Lantra Scotland appoint two senior figures
Lantra, the sector skills council for land-based, aquaculture and environmental industries, has announced the appointment of two senior figures to run the organisation in Scotland from its headquarters in Perth. The new National Chair will be Henry Graham, a Midlothian farmer and experienced figure from the world of rural banking and agriculture, while the new […]
Animal Disease Surveillance Board gets Chair
The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) has announced the appointment of Professor Dirk Pfeiffer as chair of the new Animal Disease Surveillance Governance Board. Dirk Pfeiffer is a Professor of Veterinary Epidemiology and Head of the Veterinary Epidemiology, Economic and Public Health group in the Department of Production and Population Medicine at the Royal […]
Lord Colgrain elected as new KCAS President
Lord Colgrain succeeds Lady Astor of Hever who has been President of the Kent County Agricultural Society since her election in 2011, following her husband Johnny when he stepped down to take on governmental duties in the House of Lords. During her time as President she has supported the Society at the Kent County Show […]
New Marketing Manager for Kubota UK
Kubota UK, the market leading machinery supplier, is pleased to announce the appointment of Karen Tipping as its new marketing manager. In her role, Karen will be responsible for developing and implementing the marketing strategies that will deliver continued and long term growth for all of Kubota’s key product sectors – Construction Equipment, Engines and […]
Pembrokeshire farmer heads up FUW arable, horticulture and cropping committee
Pembrokeshire farmer John Savins has been elected as the new chairman of the Farmers’ Union of Wales arable, horticulture and cropping committee at a recent meeting held in Aberystwyth. John, 48, who is also the union’s Pembrokeshire county president, runs a herd of 200 store cattle on his 530-acre farm at Boncath, Pembrokeshire, and farms […]
New SAC Consulting Managing Director appointed
The Board of SAC Consulting (part of Scotland’s Rural College) is pleased to confirm the appointment of Mike Wijnberg as the business’ new Managing Director. Mike joins SAC Consulting from his current East Anglian-based, senior management role with the UK’s largest pig production and processing business, Tulip Ltd. He will take up his new post […]
Kubota strengthens engines division with senior appointment
Kubota, a total solutions provider in the manufacture of world class oil and water cooled diesel and duel fuel engines, has strengthened its team by announcing the appointment of Dean Lakey as a new account manager. Dean has over 25 years experience in the engineering and manufacturing sector, the last 16 of which in the […]
Yorkshire farm machinery business Manterra grows leading to recruitment
Sancton based Manterra Ltd. has recruited Bishop Burton graduate, Hannah Bottomley to the new position of Office Manager. 21 year old Hannah, from Seaton, near Hornsea is involved with all elements of Manterra’s sales, marketing and administration functions. Manterra founder, farmer and agronomist Andrew Manfield said: “Since Manterra was appointed the sole UK distributor for […]
Intracrop appoints new International Business Manager
Intracrop, the leading experts in adjuvants and plant nutrition has announced the appointment of Iwan Jenkins as International Business Manager. Iwan will work as a key member of the team, to grow the already established UK and EU markets by developing new partnerships with a number of agricultural companies and further building relationships with existing […]
