Flank Farm

Wishing you a very Happy New Year from us all at the farm. Here are some of the things we discussed on this weeks podcast: 02:20 What did mum have for Christmas dinner 02:50 New Farm outfit 04:30 Still no sponsor messages for our podcast 07:45 Christmas can be stressful for farmers 08:50 Homemade Christmas puddings 12:40 Our last LIVE broadcast 14:40 Cows had their Iodine bolus 17:50 Winter is tough on a livestock farm 18:30 The cows are coughing 19:20 Why do some cows have horns? 20:30 Are the sheep all okay? 22:10 A new Dutch barn on the farm 25:49 Good morning Tommy 28:50 Any show ideas / suggestions To join us for our next live broadcast please subscribe to our emails via https://flankfarm.com - I really look forward to hanging out in 2022.

How are all the animals? What is #FARM24? What do you think of Clarkson's Farm? We answered= those questions + lots of others thrown at us during our first ever livestream. Like always we were down in the barn, to say a big excitable "Good Morning from the Farm". Subscribe over at flankfarm.com and I'll let you know the next time we go live.

I kept mum occupied for more than 10 minutes... I've never known anyone look more uncomfortable when seated. This morning we spoke about the Spring video – Peppa the pig – and the new calves... We also excitedly answered questions from you. Chapters: 00:00 Good Morning 01:25 Spring video 03:30 Farms fixing and reusing 05:15 Pig update 08:00 Bottle lambs 12:30 Grass growing again 15:00 Mum's not an arable farmer 16:55 Beautiful cows 20:00 Questions from you 20:30 Advice for a young shepherd 22:20 What breeds of sheep and tups are we keeping 24:40 Lleyn sheep breed 26:20 Is your mum always as relaxed? 29:18 How are the geese? 31:55 How often do you question it all? 34:00 How has Brexit changed farm life? 36:15 How long has the farm been in the family history? Join us on the farm at – https://www.flankfarm.com/

This morning we discuss how lambing is going for mum, the progress Ru has made with selling farm produce direct and what's just around the corner in Spring. Chapters: 00:00 Let's talk farming 02:24 Lambing has mellowed mum out 03:40 How's lambing going? 04:10 First Ewe cesarean in 10 years 05:40 Another Ewe cesarean 07:00 How much is a cesarean on a sheep? 08:40 Spring special coming soon! 09:15 We got a farmstream camera! 11:30 Ru's master plan 12:00 Ru I need you to sell a cow! 13:50 Join us https://www.flankfarm.com/shop/ 18:50 Spring is here! 19:15 Blackthorn winter 20:40 Tommy Tamworth update 21:20 Jack the Oxford Sandy and Black

Join us on the farm https://www.flankfarm.com​ Chapters for this morning: 00:00​ Introduction 01:00​ Mum's been very busy 01:30​ Going to the market 02:20​ What's the lambing plan? 04:20​ Mum ready for lambing? 05:10​ Always a self doubt stage 06:15​ March many weathers 07:50​ Another tough week 11:00​ Tommy Tamworth update 12:20​ We welcome faming advice! 13:00​ Throw your coat over their head 13:30​ Mum's trousers 17:00​ Why lambing? 21:00​ Where are the goats?

For the fist time since starting, mum didn't want to chat this morning. Not for everyone, mum talks about one of her cows aborting twin calves... It's not been an easy week at the farm, but this is what these chats are all about. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:40 Twin Calves Dead 08:45 Careful with lambs and Pneumonia 12:00 Glad and Sorry 16:00 Sleep in the barn 17:20 Farming Dictionary 19:20 Sheep Scanning

Good morning from the Farm. Lambing has started, not how we might have hoped, but we're moving in the right direction.

It was a Good Morning, we talked about the new boar, the snow and hatched a plan for this years filming – would love to know what you're excited for us to show in 2021!

It was a Good Morning, we talked about Goats, Bird Flu and an old farming Gentleman called Gerald Dancer! What do you think… shall we get goats?

How did the scanning go? Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:40 The cows have a cough 03:10 Staying positive during lambing 04:45 Sheep Scanning Results 06:45 Sheep in the garden 07:30 Preparing sheep for lambing 07:45 Feeding sheep for lambing 09:00 Sheep are cheap(er) 09:50 Sheep more profitable than cows 11:45 Pig update 12:50 Admin to sell meat 13:50 Importance of the butcher 15:00 Jamie Oliver fan 16:20 When someone brings you a rabbit 19:30 Gestation of a pig 20:20 Lockdown Piglets 21:00 When does lambing start? 21:50 Close

Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:55 What's in the freezer at the moment 04:30 Chickens love Spice 06:00 Chickens smarter than you think! 06:40 Sheep scanning coming up? 08:40 Itchy livestock 09:15 How much is straw? 09:30 How long does straw last? 11:40 Can cows eat straw? 12:30 Fresh straw for calving 14:00 Learning how much farming costs 15:40 Closing message 16:30 Tommy Tamworth

What's your New Years resolution then? Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:45 Rufus the townie 01:45 Positive news 02:30 Christmas 04:45 Reaction to Xmas special 05:55 Pig clothes 06:30 Ear tag technique 07:30 Happy New Year 08:30 COVID affected farming 09:00 New years resolutions 13:00 Meat as a luxury 15:30 Butchers 17:15 How are the animals? 18:15 Hobbley sheep 19:30 Broadway sheep 21:20 Chicken monologue 22:30 Joe Stanley's Longhorns 23:30 Tommy's new mates

Good morning (and Merry Christmas) from the farm! Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:30 Take 2 04:10 Christmas prep 06:00 Shin of beef 6:45 Selling our own beef 09:30 Cooking your turkey 11:20 What's a good farmer to mum? 15:00 Promoting Denne Engineering Co 15:30 How to start in farming

Chapters: 00:00 – Introduction 00:37 – Opinions on Bolus video 01:55 – Why does livestock need a bolus? 03:30 – Cattle get used to the crush 05:55 – Lambing percentages not great 07:05 – Cow Scratching 07:15 – Why do farmers get subsidies? 09:40 – Single farm payments 11:10 – Farming environmental grants 12:15 – Subsidies to farmers NOT land owners? 14:20 – Are subsidies a good thing? 15:55 – Why we worry about mum 16:55 – How many cows does mum have? 18:35 – What if we closed down the farm? 20:10 – Shall we do a farm tour? 21:10 – Mum loves Dexter cattle 23:00 – Dexters are little sods 24:30 – Mum goes shopping

When on earth was farming in the UK profitable? Chapters: 00:00 – Introduction 00:55 – Cold weather and fingerless gloves 01:40 – Foxes like the fog 02:30 – Foxes hate Alpacas 03:30 – Alpacas and TB 06:45 – When was farming profitable? 10:10 – Dairy farmers paid to leave 16:00 – Affording large farm machinery 21:15 – Famous mincemeat recipe

In this episode we dive into some unfamiliar lingo (Hoggets) and go through what on earth made mum get into the farming business in the first place.

The ducks got eaten by the fox... Sorry just needed to get that out there. This week we talk all about markets, selling meat locally and the ducks getting eaten by the fox. Let us know what you think.

This is the very first in a new series of conversations between 2 generations. Farmer (mum) and digital marketer (son). Find out what to do when you find eggs hidden in random places, what's happened to the live markets, and how people used to eat meat compared to now.