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Ben Burrows

Crop Management Partners

Focusing on providing many incremental improvements with a proactive approach, Ben takes a holistic approach with the farms he works with, while also looking to the future to give customers the best possible advice. 

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David Bell

JC Bell

Integrated pest management is at the heart of everything David Bell does across his varied rotation, with cover crops and green manures worked into the system alongside careful variety choice leading to YEN-recognised yields.

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Martin Hays

Martin Hays Contracting

Offering a full range of operations to over 100 customers of varying sizes, Martin Hays has focused on careful investment in technology to provide the very best service, regardless of scale. 

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Richard Cross

Oxton Estate

Overseeing a varied set of businesses as part of the Oxton Estate, Richard has worked closely with the trustees and the staff to streamline operations, leading to improved profitability across all the commercial interests. 

Oli Pascall

Clock House Farm

Producing a substantial amount of the UK’s strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, Clock House Farm supplies major supermarkets and local farm shops and has invested heavily in propagation while paying close attention to water and energy management. 

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Andrew & Kirstie Baird

JP Baird

Carefully monitoring inputs and yield, the family run Auchnotroch Farm runs an autumn calved herd of Norwegian Red/Black & White crosses, with high dry matter levels, and excellent litres per hectare brought about by an attention to detail. 

R and L Anthony

Built from a 45 hectare tenant farm, R and L Anthony Ltd is now a substantial arable business, growing wheat, oilseed rape, maize and barley, as well as grassland for 800 ewes. Richard and Lyn have strived to meet environmental targets, while also ensuring that yields remain high, with no-till practises, companion cropping and investment in technology.  

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Richard & Lyn Anthony

R and L Anthony

Tackling pest issues with companion cropping, as well as organic manures and a long rotation with the right varieties, R and L Anthony has been able to maintain impressive OSR yields. 

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David Armstrong

David Armstrong Farms

David uses cover crops ahead of potato crops to minimise erosion and was an early adopter of drop irrigation which improves travelling conditions. Careful investment of new technologies, alongside close inspection of potential potato fields has ensured impressive results. 

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David Wroth

Bell Farm Docking

Widening the rotation with peas, David Wroth has shown excellent crop husbandry, increasing yields by around 15% and taking an active role in trialling new treatments, while also paying attention to varieties to maximise the return. 

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Peter Mee

Mee Farmers

A varied agricultural and horticultural family business, Mee Farmers has funnelled investment into renewable energy, as well as utilising organic manures and regenerative farming practises and taking an active role in educating the next generation. 

Jason Smith

Home Farm Nacton

Soil health is the starting point for Home Farm Nacton, which produces a range of organic and conventionally grown vegetables. The business has also invested heavily in robotics and water management to improve yields in the face of labour shortages and a changing climate. 

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Todd Jex

Agrii

As part of Agrii, Todd is responsible for nearly 10,000 hectares, looking at methodologies to de-risk farming through integrated crop management while also actively contributing to the development of new technologies and chemical solutions. 

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Hayley Graham

David Armstrong Farms

Joining David Armstrong Farms in 2018 with no prior experience, Hayley’s enthusiasm for agriculture has seen her pass various qualifications and work her way up through the business, as well as establish her own sheep enterprise.