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Kite Consulting

Becki Reay
Dairy Farming
Agriculture
Milk Prices
Sustainability
Dairy Industry
Milk Production
Food Security
Climate Change
Milk Market
Dairy Market
Kite Consulting
Farm Management
UK Agriculture
Butter Prices
Arla Foods
UK Dairy Industry
Dairy Production
Dairy Exports
Brexit
AHDB

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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This week on the Kite Podcast, hosts Will Evans and Ben Eagle are joined by Asterra Procurement Manager Chris Pickles, dairy market analyst Chris Walkland and producer Becki Reay to explore the key factors currently driving feed markets. Chris Walkla... more

This week on the Kite Podcast, hosts Will Evans and Ben Eagle are joined by Milica Kocic, Lead in Product Development at IFCN, and Kite Podcast producer Becki Reay to look back on the recent IFCN Conference in Parma, which brought together more than ... more

In this episode of the Kite Podcast, hosts Will Evans and Ben Eagle are joined by farmers Fliss Cobb and Conor Dunne, who recently completed Kite's Herd Manager Training Programme, to explore how the role of the modern herd manager continues to evolv... more

In this week's Kite Podcast, Ben Eagle is joined by Wallace Currie, ADOPT Coordinator and Knowledge Exchange Manager at the UK AgriTech Centre, farmer and current ADOPT funding beneficiary Will Tuer, and podcast producer Becki Reay to discuss how ADO... more

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Chris Pickles
Asterra Procurement Manager with 18 years of experience in the feed industry
Asterra
Episode: Feed market outlook and El Nino
Milica Kocic
Lead in product development at IFCN
IFCN
Episode: IFCN Workshop and Outlook
Becki Reay
Kite Podcast producer who attended the IFCN conference
Kite Consulting
Episode: IFCN Workshop and Outlook
Chris Walkland
Dairy market analyst
Episode: IFCN Workshop and Outlook
Fliss Cobb
Dairy farmer working in her fifth-generation family dairy business
Episode: Herd Management: Evolving Skills for Modern Dairy Farming
Conor Dunne
Dairy farmer milking 400 cows on a family farm in Northern Ireland
Episode: Herd Management: Evolving Skills for Modern Dairy Farming
Marcus Doig
Kite consultant who led the latest Herd Manager Training Programme cohort
Kite Consulting
Episode: Herd Management: Evolving Skills for Modern Dairy Farming
Dane De Boorder
Kite dairy technical consultant and facilitator of the January 2027 course cohort
Kite Consulting
Episode: Herd Management: Evolving Skills for Modern Dairy Farming
Wallace Currie
Adopt Coordinator and Knowledge Exchange Manager at the UK AgriTech Centre
UK AgriTech Centre
Episode: ADOPT Funding

Hosts

Will Evans
Host of the Kite Podcast
Ben Eagle
Co-host of the Kite Podcast
Chris Walkland
Dairy market analyst and host/guest

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 81 ratings
  • Love the podcast, hate the sexist jokes

    Really love the podcast and find it so informative and useful.

    However, I find myself increasingly enraged and disappointed by the often sexist, misplaced “jokes” of the man doing the market reports. I feel his comments add nothing of humour to the podcast and highlight just how far we have to go as an industry towards gender equality. It is really disheartening as a woman working in the dairy industry.

    The comments relating to the England womens football team this week with regards to him “id... more

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    LR2469
    United Kingdom4 years ago
  • Fantastic podcast!

    This is a fantastic and informative podcast, with topics and guests that are doing amazing work. Do not miss the episode with author Jayne Buxton! I highly recommend it!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Ruffdog113
    United States4 years ago
  • Fast forward to the interesting stuff

    Once you get past the grating and misplaced theme tune and cringey self pleasing dad jokes from Chris, the topics covered are interesting and useful and in depth more of that latter please

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    Noss111
    United Kingdom5 years ago
  • BRILLIANT co-hosts

    Best dairy industry podcast around. Always informative and highly entertaining, but it’s the talented, witty and devastatingly handsome co-hosts that make it. Whatever you’re paying Will and Ben, it isn’t enough! ;-)

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Will and Ben
    United Kingdom5 years ago

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There are mixed feelings about on-air humor; some hear value in energy while others seek professionalism.
Listeners appreciate the depth and practicality on farming topics, but note gender and behavior critiques in some market reports.
The show consistently delivers useful market context and actionable farming tips.

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Herd Management: Evolving Skills for Modern Dairy Farming
Q: For someone who hasn't heard of the herd manager training programme, can you explain what it is?
Dane De Boorder describes an eight-module programme and a 24-hour study tour, covering people management, communication, business performance, health and welfare, fertility, genetics, sustainability, nutrition, young stock and forage.
Herd Management: Evolving Skills for Modern Dairy Farming
Q: How has the role of a herd manager changed over the last few years, and specifically, what does it look like today?
Marcus Doig says the role has moved beyond milking and routine technical tasks to include substantial people management and interpreting farm data, while maintaining high standards in core work.
IFCN Workshop and Outlook
Q: Is this a turn of the market, do you think, or not?
Reay says recent price increases do not yet point to a major recovery and that large jumps before Christmas are difficult to expect. Walkland adds that processor competition may help support some milk prices despite weaker commodity returns.
IFCN Workshop and Outlook
Q: Can you just give us your overview of the general dynamics at play?
Kocic says global milk supply grew exceptionally in 2025 and into early 2026, but growth is now slowing. Heat, weaker forage, rising costs and possible El Niño impacts could constrain output, while existing milk and butter stocks remain a drag on prices.
Feed market outlook and El Nino
Q: For our dairy farmer listeners here in the UK, how much does what happens in South America, how much does South American crops and weather, or you could broaden that out to Southern Hemisphere generally, I suppose, how much does it actually matter to a dairy farmer here in the UK?
Pickles says South American crops affect global supply and demand and market sentiment, so their prices influence the regions from which UK buyers source feed, even when the UK does not buy directly from South America.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Kite Consulting

What is Kite Consulting about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The series centers on practical dairy industry topics, blending on-farm decision making with market and policy context. Episodes cover drought and heat management, vaccination and animal health, milk and feed markets, and sector trends from organic to nitrogen policies. Guests range from dairy farmers and veterinarians to market analysts and consultants, often providing actionable tactics, cost controls, and resilience strategies for farms navigating volatility, climate pressures, and regulatory changes. A standout is the consistent emphasis on data-informed planning, cross-border lessons, and collaborative approaches across the supply chain, with a clear tilt toward real-world applicability for practitioners, advisors, and sponsors seeking... more

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Recent guests on Kite Consulting include:

1. Chris Pickles
2. Milica Kocic
3. Becki Reay
4. Chris Walkland
5. Fliss Cobb
6. Conor Dunne
7. Marcus Doig
8. Dane De Boorder

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