Welcome to Inside Agri-Turf, featuring those lovely folk who are engaged at the heart of the farm and grass machinery industry known collectively as Landbased Engineering.
The podcast was launched in 2020 by Chris Biddle who has a lifetime of experience working in, and writing about this, fascinating and varied industry which ranges from hi-tech tractors and machinery for food production, the upkeep of sports stadiums and golf courses, lawns and gardens, forests and open spaces.
To date, the podcast has published over 125 episodes, and is listened to in more than 30 countries.
ABOUT CHRIS
Chris worked initially for a major tractor manufacturer as a demonstrator both in the UK and overseas, before joining a family-owned dealership where he managed four branches. After a buy-out of the company, he decided to fulfill a lifetime wish to get into journalism and in 1988 launched a series of trade magazines including Service Dealer which he sold in 2015.
He was editor of Landwards, the professional journal of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers (IAgrE) for 12 years, and is a Fellow of IAgrE
Chris is married to Trish and they have three children and four grandchildren. A keen cricketer in his early days, he is a Life Member of the MCC and played for the club in his early days and now tries to spend as much time as possible watching games at Lords', the Home of Cricket