Stock Talk – Herd Monitoring with Jilly Duncan Grant
Posted: Friday, 26 September 2025
Welcome to Stock Talk hosted by Kirsten Williams. On today’s episode Kirsten is joined by Jilly Duncan Grant, Founder & CEO of Herd Advance Ltd. Jilly has a real love for agriculture and her varied career led to a focus on data driven decision making and developing Herd Advance with her husband to improve herd performance, profitability and wellbeing.
Episode Timestamps
00.42 Introducing Jilly Duncan Grant – a Jill of all trades!
09.18 What is Herd Advance?
23.49 The family farm – managing ‘boom and bust’ fluctuation in the marketplace
27.55 QMS board member role
31.03 What motivates Jilly to keep pushing forward
FAS Resources
Data Driven Decision Making for Finishing Cattle | Helping farmers in Scotland
Data Driven Decision Making for Suckler Herds | Helping farmers in Scotland
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Other Resources
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