Best Richard Lovatt Podcasts (2025)

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Episode 13: Talking to Richard Stanbury about his farming business and the importance of finding your support network 1:18:34

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Richard Stanbury is a fourth generation beef and sheep farmer from near the edge of Exmoor in Devon. He has changed his system towards a high grass and forge system, with a focus on reducing inputs and maxmising profit. He has moved towards Easycare ewes. He is working with Nerys of the ParaSight project, so they talk about his plans to make sure h…

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Episode 12: Talking to Matt Harding about producing rams off forage and the importance of being nosy 54:03

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Matt Harding is a third generation ram breeder based in Warwickshire. He has changed from a higher input ram breeding approach to selling shearlings who have been raised on grass and forage. He breeds Suffolk rams, and also breeds rams for Innovis. Links mentioned: Link to Bentley Suffolks Link to Innovis Dr Liz Genever is a farmer, consultant and …

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Episode 11: Talking to Mark "Ferg" Ferguson about Optiewe and working with farmers 56:08

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Mark "Ferg" Ferguson is a consultant who works with sheep farmers and breeders in New Zealand and Australia. He is CEO of neXtgen Agri who runs consultants in most places with sheep in New Zealand and Australia. He was involved in the science behind Lifetime Wool, which was very influential in the development of Challenge Sheep - AHDB-funded projec…

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Episode 10: Talking to Ben Strugnell about healthy and not so healthy sheep, plus the need for applied research 1:24:08

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Ben Strugnell is a vet with an obsession of learning as much as possible from dead animals. He runs Farm Post Mortems up in County Durham and also presents at various events around the country. This is a legacy from an EBLEX/AHDB funded project work with him over ten years ago. We talk about his findings and how he works with farmers to try and pre…

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Episode 9: Talking to Kevin Harrison about getting ready for change, saxophones and sheep 1:03:37

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Kevin Harrison is a farm manager on a sheep and arable farm near Bath. He spends time representing the UK sheep industry through the positions of Policy and Technical Chairman for the National Sheep Association (NSA), and Chairman of SCOPS - Sustainable Control of Parasite in Sheep. He is also a member of the Register of Sheep Advisers, and has bee…

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Episode 8: Talking to Awal Fuselini about halal, education and meat consumption 50:27

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Dr Awal Fuselini is AHDB's Halal sector senior manager and also a 2025 Nuffield Scholar. He shares his knowledge about the Halal market in the UK and in other countries. We discuss stun and non-stun options for Halal slaughterings, and also the importance of people understanding more about the production systems. Maybe not one to listen to if you, …

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Episode 7: Talking to David and Cora Cooper about sheep and nature recovery 1:12:19

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David and Cora Cooper are sheep farmers from Ayrshire. They have made significant changes to their system over the last few years to reduce costs and inputs. They are using mob grazing to drive nature recovery on their farm. In this podcast we talk about the changes they had made, the focus on low input sheep and their passion for regenerating thei…

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Episode 6: Talking to Dave Cross about his farming system in Norfolk and a bit about chickens 53:32

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Dave Cross is a mixed farmer in Norfolk with sheep, beef, arable and layers. He farms within a family partnership. He has been very strategic with the use of sustainable farming incentive (SFI) to transform their arable fields into lanes of herbal leys. He has been an AHDB monitor farm for the last four years. In this podcast we talk about the chan…

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Episode 5: Talking to Dr Suzanne Rowe about breeding for reduced methane production 51:20

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Dr Suzanne Rowe is a geneticist at AgResearch in New Zealand, and is passionate about improving profitability and sustainability of global livestock systems using genomic technology. She presented at Sheep Breeders Round Table in November 2024 on breeding for methane reduction in sheep. In this podcast she talks about the work that is being done on…

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Episode 4: Talking to Dr Fiona Lovatt about protecting young lambs from watery mouth 51:47

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Dr Fiona Lovatt is a vet and consultant, and founder of Flock Health Limited. She has been heavily involved in reducing antibiotic use in the sheep sector. She is passionate about improving the relationship between farmers and their vets. In this podcast she talks about a project she did with NoBacz Navel - a non-antibiotic barrier. It was compared…

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Episode 3: Talking to Michael Blanche about lean management, sheep and lots of random things 1:19:18

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Michael Blanche is a sheep and cattle farmer from Perth in Scotland. He is also the genius behind the Pasture Pod podcast. We talk about how he is trying to build lean management techniques into his daily habits to target his weaker areas - organisation and order!! He is passionate about low input systems and he talks us through the areas he focuse…

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Episode 2: Talking to Katie Evans about sheep and other things from her trip to Oz 40:39

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Katie Evans is a sheep and beef farmer from Norfolk. She was sponsored to attended the Global Sheep Forum's Next Gen programme and has recently returned from a trip to Australia. We talked through the best bits of the trip and also a bit about her system at home. Bear with us, we are still warming up to this podcast life. Links: https://www.globals…

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The Sheep Geeks: Episode 1 - Launch 14:53

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Welcome to the launch of the Sheep Geeks podcast with Nerys Wright and Liz Genever. There are both independent sheep consultants, and work with sheep farmers in the UK. Nerys likes talking about parasites and body condition score, and Liz likes talking about grass and forage, and soil. This launch podcast introduces Liz and Nerys. In future episode…

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Episode 10 - Jake Wood CEO of SoWeFlow 53:34

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Another great listen for budding entrepreneurs. Jake's story is unique in the sense he went down the traditional route and raised capital, took out a business loan and started his yoga men's apparal business from the ground up!

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Episode 9 - Efe the count! - Dropshippng and funnel expert 35:35

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A 20 year old who has sold over $700,000 worth of products himself, using dropshippng and click funnels. Someone who has actually gone from nothing, to now living a life he used to dream of. Me and Efe discuss how this all came about for him, and how others can replicate what he's done. A great podcast for you to gain inspiration if you feel you're…

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Episode 8 - Jehan Ratntunga CEO of Who Gives a Crap 45:43

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What can I say!? A great insightful story from start to finish. Jehan breathes optimism and joy through his actions. Someone who has followed his heart from day 1, making YT videos in the early 2000s, to working at YT itself... And now running a company called "who gives a crap" manufacturing toilet paper and donating money profits to those in need…

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Episode 7 - Nikita Shiv CEO of The Mana Network 38:27

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Nikitha Shiv, a young and fast moving entrepreneur runs the Mana Network! It is a digital network where VCs, startups, agencies, influencers and experts help each other to create a sustainable ecosystem. Hear her story from start to finish and what she recommends if youre a young budding entrepreneur type, just coming through college!…

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Episode 6 - Ishaan Nair - Photographer to the stars 53:45

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From learning and studying in direction and cinematography in New York, Ishaan moved to India, Mumbai for a relationship. After this ended, Ishaan found himself somewhere where he says he didn't want to be, but took it upon himself to make ends meet and to make his future brighter. In this episode you hear just how he did that and ended up shooting…

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Episode 5 - Varun Mayya CEO Avalon Labs 47:30

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Varun Mayya, the 26 year old entrepreneur who raised VC at the age of 20. This podcast goes right back to the very start of his journey, exploring how he took things into his own hands and took the responsibility to teach himself photoshop and coding at a very early age. The episode then runs deep into his other business ventures from there on, inc…

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Episode 4 - Digital Pratik - Digital marketing 101 33:44

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The Indian version of Gary Vee himself. Mr Pratik, a 3 time college drop out, and now remarkably successful in the world of content and online marketing, explains his journey and life experience up until now. A must listen for people who need some inspiration if they are also thinking of taking a different route!…

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Episode 3 - Akshay Tyagi - Celebrity stylist 37:57

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Today on the podcast we have Mr Tyagi, a well known celebrity stylist (to the likes of Hrithik Roshan + Varun Dhawan) in the Bollywood industry. Akshay speaks to us about his journey and how it all came about. From moving from Canada to India, Akshay spent nearly 4 years finding his feet and figuring out "himself" introspectively before embarking o…

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Episode 2 - Life of Parn - feminism, depression, positivity 1:04:45

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What a story! A young woman who has been through it all (understatement) From finding out she had two tumours on her overies, to living and working in Australia, to leaving it all behind, to battling through huge depressive bouts, to the woman she is today.. Happy, full of life, pursuing goals with ferocity..This podcast is a must listen.P's - Hone…

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Episode 1 - Lloyd Stevens - Personal trainer to Ranveer Singh 49:29

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In this first episode we talk to Lloyd Stevens, a celebrity personal trainer, known for his amazing body transformations of Indian actors Ranveer Singh and Junior NTR, about his journey from growing up in Zimbabwe, to moving to the UK with only 50 pounds to his name, to somehow training one of the worlds biggest actors. An inspiring story from star…

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Rags To Richards (Trailer) 0:46

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