Best in Field is back for Season 3 with a new host and fresh conversations about the people and ideas shaping agriculture.

In this opening episode, Rupert welcomes Belinda Clarke, Director of Agri-TechE, to explore the innovations driving the sector forward. From AI and robotics to data integration and farmer collaboration, Belinda shares her perspective on what really matters in agri-tech, and what it takes to make innovation work on-farm.

She also dives into global lessons from the Netherlands to Singapore, the challenges of farmer adoption, and why the unglamorous work of data unification might just be the biggest game-changer of all.

Whether you’re a farmer, agronomist, or tech developer, this is the perfect place to start a new season of insights and inspiration.

Are you going to Cereals Event this year? Ever wondered what’s involved for the host Farm of Cereals? How does it affect his operation and rotations? We’ve sat down with Adrew Ward MBE to talk about Cereals 2025 being at his farm; Heath Farm, in Lincolnshire.

Covering everything from the Cereals Event to Baked Beans, Wardy’s Waffle, to his ongoing involvement in farmer protests up and down the country. We cover a lot of ground in this episode, not one to miss!

It’s time to discuss winter wheat! The UK’s most grown crop. Rob Wilkinson is Director of Farming at Strutt & Parker responsible for managing South EAU Farm Partnership who have won Best in Field for winter wheat 2024 – with a variable cost of production of just £54.16/t. If winter wheat is part of your rotation, this episode is essential listening, as it covers everything from input strategies to grain marketing and is full of technical and achievable ideas.

'The right data + The right time = The right decision” - in discussion with Fraser Bain of A.G. & K.J. Bain. This week, we’re in East Lothian with a fourth generation arable farmer discussing how shifting from manual record-keeping to in-season farm analytics has boosted decision-making on his farm. From varieties to gross margins, learn how Fraser dives into the details of his farm records and why he finds the insights he gains valuable for his operation.

Attention to detail and efficiency have never been more important, according to Murray Forsyth –  Managing Partner at Smiddyburn Farms in Aberdeenshire. Winning our award for Best Attention to Detail, Murray speaks with Gabby Hart at YAGRO about how he runs a meticulous operation, and why. From the small changes that drive big results, to a mindset of continuous improvement and the value of collaborative benchmarking.

It’s a trio discussion this week between farmers James & Lawrence Spink, joined by their agronomist, Ryan Baker of Frontier. E.W Spink won our Oilseed Rape Award for 2024 with a variable CoP/t of £112.76 and secured 4.6t yield in a high pressure Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle NVZ. This remarkable achievement is owed to many factors and superb attention to detail – listen to hear all about their methods, machinery and operation. They also won Fastest Harvest Turnaround for 2024 and explain why they value their Analytics Platform.

Simon Gent, Farm Manager at IX Ltd has won our spring barley award for their 2024 crop of malting Laureate for a variable Cost of Production at just £40.54/t – and have grown spring barley beneath market median for the last 8 years. Listen now to hear the techniques and technology which IX Ltd are using to keep their performance consistent, including software, hardware and inputs.

Welcome to a brand new Best in Field Award Series for Harvest Year 2024. We’re travelling from Dorset to Aberdeen handing out data-backed awards to our farming champions. Celebrating key metrics like lowest variable cost of production seen across the YAGRO platform. Our winter barley Winner is Dan Moore and the Team at Cranborne Farms in Hampshire – Who landed a variable Costs of Production of £65.35/t for their crop of Marris Otter. Luke visits to learn all about their operation and how they stay ahead of the game.