{"podcast":{"title":"The Poultry Network Podcast","slug":"the-poultry-network-podcast-7041539","podcast_index_feed_id":7041539,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-poultry-network/","website_url":"https://poultry.network/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ebcb88cb-db6d-43d7-83b5-35225f12e851/PodCoverlow.jpg","author":"Jake Davies","episode_count":56,"summary":"Welcome to The Poultry Network Podcast, hosted by Tom Woolman and Tom Willings — your insider guide to the UK’s poultry meat and egg production sectors. From farm to fork, we bring you expert insights, latest trends, and stories that shape the food on our plates.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T22:17:33.291543+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-poultry-network-podcast-7041539"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 48 | Ed Lanning and Callum James on the Future of UK Poultry: Data, Automation and Food Security","slug":"ep-48-ed-lanning-and-callum-james-on-the-future-of-uk-poultry-data-automation-and-food-security","published_at":"2026-07-02T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-poultry-network-podcast-7041539/ep-48-ed-lanning-and-callum-james-on-the-future-of-uk-poultry-data-automation-and-food-security","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-poultry-network-podcast-7041539","url":"https://poultry.network/ep-48-ed-lanning-and-callum-james-on-the-future-of-uk-poultry-data-automation-and-food-security","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/98434680-4754-49a8-a169-3a3139ab716b.mp3","summary":"In this special episode of the Poultry Network podcast , Tom Woolman and Tom Willings are joined by two younger voices from the UK poultry sector: Ed Lanning , representing the broiler industry, and Callum James , representing free-range egg production. The episode was inspired by a charity auction prize bought by Robert Lanning at the Southwest Chicken Association Christmas dinner, giving him the opportunity to help set the topic for the podcast. His chosen theme: where is the poultry industry heading, and what do the next generation of poultry producers think the future will look like? The discussion covers the major forces likely to shape broiler and egg production over the next decade, including automation, artificial intelligence, data use, labour availability, changing genetics, consumer education, food security, imports, climate change, renewable energy and farm resilience. Key themes from the episode 1. The future of labour and automation on poultry farms Ed and Callum both expect technology to reshape daily farm work, but not to remove the need for skilled stockpeople. They discuss the growing role of AI cameras, robotics and automated monitoring systems that can detect changes in bird behaviour, identify emerging welfare issues and provide real-time alerts before problems escalate. For laying farms, Callum highlights the potential for camera systems to spot early signs of floor eggs, smothering behaviour or other flock-management challenges. For broiler units, Ed sees major potential in real-time data from optical and infrared cameras, as well as future tools such as automated dead-bird detection and collection. The consensus is that the stockperson’s role will evolve from purely physical shed work towards a more data-led, technical and management-focused rol…","meta_description":"In this special episode of the Poultry Network podcast , Tom Woolman and Tom Willings are joined by two younger voices from the UK poultry sector: Ed Lann…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3030,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-poultry-network-podcast-7041539/episodes/ep-48-ed-lanning-and-callum-james-on-the-future-of-uk-poultry-data-automation-and-food-security/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-poultry-network-podcast-7041539/ep-48-ed-lanning-and-callum-james-on-the-future-of-uk-poultry-data-automation-and-food-security.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}