Join Andrew and Claudia this week as they deep dive into what is a harvest student's role and Claudia’s experience working with the Dewing Grain Team. They discuss things from making teas and singing out loud to weighbridge Fridays. Webby takes over the Market Report update this week as Andrew has some well-deserved time off. He discusses the sideways movement in the markets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Sep 11, 2023•27 min
In this week’s bitesize episode, join Andrew as he celebrates a significant milestone: Dewing Grain Podcast’s 5 year anniversary! With a total of 251 episodes to date that educate, inform and entertain the grain industry, we’re very grateful for our listeners who support us and we’re happy that we can provide valuable insights into the every-changing landscape of the grain market. Andrew shares some kind reviews left by our amazing listeners, tune in now to see if your review gets a shoutout fro...
Sep 04, 2023•10 min•Ep. 251
Join Andrew, Ben & Josh in this week’s podcast episode where they discuss the end of this very challenging harvest for Norfolk & Suffolk. The team discussed the weird and wonderful premiums for wheats, compared the English and Danish barley, and also made their predictions for which crops will be most likely sold to overseas countries. Tune in to hear what the team has to say about controversial topics such as Russia vs. Ukraine, Donald Trump vs Biden and Rishi Sunak! The Dewing Grain te...
Aug 28, 2023•36 min
In this week’s podcast, Andrew is joined by Store Manager Harry, who will be joining Dewing Grain after the harvest as a Farm Buyer. From wet grain to dampened markets, the pair look back on this year's harvest and discuss what it’s like to dry wet grain throughout the night. Andrew makes a shocking revelation that this year’s harvest is in his top 3 most difficult harvests ever; tune in now to find out why. With the weather proving to be persistently difficult, our brand new Make Agriculture Gr...
Aug 21, 2023•22 min
Tune in to this week’s podcast with Andrew, Josh, Ben & Webby to find out what Josh discovered on his crop tour in Denmark & Sweden, including a jaw-dropping view from outside Josh’s hotel window! Market Report for w/c Monday 14th of August. This week’s market report discusses Andrew’s advice and predictions for oil seed, barley, wheat, and more. The weather has been challenging this harvest, especially in the North, and with the end of the harvest near, there are concerns for certain cr...
Aug 14, 2023•37 min
Join Andrew in today's bitesize podcast episode as the Dewing team are busy during a wet harvest. The pressure is on this week to get the crop dry and moving. Market report week for w/c Monday 7th of August. In this week’s market report, Andrew tries to be positive considering the bad weather. He discusses his observations about the quality of crops they’ve had coming into their Cantley and Alysham stores. Winter malting Barley has been good in general, 80% of the crop in Norfolk. With the dampe...
Aug 07, 2023•19 min
In this week’s episode, join Andrew, Ben & Webby as they discuss everything from the current state of the grain market to hair transplants, while they enjoy a cold bottle of Whitstable Bay pale ale and Spitfire amber ale. Market Report for w/c Monday 31st July. In this week’s market report, Andrew discusses the start of August, which is usually known to be the lovely sunny month where everyone gets everything finished, but not this year. The rainy weather is making a lot of people's lives di...
Jul 31, 2023•37 min
Join Andrew, Ben, and Vince in this week's podcast episode where we welcome the newest addition to the Dewing Grain team; Vince, who is the new accountant. Tune in to hear his story about how he became an accountant, the way that technology has transformed the industry, and even some shocking revelations including one farmer's way of delivering his yearly accounts to Vince in a bag with a dead rat! Market Report for w/c 24th of July. In this week’s market report, Andrew & Ben discuss how ten...
Jul 24, 2023•40 min
Join Andrew and Webby this week as they finally take to the skies in a crop inspection helicopter ride across Norfolk, and see if you can spot your field in the pictures in our latest social media post. Market Report for w/c 17th July 2023. In this week’s market report, Andrew discusses his concerns for 2023’s harvest with it getting off to a miserable start. With heat waves sweeping across Italy, Spain and France, it is concerning for the UK’s crops with the heatwave heading our way shortly. Li...
Jul 17, 2023•34 min
In this week’s market report for w/c Monday 10th July 2023, Andrew discusses the start of harvest. News has broken that a big Norfolk-based firm is now going to be owned by a Canadian firm, and listen now to find out prices and updates for old crop wheat, feed barley, malting barley, spring barley and more… In the farm chat, Andrew, Ben & Webby discuss Andrew’s recent interview on BBC Radio Norfolk, debate their lucrative weather and market predictions and discuss The Ashes Cricket Series. T...
Jul 10, 2023•34 min•Ep. 243
In the market report for the w/c Monday 3rd July 2023, the rain that came to East Anglia this week was absolutely perfect! Regarding the Dewing Grain Walk, we are still awaiting details for the next walk; stay tuned over on our socials to find out more. In the farm chat this week, the boys are joined by an old friend of Joe’s, Giles Brian, who is an entrepreneur and an expert in conversational AI. Most recently based down in Washington DC, Giles founded a software company. After living there for...
Jul 03, 2023•42 min
Market Report for w/c Monday 26th June 2023. Old-crop wheat has benefitted greatly from the massive rise in new-crop prices. The team are busy emptying their stores and encouraging people that own grain in stores to move their grain. The plan for this week’s episode was to go on a crop inspection tour, a helicopter ride where Andrew would become a news reporter for the day, looking forward to being nosy and looking at everyone's crops. Unfortunately, the weather threw up some thunderstorms, so y...
Jun 26, 2023•16 min
Market report for the w/c Monday 19th June 2023. Unpredictable forecasts, but beautiful crops in Norfolk, nonetheless. In Northern Europe, especially Denmark is unfortunately experiencing drought problems. There is some very good news in the weather market for farmers. We are close to harvest; the market has improved. The biggest and most bullish story currently is US corn, they have had rain promised but 50% of the areas are in drought also. In the farmchat, this week we are back with an in-hou...
Jun 19, 2023•39 min
Market report for w/c Monday 12th June 2023, what a funny old week. There is a terrible black grass problem which is making farmers rather miserable. We are receiving very hot weather over the weekend for East Anglia at last. The team are feeling frustrated with the misery of it all and trying to empty their stores. There are a whole lot of different directions the market could go in and no one knows the answer to it. In the farm chat, we have finally got EDP local journalist Chris Hill on the D...
Jun 12, 2023•33 min
In the market report for the w/c Monday 5th June 2023, it is June but it is cold, dull & miserable with those nasty little northerly winds. The market is going to see a slightly later harvest, already a little later than last year. It’s not all that bad, Andrew enlightens us on a positive correlation to keep an eye out for, to give us hope for the coming wheat crops. Internationally, there are issues with China where they are experiencing some late rain causing floods, impacting quality &...
Jun 05, 2023•19 min
In the market report for the w/c Monday 29th May 2023 it’s nearly June which means time to begin preparing for harvest. Time to clear your stores out, quantify everything and start pushing that button. In the farmchat, we take a trip down memory lane, understanding Andrew’s dreams of becoming a professional footballer which didn’t quite work out the way he had hoped, so instead he was redirected to trading which he loved, going on to forming Dewing Grain back in 2006. Inspired by his much-loved ...
May 29, 2023•39 min
Market report and bitesize episode for the w/c 22nd May 2023. Andrew heads straight into discussing the misery on top of misery, discussing crop prices in the market for the week as usual. A terrible week for farming prices for those looking to sell, every market is down and all news is bearish until it isn’t. It appears there is not much farmer participation in the market…maybe a little bit of irony going on here, tune in to find out why. There is a demand for barley since Spain has a drought &...
May 22, 2023•8 min
In this week’s market report for the w/c 15th May 2023, the team give a shoutout to a very prominent member of the grain trade, James Maw. A massive thank you for sending us over 30 beers to try from The Wriggly Monkey Brewery, everyone must be sure to try these out as we thoroughly enjoyed them! Andrew discusses issues with farmers not being able to spray due to a very wet week. The Dewing Grain podcast walk will be taking place on Friday 26th May at 11am in Bressingham. What3words location is ...
May 19, 2023•40 min
For this week’s guest originally from Wales, moving to East Anglia was quite the change. Willmott discusses how his thriving company has just marked its two-year anniversary; a farming team breaking the mould for land agents. Andrew & Jock talk about the ways of making future farming businesses resilient and that it is all about production & schemes. Willmott aims to keep encouraging the agriculture sector to keep making money through farming and remaining productive. They go on to discu...
May 08, 2023•42 min
In the market report, Andrew informs us that harvest is around the corner but not as soon as you think...tune in to find out why! In this week’s farmchat, the team discuss all things globally, from the war in Ukraine to Biden’s plans to “go green”. This episode consists of a rather in-depth conversation about the tenders, the boys are keeping it all very mature this week - until they start talking about Ryan Reynolds! The team get all sentimental, explaining that even though they may be a small ...
May 01, 2023•43 min
In the market report we are joined by Andrew where he updates us on what’s been happening in the grain markets for the week commencing 24th April 2023. He also gives some good news for any farmers, consumers and merchants who might be listening. In Farmchat, Volodymyr shares his story of life before fleeing to the UK to escape the Russian invasion of Ukraine and not being obliged to stay and fight the Ukrainian war due to being Georgian. Joined by his family and now living in Aylsham, Volodymyr’...
Apr 24, 2023•25 min•Ep. 232
In the market report for the week commencing 17th April 2023, Andrew discusses the market's state for next week and what we can expect to see. With a friendly reminder that the next Dewing Grain Walk is commencing on Friday 28th April, taking place in Cromer at 11am. Head over to our Instagram @dewinggrain, to find out more information. In the farmchat, the DG team have so much to talk about; Andrew can’t quite believe how much the market has gone down. A drought could be upon us since it is the...
Apr 17, 2023•33 min
The others have been sacked, Andrew is back! For this week’s episode, we are joined by Craig Hodgson, Mills & Reeves’ Food & Agriculture Business Sector. Practising in Norwich for over 30 years, day-to-day Craig is a Corporate Finance Lawyer. Tune in to find out the opinions of a professional and seek advice regarding banking & sectors from a very insightful episode. In the farmchat, Andrew believes the agricultural sector is lacking in experts; is it strong enough politically? Craig...
Apr 10, 2023•44 min
In the market report for the week commencing 3rd April 2023, Andrew is back! Tune in to discover the latest updates from the industry this week. If you haven’t downloaded the Dewing Grain App, then why not? It's free! In the farmchat, the team are discussing all things surrounding The Red Tractor, and whether the association is choosing to help or hinder farmers. Sharing their thoughts on this as well as all things farmer-related this week with George Renner, “The Fascinating Farmer” who never s...
Apr 03, 2023•33 min
In the market report for the week commencing 27th March, Ian explains the bleak week we have seen for old crop, but for malting barley, the weather has been “perfect” here in East Anglia. In the Farmchat, the team are joined by Julian Barnwell, this week discussing the future of The Gloucester and his plans to work with The Gloucester 1682 Trust. He explains how the Barnwell brothers have at least 5 to 10 years of exciting work ahead of them all thanks to their magnificent discovery. The Barnwel...
Mar 27, 2023•31 min
In the market report for the week commencing 20th March, Ben discusses major news that was kicking about last week, palm oil becoming tariff-free in the next few years, and inflation. In the Farmchat, since Andrew is away on his holidays, tune in for this week’s takeover. Join Josh with special guest, Julian Barwell, for an interesting discussion about discovering this fantastic moment in history. Barnwell informs us about everything from how many people were on the ship to how they tried to sav...
Mar 20, 2023•33 min
Tune in to episode 226 to see how recording this week’s episode is thirsty work (…for some!) & why the dramatic price drops are going to Andrew’s head! The Dewing Grain Walk on Friday still went ahead even in the torrential weather conditions with 15mph winds, lots of rain and sleet – Webby was hoping it would have been cancelled but tune in to find out how Andrew lifted his spirits. Discussing the surprising weather conditions and how their predictions may not have been accurate, but it is ...
Mar 13, 2023•45 min
This week we are back with an in-depth podcast episode, we start off as always with Andrew’s market report for the week commencing 5th February 2023. Tune in to find out what the 'What3Words' meeting point is for the next Dewing Grain Walk which is taking place on Friday 10th March at 11am. In the Farmchat, the guys get to the bottom of whose tomatoes Webby has been eating and discuss how difficult they are to get hold of due to their current high price commodity. The team are stuffed from the d...
Mar 06, 2023•43 min
It’s a bitesize episode, which kicks off with the market report for the week commencing 27th February 2023. Andrew discusses how soya beans have reached the top of their range whilst rape seed is going in the opposite direction. He also shares insight into values from April to July and mentions why we should expect farmers to be busy in March and April. In the Farmchat, Andrew delves into this week’s industry updates considering everything currently happening in politics, Ukraine’s one-year anni...
Feb 27, 2023•12 min
As always, the Dewing Grain podcast is welcomed by Andrew’s detailed Market Report discussing the drought and what the agricultural sector should look out for in the week commencing 20th February 2023. Andrew highlights the success of the Dewing Grain Walk, announcing the next walk to take place on Friday 10th March…Make sure to download the ‘WhatThreeWords’ app, and join the team on their fun-filled ventures! You are all in for a right treat in this week’s Farmchat with an insight into how the ...
Feb 20, 2023•41 min
