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Spraying Alive is a podcast that opens a window into the lives of Bateman operators. How did they find their way into farming? What’s the story behind the business? Best of times, worst of times? And if they had a day to change one thing in farming, what would it be?
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Ep8 In The Cab With Tim Cotterill (opens the original)
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Tim Cotterill is a very busy man. So much so that rather than the cab of his Bateman we almost required a Flux Capacitor to catch up with him. Alongside his day job as product specialist for a well-known machinery manufacturer, Tim is responsible for spraying duties on his family’s North Warwickshire arable farm. The business predominantly grow potatoes plus winter feed wheat, oilseed rape and peas on rotation. Balancing full-time employment with spraying duties provides its own set of challenge
Ep7 In The Cab With Joe Skipper (opens the original)
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In this episode of Spraying Alive we join Joe Skipper of W J Skipper. In addition to working in the haulage side of the business, Joe is lead sprayer operator for the family’s farm in Staffordshire. You might say that Joe was destined to work in the family business. After setting up the haulage enterprise, it was Joe’s grandfather who decided farming would be a good idea. Back then it was cattle, nowadays the farm is focussed solely on arable. Joe would say his greatest challenge is keeping on t
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