farming Lockdown Life & Personal Resilience
Chris Walkland gives his usual milk market update and hosts Ben Eagle & Will Evans are joined this week by FCN’s Vicki Beers, Arla’s Rosie Cowie & Rozenwyn Lane; a dairy farmer from Cornwall to discuss the impact of lockdown at farm level and how Arla & Asda’s collaboration with the Farming Community Network is aiming to support farmers with these & other farming challenges. They share tips on recognising stress in yourself and others and their thoughts on ways to de-stress and improve personal
Oct 30, 2020 · 30 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Barbers Cheesemakers Halloween Special
It’s not just Chris Walkland’s puns that make this week’s episode scary….it’s our Halloween special. When we heard about the Halloween cheese that Barbers Cheesemakers had created that was largely destined for the US market we couldn’t think of a better time to find out more about the Barbers business than during our Halloween special. This week Hosts Ben Eagle & Will Evans are joined by Michael Masters; Head of Milk Supply & Operations at Barbers Cheesemakers and Kite’s Managing Partner; John A
Oct 23, 2020 · 27 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Regenerative Agriculture - Principles & Practicalities
Hosts Ben Eagle & Will Evans are joined by dairy farmer & Nuffield Scholar; Dan Burdett and Kite Partner; Ainsley Baker as they discuss Regenerative Agriculture in dairy. Dan shares learnings from his Nuffield Scholarship focussing on Regenerative Ag, what it means to him and practically how he practices the principles on farm. Ainsley & Dan discuss how regenerative principles can be applied across farming businesses and the benefits; both environmentally and financially, that adopting these tec
Oct 16, 2020 · 30 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Milk & More With Patrick Muller
Hosts Ben Eagle & Will Evans are joined by Patrick Mueller and John Allen to discuss Mullers Milk & More business following Kantar data released last week showing that doorstep deliveries have surged during Covid. Patrick describes where Milk & More sits alongside the wider Muller business and how they have evolved a very traditional service business to meet the needs of a modern, values driven consumer, which differentiates it from its competitors and commands the higher price paid from custome
Oct 9, 2020 · 22 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & Bitesize Brexit Looming Labour Issues
Hosts Ben Eagle & Will Evans are joined by Chris Walkland for his usual milk market update, along with dairy farmer Henry Lewis and Kite consultant Rachael Madeley-Davies who discuss the looming labour issues in relation to the impending EU-Exit. Most farms, even those employing minimal numbers of local staff, struggle to meet their current labour requirements and with confirmation last week that, from an Immigration Policy perspective farm workers are considered neither skilled nor in short su
Oct 2, 2020 · 22 min
Kite Consulting Milk Market Update & 2020 Outlook with Andy Gilman
Hosts Ben Eagle & Will Evans are joined by farmer Andy Gilman and his Kite consultant David Levick, to take a look back at 2020 so far & forward into autumn along with discussing the development of the business. In between kicking tyre's & watching tractor porn, Chris has managed to pull together his usual (comedy) Milk Market Update to share with listeners!