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FED by Farmers Podcast

This is our new weekly podcast with hosts Cammy Wilson and Iona Murray. We’ll talk farming and life and we’ll bring some guests on the journey with us too. Click subscribe to never miss an episode. www.fedbyfarmers.co.uk
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Episodes

John Andrew - South Ayrshire Monitor Farm

In episode 24 John Andrew shares his stories from a lifetime of farming, and setting up a Monitor Farm in South Ayrshire. We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Iona Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & Animax │ Tracesure Watch more of Cammy at @TheSheepGame 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...

Apr 23, 20241 hr 27 minEp. 39

23.5 Cammy and Iona - Friday Feeling

Just a wee catchup mid-lambing to keep us all going! We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Iona Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & Animax │ Tracesure 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

Apr 19, 202431 minEp. 38

23 Daniel Wheeler - New Zealand Vs Scotland Scanning

Daniel Wheeler joins us to talk about Scanning, travelling and getting held up at gunpoint! We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Iona Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & Animax │ Tracesure Watch more of Cammy at @TheSheepGame Visit our website to see our range of custom made clothing www.fedbyfarmers.co.uk

Apr 16, 20241 hr 10 minEp. 37

22 Kate Rowell from Quality Meat Scotland

Cammy grills Kate on the price of lamb meat... standing up for the farmer against QMS! This was such an fun and informative chat with Kate. covering livestock trade, raining as a vet, changing things up to her family farm, mental health during lambing season and getting Scots to eat more meat! We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Iona Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & Animax │ Tracesure Watch more of Cammy at @TheSheepGame You Can Support the show here: Buy us a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee...

Apr 09, 20241 hr 29 minEp. 35

21.5 Q&A with Cammy, Iona & Lizzy!

Cammy takes a back seat... or at least tries to! We answer your questions on farming, family life and Cammy's YouTube income! Send us a question at podcast@fedbyfarmers.co.uk We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Iona Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & Animax │ Tracesure Watch more of Cammy at @TheSheepGame 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...

Apr 05, 202440 minEp. 34

21 Sandi & Mark Brock from Sheepishly Me

Sandi and Mark Join us to chat about heir farming journey, their YouTube Journey, their daughter's cancer Journey and we have a wee exchange of national drinks! We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Iona Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & Animax │ Tracesure Watch more of Cammy at @TheSheepGame 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...

Apr 02, 20241 hr 26 minEp. 33

20 Rob Atkinson - Finishing Lambs and finding farmland on Twitter!

Rob joins us to talk about finishing 60,000 lambs per year! And working with his family across dairy, pigs and arable. We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Iona Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & Animax │ Tracesure Watch more of Cammy at @TheSheepGame 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...

Mar 26, 20241 hr 19 minEp. 32

19 Ben Best - Running Dalscone Farm Park and Looking after Fiona

Ben joins us to chat about running Dalscone Farm, what parts of the business are booming, and what parts are being left behind, and he's updating us on the world's loneliest sheep, Fiona. We tried something a bit different with the sound this episode - but we're still finding our feet. Sorry if you can hear a buzzing when the volume is high - we want to get it sounding perfect and LOUD for everyone listening on the go. We hope you enjoy, Cammy & Iona Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & A...

Mar 19, 20241 hr 22 minEp. 31

18 Robert Ramsay - Farming in Irvine Valley, Advising at SAC & Netflix's Outlaw King

Robert Ramsay joins us to talk all about his farm at Newlands, his work at the SAC and a close call with Netflix's Robert the Bruce biopic, Outlaw King. We hope you enjoy! Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & Animax │ Tracesure Watch more of Cammy at @TheSheepGame 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...

Mar 12, 20241 hr 30 minEp. 30

17.5 Q&A with Cammy, Iona & Lizzy!

We answer your questions about women in farming and getting into farming with a guest appearance from Lizzy! We hope you enjoy! Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & Animax │ Tracesure 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

Mar 08, 202433 minEp. 29

17 Emma Orr - Family Farming, Breaking into Pro Rugby and Renaming the Scottish Women's Rugby Team!

Scotland's Women's national Rugby Player Emma Orr joins us in the studio to chat about Rugby, growing up in a farming family, and what we should nickname the Scotland Women's team... Suggestions to our emails! We hope you enjoy! Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & Animax │ Tracesure You Can Support the show here: Buy us a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fedbyfarmers V isit our website to see our range of custom made clothing www.fedbyfarmers.co.uk...

Mar 05, 20241 hr 7 minEp. 28

16.5 Cammy and Iona (and Jock!) answer your questions

Cammy and Iona tackle questions on tail docking, supporting local farmers and... sneezing. We hope you enjoy! Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & Animax │ Tracesure 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

Mar 01, 202426 minEp. 27

16 Brendan Muldowney - From Banking to Farming and starting Farming Partners

Cammy and Iona catch up with Brendan Muldowney from Farming Partners, an organisation creating big opportunities for passionate land owners and keen farmers. Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & Animax │ Tracesure 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 Check out farming Partners at: https://farmingpartners.co.uk...

Feb 27, 20241 hr 4 minEp. 26

15.5 Q&A with Farm Vet Kaz

Cammy and Kaz answer your questions about farm vets, small animal vets what to do about animal illnesses. We hope you enjoy. Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & Animax │ Tracesure 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

Feb 23, 202446 minEp. 25

15 Margo McGill - Agricultural Law, Dairy Farming and Why You NEED a Will

Margo McGill, partner at Lockharts Law and head of Lockhart Law's agriculture and estates team joins us to share some advice on agricultural Law. Find out who inherits your farm, your land or even your sheep! Margo's family are dairy farmers, and her boys are learning the tricks of the trade. We hope you enjoy! Thanks to our Sponsors Crystalyx Animax Tracesure You Can Support the show here: Buy us a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fedbyfarmers Visit our website to see our range of custom m...

Feb 20, 20241 hr 9 minEp. 24

14.5 Cammy & Iona at the National Farmers Union Scotland Conference

Cammy and Iona's recap of the the National Farmers Union Scotland Conference 2024 including interviews with President of NFUS Martin Kennedy and Regional NFU Manager Christine Cuthbertson and an excerpt from the speech given by Scotland's First Minister, Humza Yousaf. We hope you enjoy. Thanks to our Sponsors Crystalyx Animax Tracesure 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.fedbyf...

Feb 16, 202428 minEp. 23

14 Raymond Kennedy - Life of a livestock auctioneer, Iconic sales and going viral on the bagpipes

This week Iona and Cammy are joined by Raymond Kennedy of United Auctions who talks us through his journey to become a livestock auctioneer. From a young age Raymond always wanted to be one thing, a livestock auctioneer. His passion for the job is clear to see and he gave us lots of great stories and anecdotes from his time in the industry. We hope you enjoy. Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx Animax Tracesure You Can Support the show here: Buy us a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fedbyfarm...

Feb 13, 20241 hr 18 minEp. 22

13.5 Getting Into Scanning, Starting Fed By Farmers & How Cammy Keeps His Cool

We're back on the Q&A talking about how Cammy got into scanning and why it's hard to get into, why Cammy started Fed by Farmers and the importance of keeping your cool... especially during a dog attack. We hope you enjoy! Thanks to our Sponsors: Crystalyx & Animax Buy us a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fedbyfarmers Visit our website to see our range of custom made clothing - https://www.fedbyfarmers.co.uk...

Feb 09, 202443 minEp. 21

13 Beachy and Hetty -This Farming Life, being famous, and what people get up to in the hot tubs.

Thanks to our Sponsors Crystalyx Animax Join Iona and Cammy as they speak with Beachy and Hetty, Ayrshire farmers and stars of This Farming Life. Beachy and Hetty share stories from behind the scenes from the show and of the adventure of running hot tub lodges... including the embarrassing things they've found in the tubs! We hope you enjoy. 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....

Feb 06, 20241 hr 8 minEp. 20

12 Graeme Parker (The Hoof GP) - Being Shot at, becoming the Hoof GP and how much does he make from YouTube?

Thanks to our Sponsors Crystalyx Animax Join Iona and Cammy as they speak with the one and only Graeme Parker - The Hoof GP Graeme has lived an incredible life for someone so young. From an idilic farm upbringing which was tragically ended with the death of his father, to working as a butcher, bar manager, freeze brander and finally his current role as a Hoof Trimmer. Graeme has had the most incredible life and he shares all the details with us here on Fed By Farmers. We hope you enjoy. You Can ...

Jan 29, 20241 hr 37 minEp. 19

11.5 Cammy & Iona - Thailand, Taking Offence and Stories from the Force

Iona is back from her holiday and we hear a bit about her experience in Thailand. We also discuss Robert Burns, Being offended and that time Cammy almost got stabbed by a girl! We hope you enjoy. Buy us a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fedbyfar... Visit our website to see our range of custom made clothing - https://www.fedbyfarmers.co.uk

Jan 25, 202447 minEp. 18

11 Heather Wildman - Succession Planning, Family Disputes and Fake it 'till you make it.

Join Iona and Cammy as they speak with Advisor of the year, Heather Wildman. Heather wears many hats but her main role is to help farm businesses and families to plan for succession. In this podcast we discuss her role, some stories of family dispute and many other interesting topics. We hope you enjoy. 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...

Jan 22, 20241 hr 18 minEp. 17

10 Charlotte Ashley - Getting sacked, Buying a herd of Jersey Cattle + do we have ADHD?

Join Iona and Cammy as they speak with Charlotte Ashley from Appleby. Charlotte is a rising star in the Farming social media world and she can be found on all platforms under @charlotteashleyfarm In this podcast she talks us through her and her husband Roy's plans to put on a dairy and milk 120 Jersey cows on 2 lely robots. She talks about her early life and career and how she ended up in farming and we also discuss if Charlotte and Cammy might have adhd? We hope you enjoy. You Can Support the s...

Jan 15, 20241 hr 7 minEp. 16

9 Hamish Mitchell - Becoming a shearing champion, mind games and a lucky kick from a horse!

Join Iona and Cammy as they speak with the legendary Scottish Shearer Hamish Mitchell. Hamish is a multiple time Scottish Champion, former world team shearing champion and an individual world finalist on multiple occasions. Hamish talks about his time shearing in New Zealand, wanting to beat the big guns like David Fagan and Tom Wilson, and how he wasn't sure he'd ever shear again after almost dying on the operating table. If you would like to support the podcast please checkout the links below ...

Jan 07, 20241 hr 33 minEp. 15

8.5 How a sheep saved the world, hardest place to farm in the UK and a rant about guardian dogs.

Join Iona and Cammy as they answer some of your questions and just generally talk nonsense. This week we discuss what we'd have on our headstone, best / worst Christmas present, how blackies saved the world and the toughest place in the uk to farm. If you would like to support the podcast please checkout the links below Buy us a coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fedbyfarmers Visit our website to see our range of custom made clothing - www.fedbyfarmers.co.uk...

Jan 03, 202437 minEp. 14

8 John Murray (Crossflatt) - Life of a hill farmer, having a disaster in the sale ring and knowing when to retire

Join Iona and Cammy as they sit down with John Murray of Crossflat Farm, Muirkirk. John is Iona's long suffering father and is hugely respected within the blackface sheep breed and the wider farming community. In this podcast we discuss his life as a hill farmer, his first big break selling rams, the wonders of the Blackface ewe and deciding when to retire. Thanks to our sponsor for this episode - Kids Too, Cumnock Visit their website - www.kidstoo.co.uk Support the Podcast here - Buy us a coffe...

Dec 31, 20231 hr 9 minEp. 13

7. James Nisbet - Winning at the Highland, how a butcher makes money and a £5000 vet bill

Join Iona and Cammy as they chat with James Nisbet of orchardton Farm, Ochiltree. James will be well known to any Sheep Game viewers as he's appeared often and enjoys the banter. Today he discusses winning the commercial cattle class at the Royal Highland, Royal Welsh and Livescot. We also discuss how much a butcher makes from beef and lamb and chat subsidies. Please check out our clothing brand at www.fedbyfarmers.co.uk

Dec 25, 202350 minEp. 11
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