FED by Farmers Podcast

Colin Russell - Making a living from a 16 acre farm

Colin Russell from Ramstane Farm, Ayrshire joins us to discuss the incredible pasture based system he has for his chickens and the profitable business he has established with just 16 acres of land. 
If you want to see more of what Colin does then please visit hiswebsite: https://ramstanefarm.co.uk/
If you want to get in touch with James about his sheep dairy system then drop him an email here:
jhadwin@jhagriconsultancy.co.uk
We hope you enjoy,
Cammy and Iona
 
 
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Iona has been reading raunchy books on her holidays!

Iona is back from her holidays and she's here to regale us with some tales from Spain, mainly focussing on the raunchy book she read while she was away.
 
We hope you enjoy,
Cammy and Iona
 
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Mary Cochrane - Setting up a butcher business on farm

This week we go 'on-farm' to visit Mary Cochrane at Darvel Dexter Beef. Mary has built up an incredible on farm butchery and retail business with a very loyal customer base. 
She is such a positive and driven person and I think she makes for a great podcast guest.
 
You can find Darvel Dexter Beef on facebook here: 
https://www.facebook.com/darveldexterbeef/?locale=en_GB
 
We hope you enjoy, Cammy 
 
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Olly Shearman - Managing director of Caledonian Marts and the competitive business of auctioneering

Lizzy stands in for Iona this week while we speak to Olly Shearman, Managing director of Caledonian marts, Stirling and we hear about his journey into auctioneering and what it takes to run a successful livestock market in a competitive industry
We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Lizzy
 
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Rhys Jones - Selling a Welsh farm and buying a Scottish one!

Lizzy stands in for Iona this week while we speak to local farmer Rhys Jones about his move from Wales to Scotland.
We discuss farming systems and the comparison in land values between the two countries.
 
We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Lizzy
 
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Should kids be working on farms?

Lizzy joins Cammy and Iona to catch up on the week and discuss whether on not kids should be allowed to work on farms.
 
We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Iona
 
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Sam Bevin - Buying a dairy farm in Norway

Sam is Lizzy's brother-in-law and is a farmer's son from Leicestershire. He tells us about his world travels, meeting Lizzys sister Georgina and buying a dairy farm in Normway.
 
We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Iona
 
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Friday Chat: Cammy gets emotional

Jack Fagan - Shearing his way into Dairy Farming

This week Cammy brings you an episode from the Royal Welsh show where he sits down with New Zealand shearer Jack Fagan. Jack is the son of legendary shearer David Fagan and despite the pressure of the family name he has forged himself a successful shearing career. Jack tells us how he got into it and how he has invested his money in Dairy farming. 
 
We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Iona
 
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Great Yorkshire show and a tax deductible wedding!

This week Cammy and Iona discuss how to make a farm wedding tax deductable and Cammy shares some interview from The Great Yorkshire Show
 
We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Iona
 
Leave us a voice note or text with your question at: (+44) 07986 909845
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Thanks to our Sponsors:
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You Can Support the show here: Buy us a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fedbyfarmers
Visit our website to see our range of custom made clothing www.fedbyfarmers.co.uk
Our podcast releases on Audio platforms at 7am, and on youtube later the same day.