Season 3

How would Aidan, Aileen and Aimee - the clue lies in the first two letters of each name – describe the attractions of land-based engineering? I have produced this episode using ChatGPT, posing questions, refining the text res...

This week, I’m proud to be publishing the 100th episode of Inside Agri-turf podcast, talking to my special guest Keith Christian, the recently retired Director of BAGMA about his remarkable career which including heading both...

The Agri-Turf machinery industry has long wrestled with finding a readily understood definition of what it is and what it does - and what three words best sum up its attraction? Officially categorised as Land-based Engineerin...

From an apprentice himself, Ken Smyth is to today general service manager at leading dealership Ernest Doe Ltd, overseeing the service departments and transport fleet at Doe's 19 branches with 180 technicians and over 160 veh...

Is there enough collaboration and discussion between suppliers and their dealers about business management and maximising sales and service opportunities? They are, or should be, business partners with common aims, but the re...

Young agri-tech entrepreneur, Will Dunn, talks about his new innovative app, Ag-drive, which was born out of practical farming experience – and resulted in him winning the top innovation award at the recent LAMMA show. Ag-dri...

Campbell Scott spent over 30 years with Massey Ferguson and was Director Marketing Services AGCO EAME Region Massey Ferguson brand when he left in 2018. Last year, he founded Atomic Tractors , a company focussed on developing...

IN his early days, John Ledwidge loved football, and in particular Coventry City FC, but didn't know what a groundsman was - or did. Today John is Head of Sports Turf and Grounds at Premier side Leicester City with a role tha...

The second of our Agri-Turf Talks panel episode of 2023 focusses on mental health and well-being challenges facing the agricultural and turfcare industries. Our panel is: ALEX PHILLIMORE Head of Communications and Developmen...

This is the latest in the series of Agri-Turf Talks panel discussions first launched in 2020 which has previously featured topics such as The Future of the Dealership, Agricultural Engineering and the Environment, Challenges ...

A special episode for me as I celebrate 60 years as a member of the MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club), the most famous active cricket in the world and guardian of the laws of the game. To mark this milestone I’m joined by Karl Mc...

Succession planning for small family businesses can never start early enough says Heather Wildman . With over 26 years' experience of working with both farmers and industry, Heather, who runs Saviour Associates, has faced man...

In 2018, Anna Jones set up a group called Just Farmers to establish a network of farmers who could respond to enquiries from the media in an honest, straightforward and no-nonsense way – eliminating jargon that might be unfam...

For this first episode of the 2023 season, we head down-under to New Zealand where I catch with St John Craner, an Essex boy, who now runs a successful sales training company for agribusiness clients across New Zealand, Austr...

The 2023 season of Inside Agri-Turf kicks off shortly with a fascinating episode about the psychology of selling to farmers with St John Craner, founder of Agrarian NZ and host of the Rural Sales Show podcast in New Zealand B...

REVIEWING the past 12 months are David Withers , President of AEA ( Agricultural Engineers Association ) representing manufacturers and suppliers and Peter Arrand , President of BAGMA ( British Agricultural and Garden Machine...

The launch of a new show, Groundsfest, to be held at Stonleigh Park in September 2023 has once again opened up the debate about amount of turf management shows in the UK. As things stand there will be four shows (at least) in...

We talk about agriculture, we talk about horticulture – and now we should increasingly talk about viticulture as vineyards spring up across the British landscape, and the quality of home-produced wines not only improves year-...

In this episode Chris talks to John Ryan , the co-founder and driving force behind two highly active Facebook groups, Lawn Care Legends and its spin-off the Dealer Network. Whilst independent turf contractors and the dealers ...

A mixed content episode this week during which I share a few stats on the performance of Inside Agri-Turf podcast just after its second birthday. I also preview forthcoming episodes including a conversation with John Rya n, t...

In Part One of my conversation with Harry Handkammer we learned about the circumstances that led up to the creation of the Countax brand, (now owned by Ariens ) and a successful launch to dealers in 1990. In Part Two, Harry t...

This is the 80th episode of Inside Agri-Turf published on 27 October 2022, the 80th birthday of podcast host and producer Chris Biddle . Birth of a Brand features Harry Handkammer , whose company manufactured attachments excl...

Recorded on World Mental Health Day , , Geoff Webb , CEO of the Grounds Management Association (GMA) opens up about the mental health challenges he faced during the past two years. Like many businesses and organisations, the ...

In the second part of this look at the evolution of agri-turf machinery and equipment during the 70 years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II (1952 to 2022), I consider the technological advancements in lawnmowers and grass cu...