Speaking to Harry Metcalfe about a career in farming and cars

Rare breeds and holidays lets at Owl Farm

Will meets Hayley Adkins and Ian Kemp who run Owl Farm. They chat about the challenges of keeping a number of rare breeds as pets and running a small farm, and offering holidays where guests are able to learn about the animals and farm. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Speaking to Harry Metcalfe about a career in farming and cars

Will chats to Harry Metcalfe, a farmer in the Cotswolds who is also a successful motoring journalist having founded Evo Magazine. They talk about Harry’s early farming education and agricultural career, getting into cars and how he’s now using his skills in creating videos to try and help explain to a wider audience what happens on his farm day-to-day. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Understanding and combatting dog attacks on sheep

There’s been a worrying spike in incidents of ‘Livestock Worrying’. To understand this better and talk about what’s being done to combat it Will talks to Rob Taylor from North Wales Police rural crime team, Debs Roberts, a Scottish farmer and co-founder of ‘Ladies who Lamb’ and NFU Mutual farming specialist, David Harrison. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Succession Planning in the Farming Community

Will is joined by Milly  Fyfe,  who  farms  in  Northamptonshire  and  has  been  through  the  succession planning process  with  her  own  family,  Heather  Wildman  from  Saviour  Associates,  who  specializes  in  facilitating  succession  planning,  and  Sean  McCann,  a  chartered  financial  planner  from  NFU  Mutual. Together they discuss this challenging subject and offer their thoughts and advice. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Agricultural contractors and their role in the farming industry

Will is joined by Ian Maddever, an agricultural contracting expert, and Charlie Yorke from NFU Mutual to talk about agricultural contracting, how the industry has changed and the role it now plays in the farming industry. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.