The 21St International Farm Management Congress “Future Farming Systems” 2Nd to 7Th July 2017

Patron HRH The Princess Royal The 21st International Farm Management Congress “Future Farming Systems” 2nd to 7th July 2017

1 2017 ifma congress committee IAgrM – Tim Brigstocke, Trevor Atkinson, Richard Cooksley SRUC – Dave Roberts, Cath Milne, Lorna Paton

E xecutive Members President: Trevor Atkinson (UK) Vice Presidents: Damona Doye (USA) & David Hughes (Argentina) Patrons: Malcolm Stansfield (UK) & Robert Napier (Australia) Past President: John Alliston (UK) Hon. Secretary / Treasurer: Tony King (UK)

O ther Members IJAM Journal Appointee: Eric Micheels (Canada)

C ouncil Members Africa, Southern: Frikkie Maré Africa, West & Central: Grace Evbuomwan Africa, East: Philip Nyangweso Australia: Don Cameron Canada & Social Media Lead: Heather Watson Poland (Central Europe): Edward Majewski New Zealand: Tricia Macfarlane Scandinavia: Brian Jacobsen The Netherlands (West/Mid Europe): Abele Kuipers USA: Jay Smith Scotland, UK, 21st Congress 2017: Tim Brigstocke Tasmania, Australia, 22nd Congress 2019: David Armstrong Secretary / Treasurer Elect: Richard Cooksley (UK)

registration organising committee & help desk

Tim Dave Richard Cath Lorna Trevor Victoria Sara Brigstocke Roberts Cooksley Milne Paton Atkinson Bywater Cooksley

2 I am delighted to have been asked to be your Patron for your 21st meeting of the International Farm Management Association (IFMA). There is no doubt that we live in interesting and challenging times for the farming sector; successful agriculture is key to global well-being and effective and sustainable farm management is the very “bedrock” to ensure that this happens. Thus the overall theme of this Congress on Future Farming Systems is highly appropriate and topical. The importance of young people to the industry cannot be overestimated and I am therefore pleased that the final day of this 21st Congress is looking specifically at this vital issue.

As far as the UK is concerned, the decision to leave the EU is very much at the forefront of our minds, but one of the great benefits of international conferences such as this one is that we can learn from each other to see how we can farm in different market conditions. Here again the importance of farm management is vital.

Your local organising committee are to be congratulated on arranging a very well balanced programme of activities with plenty of time for networking in both a working and social environment. I am disappointed that I cannot be with you, but I wish you all a successful and enjoyable Congress in this beautiful city.

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4 IFMA 21st CONGRESS PROGRAMME 3rd, 5th and 7th July 2017 John McIntyre Conference Centre, Edinburgh (JMCC)

John McIntyre Conference Centre JMCC restaurant

Pentland theatre Pollock Halls

SUNDAY 2nd july

13.00 - ■ registration open 21.00 John McIntyre Conference Centre (JMCC) 15.00 ■ informal walk – ‘Walk through Holyrood Park’ Approx. time 90 minutes. Meet in the JMCC Foyer. The walk will start from outside the main reception at Pollock Halls (St Leonards) and will go through part of Holyrood Park, along The Radical Road which goes along the base of Salisbury Crags. After leaving the park we will walk in front of Holyrood Palace and The Scottish Parliament. After going a short distance up the Canongate (Royal Mile) we will return to Pollock Halls through Holyrood Park. From the highest point there is a great view of Edinburgh from Pentland Hills in the south to Firth of Firth and Kingdom of Fife in the north. The Radical Road was constructed in the 1820s by unemployed weavers during an early job creation scheme. They were called radicals because of their strong political views.The walk is along a wide footpath which is steep in parts (still easily walkable) but is not paved so strong footwear is required. There is no need to book just come to departure point at 15:00.

18.00 ■ welcome event including BBQ style supper at the JMCC using the open air terrace, Concourse and Centro. (Prestonfield available if weather inclement)

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monday 3rd july

08.00 ■ partners tour The coaches for the Partners Tours will leave from Pollock Halls, check in with Registration at the JMCC for location.

Plenary session – Day 1 “World perspectives onF uture Farming Systems”

09.00 ■ Congress Opening and Welcome Trevor Atkinson President of the International Farm Management Association ■ “Introduction to United Kingdom and Scottish Farming” Tim Brigstocke Chairman of 21st IFMA Congress Organising Committee CEO of Tim Brigstocke Associates, a specialist livestock consultancy ■ “Globalisation effects on farming systems around the world” Beth Hart Head of Agriculture at Sainsbury’s ■ “Resilient farming systems: global challenges & potential contributions from agricultural science” Prof. Geoff Simm Head of the University of Edinburgh’s Global Academy of Agriculture & Food Security

10.30 TEAa & COFFEE BREAK

11.00 ■ “Farming in different countries” Nathan Dellicott Barfoots of Botley ■ “Integrated Farm Management – challenges across the world” Caroline Drummond LEAF (Linking Environment and Arable Farming) ■ “My view on future systems” A panel of four farmers from around the world chaired by Trevor Atkinson, President of IFMA. Followed by discussion. Canada – Hannah Konschuh Scotland – Neil Gourlay Africa – Wim Nell Tasmania – Robin Thompson

13.00 LUNCH

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14.00 Contributed Paper & Seminar/Workshop Parallel Sessions – see below for room name. sub theme Room M1 Farm business performance Prestonfield M2 Looking to the future Pentland West M3 Succession and change Pentland East M4 Systems and alternative enterprises Salisbury M5 Sustainable Intensification Holyrood

M1 Farm business performance Prestonfield 14.00 Standardizing Canadian farm financial statements: Collaboration between educators and practitioners (L Martin) 14.15 Profitability migration in Minnesota farms (C Mahnken & D Nordquist) 14.30 The South African Canegrowers Association Large Scale Grower Cost Survey: The dynamic use of data over time and changes for the future (R Nicholson & K Hurly) 14.45 The Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer: providing a contemporaneous measure of producer sentiment and economic health of the US production agriculture sector (J Mintert, M Langemeier & D Widmar) 15.00 Poster call out 1. The use of an applied student competition to enhance cereal crop management skills for the arable farmers and agronomists of the future (S Murray & A Hilton) 2. Development of a toolbox – an online library for smart tools and other resources available to the Ag sector (E Schröer-Merker) 3. Economic value of pasture production in SE Australian dairy systems (C Leddin, C Ho & B Malcolm) 4. Providing farmers with useful tools: Dairy Excel’s 15 Measures of Dairy Farm Competitiveness (D Shoemaker) 5. Financing rural America: challenges in access to capital (A Pint Durand & C Breza-Berndt) 15.15 - 15.45 Refreshments 15.45 Economic depreciation: evidence of change from high margin to low margin periods (B Ward) 16.00 Farmers’ occupational attitudes and financial situation in the Swiss mountain region (B Odermatt & M Lips) 16.15 Farmer productivity by age over eight US census years (L Tauer) 16.30 The effect of entrepreneurial orientation on crop portfolio choice: results from a student simulation (D Owusu-Kodua, B Brown & E Micheels) 16.45 Discussion

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M2 looking to the future Pentland West 14.00 Supporting future farming ystemss at sub-national level in the face of the 4th Industrial Revolution (D Troskie) 14.15 The role of policy in defining future farming systems: The role of U.S. Safety Net programs in incentivizing farm growth: A simulation approach (J Richardson & J Outlaw) 14.30 Environmental and social effects of livestock systems: poultry, beef and dairy (W Baltussen) 14.45 The development and future for landscape-scale collaborative environmental management in England (J Franks) 15.00 Poster call out 1. Law fails to keep up with technology - solutions to helping producers maintain farm data ownership (P Goeringer) 2. Mobile broadband coverage in the United States: Its implications for telematics and big data adoption (T Mark, T Griffin, G Kim & L Powers) 3. Pastoralist/Rancher conflict in Kenya (T Roberts) 4. Building a national farm management strategy for Canada (H Watson) 5. Minimum tillage in East Africa (T Roberts) 15.15 - 15.45 Refreshments 15.45 Can modern agriculture meet societal expectations? (T Gagalyuk, A Balmann, L Chatalova & V Vanentinov) 16.00 Agricultural Site Assessment Tool: Automating and enhancing delivery of multiple site-specific tabasesda (R Massey, J Lory, C Barnett & R Milhollin) 16.15 Farm value evaluation: methods and challenges (P Jeanneaux, Y Desjeux, G Enjolras & L Latruffe) 16.30 Has information technology failed to deliver? (for NZ agriculture) (G McEwen ) 16.45 Discussion

M3 succession and change Pentland East 14.00 Aterre: A new way to ensure a future and a dynamic agriculture by an innovative farmlink and landlink service (B Dumont) 14.15 Management succession in agriculture: A series of three online courses addressing the transition of management responsibilities to the next generation (J Hewlett & J Tranel) 14.30 Producer perspectives in starting the farm transition planning process (S Ferrell, J Fanning & G Reid) 14.45 Imagining the future: transferring knowledge to the next generation (L Paton, W Pate & C Milne) 15.00 Poster call out 1. AG LEGACY (J Hewlett, C Carter & C Ehmke) 2. Improving the efficiency of government actions to support the

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Agricultural Sector: External evaluations in the Western Cape Province of South Africa (S Mandondo & D Troskie) 3. Creating new ventures, value and futures on family-owned farms in New Zealand (T Nelson & M Mackay) 4. Peer recognition of outstanding achievement towards UK agricultural progress (J Wibberley & M Stansfield) 15.15 - 15.45 Refreshments 15.45 Farm labour management in Southwest Florida, USA – challenges and opportunities (F Roka) 16.00 Uptake of agricultural innovations in Scottish beef farms: a review of concepts, challenges and scientific approaches (E Can, S Shrestha, P Wilson, A Barnes & S Ramsden) 16.15 Strategic planning to address wicked problems in farm management – a case study. (J Noonan) 16.30 Knowledge needs of young farmers in the EU (C de Lauwere, S Koppert, M Zondag, P Sloot & A Pauer) 16.45 Discussion

M4 systems and alternative enterprises Salisbury 14.00 Pastoral Farming on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (X Lucock & K Woodford) 14.15 Taking full advantage of oil and gas development leases: Lessons for farm managers from the United States (C Ehmke ) 14.30 Is the “f word” an option for Brazilian farmers? The place of forestry in future integrated farming systems (M de Aragão Pereira, F Costa & R Giolo de Almeida) 14.45 Corporate social responsibility orientated strategy of a Swiss mountain dairy farm and its cheese dairy: a longitudinal case study (B Durgiai & T Blatter) 15.00 Poster call out 1. Financing the farm business: Are emerging farming corporations from non-agricultural sector superior in management to conventional farmers in Japan? (Y Kinoshita & N Kimura) 2. Communication production risks to non-traditional agriculture producers and value added producers (M Suri & P Goeringer) 3. Consumer preferences of meat in a typical South African Township (C Bisschoff) 4. Considerations when adding a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) venture (C Ehmke) 5. Utilizing liquid livestock manure as a nitrogen source on growing corn in the U.S. Great Lakes Region (E Richer) 15.15 - 15.45 Refreshments

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15.45 Indiginous colour-variant game farming in S Africa: opportunity or bubble trap? (C Bisschoff) 16.00 How sweet are beekeeper returns from almond pollination and honey production? (M Ehmke, C Jones-Ritten, B Patalee, A Bekkerman, K Curtis & C Ehmke) 16.15 Factors influencing the economy of horse breeding and horse husbandry (C Fuchs) 16.30 Equestrian activities and risk analysis at the farm level (J Zgajnar) 16.45 Discussion

M5 sustainable intensification Holyrood 14.00 Impacts of water policies on New Zealand livestock agriculture and the Ruamahanga Catchment (T Parminter) 14.15 Why is acidification a success only in Denmark? Transfer of environmental technology across borders (B Jacobsen) 14.30 Financial ration as indicators of economic sustainability: synergies and trade-offs for Swiss dairy farms (M Esteves, A Zorn, I Baur & M Lips) 14.45 Danish farmers’ preference for bio-based fertilisers – a choice experiment (B Jacobsen, J tur-Cardona & Ole Bonnichsen) 15.00 Discussion 15.15 - 15.45 Refreshments 15.45 - Workshop: The prospects for sustainable intensification in UK agriculture 16.45 (Michael Winter and Matt Lobley, University of Exeter) Origina ting in a sub-Saharan African context, the language of sustainable intensification (SI) has been increasingly adopted in developed countries as a means of addressing the twin challenge of food security and global population increase. The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has sought to address this challenge by a £4.5 million investment in the Sustainable Intensification Research Platform (SIP) (www.siplatform.org.uk). SIP research, at the farm and landscape scale, is due to be completed in November 2017. Michael Winter and Matt Lobley are two of the SIP directors. Against this background, this workshop explores understanding of (SI) in academia, policy circles and at the farm level. Different approaches to understanding and defining SI will be discussed and the implications explored. To be successful SI must be meaningful and relevant to farmers. Evidence from a survey of farmers in England and Wales points to relatively low levels of recognition of the term SI and some contestation of the concept. On the other hand, there is widespread evidence of SI-like practices. This workshop will consist of presentations by the workshop leaders and

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extensive discussion. Michael Winter will talk about the origins of SI and varying interpretations. Matt Lobley will talk about the responses of English and Welsh farmers to the SI agenda.

17.00 FINISH

18.00 evening reception Dinner in the South Hall, Pollock Halls complex.

t uesday 4th july F ield trips

08.00 ■ field trips – meet at JMCC Reception

Delegates and those on the Accompanying Partners package will have received a ticket for the field trip they have been booked on. This will be based on the selection made at original registration (first choice may not be possible due to demand).

Field Trips – Tuesday 4th July 2017 2 Research & Knowledge Exchange in Midlothian 3 A traditional Estate in the Scottish Borders 5 Adding value in East Lothian 6 Specialist cropping in Perthshire 7 Farm diversification in Fife 8 Hill & Upland Farming in Stirlingshire

EVENING No event organised to allow Delegates to explore and enjoy the various restaurants and entertainment that Edinburgh has to offer.

w ednesday 5th july

08.00 ■ p artners tour The coaches for the Partners Tours will leave from Pollock Halls, check in with Registration at the JMCC for location.

08.00 ■ IFMA General Meeting – Prestonfield, JMCC

Plenary session – Day 2

“Operating farm businesses in global and local environments” 08.50 ■ Welcome and introduction John Giles Chairman of the Institute of Agricultural Management & a Divisional Director of Promar International

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09.00 ■ “Challenges for future farming systems around the world – Brexit implications” William Neville Savills ■ “Entrepreneurship” David Alvis Managing Director – Yorkshire Dairy Goats ■ “ Vertical integration” John Reed Agricultural Director of Cargill Meats Europe

10.55 - 11.25 TEA & COFFEE BREAK

11.25 ■ “ The impact genetics and biotechnology will have on future livestock farming systems” Andy Thompson Regional Director of Genus plc in Europe, Middle East & Africa & Russia ■ “Role of new technology in future farming systems” Prof Simon Blackmore Head of Robotics and Automation, Harper Adams University, United Kingdom ■ “22nd IFMA Congress (Tasmania) Presentation” Donna Lucas Member of the Organising Committee for the 22nd IFMA Congress in Tasmania, Australia

13.00 LUNCH

14.00 Contributed Paper & Seminar/Workshop Parallel Sessions – see below for room name. sub theme Room W1 Dairy Pentland West W2 Downstream linkages Duddingston W3 Knowledge transfer and exchange Salisbury W4 Performance effects and their measurement Prestonfield W5 Finance & risk / supporting decision making Holyrood W6 Entrepreneurship & strategic management Pentland East

W1 DAIRY Pentland West 14.00 Pastoral dairy farming systems and intensification, challenges in interpretation (N Shadbolt, M Siddique & N Hammond) 14.15 Precision dairy herd management, a quantile approach (J Richard & T Mark) 14.30 Determinants of work income of family work units of Swiss dairy farms (A Schorr & M Lips) 12 IFMA 21st CONGRESS PROGRAMME

14.45 The effect of a by-product diet on the performance of dairy cows in the UK (M March) 15.00 Discussion 15.15 - 15.45 Refreshments 15.45 Envisaging future dairy farm systems (A Dooley, M Apparao, I McCarthy & N Shadbolt) 16.00 Impacts of feeding system on the profit and efficiency of New Zealand dairy farms. (P Tozer & M Siddique) 16.15 Status and economic implications of animal welfare in dairy farming (C Fuchs, P Gutschow, M Ketelsen, S Rose-Meierhofer & J Lobel) 16.30 A glass half full? – The impact of emerging fresh water quality policy on the future of NZ farming (L Matheson, L Parker & M Carroll) 16.45 Discussion

W2 DOWNSTREAM LINKAges Duddingston 14.00 Educational farm tour increases consumer confidence in modern food production (E Richer, P Powers-Barker, M Welker, J Stechschulte & A Stone) 14.15 Meat processors and farmers – working together to improve outcomes. (V Westbrooke & G Greer) 14.30 Establishing value chains for agricultural development: Uzbekistan. A case study (H Matthews ) 14.45 Consumer preferences with regards to red meat: an eye-tracker case study (W Lombard, J van Zyl & T Beelders) 15.00 Discussion 15.15 - 15.45 Refreshments

W3 Knowledge transfer & exchange Salisbury 14.00 Knowledge management in dairy herds: Role of the advisors in the formation of labour relations The case of the Mar y Sierras milk area in Argentina (D Sanchez Abrego & A Dick) 14.15 Knowledge management at the South African Cane Growers Association – lessons learned (J Moll & K Hurly) 14.30 Dairy farm succession: Rural professionals’ skills requirements and training needs (A Dooley & I McCarthy) 14.45 Using dairy advisory teams for benchmarking and decision making (L Holden) 15.00 Discussion 15.15 - 15.45 Refreshments 15.45 Farm management education for women: the Annie’s Project program (C Ehmke ) 16.00 Managing progress through farmer networks: Exmoor hill farming

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network, UK (J Wibberley & D Knight) 16.15 Estimating the most efficient farm size for crop producers (G Ibendahl) 16.30 Performance and marketing options for informal cattle producers in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (D Spies & E Idsardi) 16.45 Discussion

W4 performance effects & their measurement Prestonfield 14.00 Increase feedlot profitability by differentiating between beef breeds (P Oosthuizen & F Mare) 14.15 Economic analysis of forage systems designed to intensify beef production (D Doye, A McGee & D Lalman) 14.30 Using grazing legume forages to change farm profitability (D Stevens & M Casey) 14.45 Returns to record-keeping and benchmarking for Canadian cow-calf producers (M Ma & E Micheels) 15.00 Poster call out 1. Benchmark for successful agribusiness – Introducing the “five pillar” Framework (J Nybom, E Hunter, M Melin & O Karlsson) 2. Assessing beef farming sustainability through a global sustainability index: a case study in the Environmental Protected Area of “Ceroula” Creek/MS, Brazil (M de Aragão Pereira, R Mauro & H Queiroz) 3. Integrated Pest Management practices on arable farms in the British Isles and their links with agronomic problems and financial performance (R Tranter) 4. Economics of using cover crops in vegetable production systems (D Lucas) 15.15 - 15.45 Refreshments 15.45 Financial impact of wheat quality standards on S African wheat producers: A DLP approach (J van der Merwe & P Cloete) 16.00 Measuring the effect of field viability on wheat yield (J Olsen & J Schou) 16.15 Assessing the economic impact of livestock theft in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (W Lombard, H van Niekerk & F Mare) 16.30 Farmer personality and farm profitability (N O’Leary, R Tranter & R Bennett) 16.45 Discussion

W5 finaNCE & RISK / SUPPORTING DECISION-MAKING Holyrood 14.00 Risk scenario planning (J Hewlett & J Parsons) 14.15 Potential business forms for agricultural joint ventures (S Ferrell, R Jones, J Fanning & G Reed) 14.30 Evaluating the prospects of the Anchor Borrowers Programme

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for small scale farmers in Nigeria (G Evbuomwan ) 14.45 An examination of the relationship between cash rent and net return to land in Indiana (M Langemeier & N Carson) 15.00 Discussion 15.15 - 15.45 Refreshments 15.45 Diagnosing problems on-farm: Processes used by an expert farm management consultant (D Gray, E Kemp, V Westbrooke, J Reid & B Wood) 16.00 Making dollars and sense: creating a recipe for farm management success (H Watson & A Honsberger) 16.15 Mainstream and alternative sources of finance in Dutch agriculture (H van der Meulen & M van Asseldonk) 16.30 Discussion 16.45 Discussion

W6 entrepreneurship & strategic management Pentland East 14.00 Introduction 14.10 Vision, collaboration and communication (Heather Wildman) 14.25 EU ERASMUS+ entrepreneurship project: Concept of the Interactive Strategic Management (ISM) training program in 5 European countries (Agata Malak-Rawlikowska) 14.40 Field experiences with Strategic Management and Future thinking with farmers and Students (Marija Klopcic) 14.55 Effect measurement of the ISM training program and farmers’ competencies – (Carolien de Lauwere) 15.05 Analysis of farmers’ and stakeholders’ strategies in Europe (Abele Kuipers) 15.30 Lean Agriculture – Lean implementations program including effects on profit orkw environment, part of Strategic farm management program in Sweden (Ove Karlsson) 15.45 Canadian Total Excellence in Agricultural Management (CTEAM) program (Larry Martin and Heather Broughton) 16.00 Experience as a participant in The Executive Program for Agricultural Producers (TEPAP) Texas A&M University (Joerg Zimmermann) 16.15 Application of the Business Model Canvass in Farm Management Education (Blake Brown, Paul Mugge and Michelle Grainger) 16.30 Interactive Strategic Management combined with CANVAS Business modelling in a knowledge coalition (Niels Tomson and Bert Smit) 16.45 Discussion

17.00 FINISH

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18.30 ■ IFMA CONGRESS DINNER – Dynamic Earth A shuttle bus service is available from Pollock Halls to Dynamic Earth and back following dinner.

18.30 IFMA Registration opens Dynamic Earth 18.45 Coaches start to depart from Pollock 19.00 Reception and drinks in the Galleries at Dynamic Earth 19.45 Call for dinner 20.00 Welcome Speech 22.10 Disco 23.30 Last orders 22.15 Coaches start transfer back to Pollock 23.45 Last transfer Coach leaves Dynamic Earth

thursday 6th july Field trips

08.00 ■ field trips – meet at JMCC Reception

Field Trips – Thursday 6th July 2017 1 Dairying in Dumfries 3 A traditional Estate in the Scottish Borders 4 From Farm to Fork in the Central Belt 6 Specialist cropping in Perthshire 7 Farm diversification in Fife 8 Hill & Upland Farming in Stirlingshire

17.30 ■ HIGHLAND GAMES – Supper and Ceilidh This will take place in the Pentland Room, JMCC. Supper will be served and this will be followed by a Ceilidh.

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friday 7th july Plenary session – Day 3 “Looking to the future”

08.50 ■ Welcome and introduction Prof Dave Roberts Vice Chairman of the IFMA21 Congress Organising Committee & Knowledge Exchange Director / Regional Dean, Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) 09.00 ■ “ Managing change” Tony Evans Partner and Head of Farm Business Consultancy, Andersons ■ “New/industry led initiatives to support young people in agriculture” Hannah Donegan Agriculture Manager, Tesco & Tesco Future Farmer Foundation ■ “Challenges to new entrants in Scotland” Steven Thomson Agricultural Economist at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)

10.45 - 11.15 TEA & COFFEE BREAK

11.15 ■ “oDevel ping young people in a large business” Beverly Dixon Group HR Director, G’s Group Holdings Ltd. ■ “My story...” The winners of the IAgrM “FarmPlanner of the Year Award” Will Ayre, Josh Casswell, Gwesyn Davies, Rhys Jones and Tim Vries from Harper Adams University ■ “Take Home messages from 21st IFMA Edinburgh” 2 Delegates (to be selected during the Congress)

12.20 Closing Ceremony and lunch

12.40 depart

17 biographies

Trevor Atkinson Trevor has been involved in practical farming from day one growing up on the family farm in Yorkshire. Trevor now runs his own company supplying agricultural management services and advice in the UK. He has been involved with the ‘hands on’ management of large estates and farms in the UK throughout his career. Additionally, he was involved with a UK based investment company farming in Poland and the Czech Republic. His love of quality local food gave rise to the creation of The Blagdon Farm Shop Ltd in 2002, a company of which he is also currently a director. He has studied agriculture and business management at Newcastle, Harper Adams and Loughborough Universities in the UK as well as Leeuwarden Business School in the Netherlands. He and various members of his family have attended and benefited from 11 IFMA congresses, the first being Hungary in 1993. He is a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Societies. With a blend of good practical farming knowledge and strong business acumen, Trevor’s interest in the production and interpretation of management information has helped improve farm level decision making and additionally, facilitated business focus on short, medium and longer term strategic objectives. He was elected as President of IFMA in July 2013 in Warsaw.

Tim Brigstocke Tim is an independent farm livestock consultant who specialises in expert witness work. He is involved in a whole series of agricultural organisations. In his past he has worked at senior management level for Unilever Agribusiness for the UK’s Government Research Service (BBSRC) and ran the largest independent cattle breed society in Western Europe. Tim is the Chairman of the 21st IFMA Congress Organising Committee, and is the past Chairman of the UK Institute of Agricultural Management (IAgrM).

John Giles John Giles is a Divisional Director of Promar International – the agri food value chain consulting subsidiary of Genus plc. He graduated from the University College of Swansea in 1981 with a BSc Econ degree. John has now worked extensively throughout the UK and on assignments in some 60 other countries, including all other Continental EU markets, Russia, the FSU and Eastern Europe, Brazil, China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, the Middle East, the Caribbean, East Africa, Mexico, Canada and the Pacific Rim. John is the Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Food, Drink and Agriculture Group and is also the Chairman of the Institute of Agricultural Management. He is also a Visiting Lecturer at the University of Reading.

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D ave Roberts Dave is the Knowledge Exchange Director at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and biographies Professor of Dairy Farming Systems. Before taking up the KE role he was Head of SRUC Dairy Research and Innovation Centre and was involved in grassland, forage and systems research. Dave is a Nuffield Scholar and Fellow of Royal Agricultural Societies. Dave is Vice Chairman of the 21st IFMA Congress Organising Committee

B eth Hart Beth Hart has over 25 years’ experience in the FMCG and retail industries. Beth heads up the Fresh Technical and Agriculture teams at Sainsbury’s where she is responsible for driving the quality, innovation & agricultural agenda and protecting & enhancing the Sainsbury’s Brand from field to fork.

Prof. Geoff Simm Geoff Simm is Assistant Principal and Director of the Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security at the University of Edinburgh. This is one of five Global Academies that aim to galvanize interdisciplinary teaching, research and translation – across the University and with partners - on key global challenges. Prior to taking up this role in 2016, Geoff was involved in animal breeding and wider agricultural research, education and knowledge exchange in SRUC and its forebears, and held a variety of leadership roles in SRUC – latterly as Vice Principal Research. Geoff is a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Societies and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology.

Nathan Dellicott Nathan has worked in the produce business for over 30 years; the last 25 years with Barfoots of Botley. Leads the farming business and has taken the UK farm from a tenanted holding of 250 acres through to a farm now growing over 5000 acres of vegetables. In addition Nathan is the director of Barfoots farming operation in Senegal West Africa where over the last 7 years a 3000 acre fully irrigated farm has been carved from the desert providing product for the business through the winter months. Proud to be a member of Barfoots board and be part of that dynamic team, Nathan is married with two teenage children.

Caroline Drummond Caroline has been running LEAF, the farming and environmental charity since it started in 1991. She graduated in Agriculture and has broad practical agricultural experience from across the globe. Her work focuses on encouraging more sustainable farming practices and building a better public trust and understanding of farming, food and the environment – values that she is personally extremely passionate about. She is actively involved in many industry partnerships and initiatives.

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In 2009 Caroline was awarded the MBE, she has an Honorary Doctorate from Harper Adams University, a Nuffield Scholarship and was awarded Honorary Fellowship for the Society of the Environment. Caroline is actively involved with the British Nutrition Foundation, North Wyke, the Agri-tech initiative – The Centre for Applied Crop Science and the Science Museum. Caroline is married to a dairy farmer and they have a young daughter.

William Neville William Neville sits on the board of a wide range of food and farming businesses as well as leading in Savills food and farming consultancy. Previously he was a partner at Burges Salmon for 30 years with a special interest in the CAP which he wrote about extensively. The possible shape of international relationships and UK agricultural policy post Brexit has been constantly on his radar since the referendum.

D avid Alvis Managing Director – Yorkshire Dairy Goats. Milking 7,500 goats in East Yorkshire, supplying circa 10,000,000 litres of milk annually to UK retailers through St Helens Farm. Yorkshire dairy goats is also at the forefront of developing commercial genomic selection for dairy goats globally. A Nuffield Scholar and Fellow of the Institute of Agricultural Management, David grew up on a dairy farm in Somerset. He holds a BSc in Agriculture from Wye College and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management. Prior to joining Yorkshire Dairy goats David worked in farm management and consultancy for over 20 years and has experience in a variety of sectors. His previous role was as co -lead of Innovate UK’s Sustainable Agriculture & Food Innovation Platform, which invested c£90m of public money between 2010 and 2014 in new technologies to improve agricultural productivity. He is a director of the Commercial Farms Group, a committee member of the Dairy Science Forum and a regular opinion writer for Farmers Weekly. David is married to Katie with 2 young sons and coaches’ rugby in his spare time.

John Reed John joined the poultry industry in 1977 from agricultural College as a graduate trainee with Eastwoods. After change of ownership to the Imperial Group and then Hillsdown Holdings he held a number of agricultural management positions with Daylay Foods (Commercial egg production). In 1989 - was awarded a Nuffield Farming Scholarship and looked at “Practical Disease Prevention and Control” in Sweden, USA and Spain. In 1991 – he joined Moorland Poultry Ltd, a turkey processor as the Agricultural Director. In 1998 – he joined Sun Valley Foods as Agricultural Director of the turkey and broiler business. He is involved with Cargill’s global poultry businesses. In 2000 – he became a Fellow of the Royal Agricultural Society. Over the years John has been involved in a number of Industry Committees, delegations etc. and is currently or recently on the Assured Foods Standards Poultry Sector Board and Technical Committees, Chairman of the British Poultry

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Training, Chairman of the UK Poultry Health & Welfare Group and was a member of Defra’s Core Stakeholder Group for the implementation of the European Broiler Welfare Directive and a member of the Radcliffe Committee examining responsibility and cost sharing. In October 2010 he was elected to Chairman of the British Poultry Council.

Andy Thompson Andrew is the Regional Director of Genus plc in Europe, Middle East, Africa & Russia, responsible for all their Dairy and Beef business including the consulting division, Promar International. Andrew joined Promar in 1997 as a consultant delivering work to a diverse range of farming and integrated food SME’s. He became the Managing Director of Promar in 2009 before taking up his current role in 2012. Originally from a farming background, he has an Agricultural degree from Newcastle University and an MBA from the University of Bath. Andrew spent the first half of 2012 working and living out of Shanghai developing Genus plc’s dairy strategy for China, India and Russia, particularly focusing on the growth in dairy production and consumption in these countries.”

Prof. Simon Blackmore BSc. PhD. CEng. FIAgrE Simon Blackmore is a key figure in the development of Precision Farming and agricultural robotics, with a world-wide reputation. Simon is currently Professor and Head of Robotics and Automation, Agri-Epi Centre at Harper Adams University, Director of the National Centre for Precision Farming and managed the European FutureFarm project. Simon has extensive experience of multidisciplinary collaboration across universities, commercial partnerships and research projects including autonomous tractors, laser weeding, robotic phenotyping and robotic harvesting. He holds seven Chairs around the world and gives many national and international keynote presentations. Simon leads the research in the UK on agricultural robotics. His personal research focuses on improving Precision Farming by developing more intelligent machines and processes, and making crop production more efficient and sustainable.

Donna Lucas Donna is a Member of the Organising Committee for the next IFMA Congress – the 22nd – to be held in Launceston, Tasmania in March 2019. She attended her first IFMA Congress in Quebec City in 2015. Donna Lucas is a Senior Consultant at RM Consulting Group based in Tasmania, Australia. Donna has nine years’ experience in private consulting to agricultural businesses in Tasmania and working on national extension projects. She previously worked for an accounting firm for 15 years, working with all types of businesses. Donna studied agriculture as a mature age student and has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Agriculture with Honours from the University of Tasmania. With an interest in business and technical aspects of agriculture, she enjoys working with groups or individual businesses to solve problems, support decision-making and to put research into practice.

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Donna is also actively involved in The Australasia-Pacific Extension Network (APEN) which is a professional organisation for extension workers and those interested in extension.

Tony Evans Tony Evans is a Partner and Head of Farm Consultancy at The Andersons Centre – a consultancy and research business in the food sector that has been trading since 1973. Tony has been working as an advisor in the Farming Sector (predominantly dairy) for over 25 years and has a reputation for helping businesses improve their performance through honest, practical and effective advice. Tony is very clear about the need for pro-active succession management and people development believing that these are key to a resilient and enjoyable career and entrepreneurialism in agriculture. In addition to his day to day business consulting he has the following involvements: Directorship of a Farmers Co- operative, Partner in a dairy farming business in Derbyshire, Partner in a Contracting business that has a Joint Venture in a dairy farm business in Leicestershire, Facilitation of several discussion groups. In addition to working in the UK, Tony has also worked overseas and studied management systems on several continents including – Europe, North America and New Zealand. Outside of agriculture, Tony is married with four sons and has two hobbies – rugby and holidays away.

Hannah Donegan Hannah joined Tesco in October 2014 and is the Agriculture Manager for Lamb. As part of her role she also project manages Tesco’s Future Farmer Foundation. Hannah graduated from Scotland’s Rural College in 2014 with a degree in Applied Animal Science and had a brief spell at Moredun Research Institute in the Parasitology department before joining Tesco. Hannah comes from an agricultural background, where her family has a beef suckler herd in the West of Ireland.

S teven Thomson Steven is an Agricultural Economist at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC). He has wide and diverse research and consultancy interests in farming and the rural economy. A lot of his work focuses on CAP reform and the associated farm level impacts. He has recently been involved in looking at Agricultural Tenure, the Economic Contribution of Scottish Estates and has now finished working with Brian Pack on the ‘Doing Better’ review of agricultural regulation, with the Interim and then Final Report and Recommendations to Scottish Ministers having been published. He also manages AA212 Rural Diversification, Non-Food Crops and Renewable Energy as part of the Scottish Government’s Veterinary & Advisory Services Programme.

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Beverly Dixon Beverly is Group HR Director, G’s Fresh, one of Europe’s leading salad and vegetable producers, appointed 2008. She holds posts as Non-Executive Director Haygrove, Non-Executive Director MDS, a visiting lecturer at London’s CASS Business School, delivering leadership and team training to post-graduate students and a trustee of Rural Cambs Citizen’s Advice Bureau. Beverly was previously the Consulting Director at Modena Consulting and spent the lion’s share of her early career in HR at M&S, having joined as a graduate trainee. Beverly is a fellow of CIPD, holds a BSc Agriculture, Newcastle upon Tyne and an MBA, CASS. Beverly is part of the AgriSkills Forum creating an extensive training framework to develop skills for people working in agriculture. Beverly is actively involved in developing managers for the future through an in-house international graduate and apprentice training scheme and accredited leadership programmes. She champions sound ethical working practices throughout the supply chain, securing a reliable supply of seasonal labour.

UK FarmPlanner of the Year Award The IAgrM FarmPlanner competition has been running since 1993 and is arranged annually by the Institute of Agricultural Management with the support of Farmplan. The overall aim of the Farmplanner is to promote the role of all aspects of business The winners of the 2017 IFMA FarmPlanner Competition planning in modern farm management. Harper Adams with lectures Tony Asson and Wyn Morgan (Clearly, in these changing times for British agriculture, there is a chance to look at new The 2016/17 Host Farm: Rea Farm, options and consider a fresh approach to Upton Magna, Shrewsbury SY4 4UB. old established practices). The host farm sets a number of questions relating to the Who can enter? business and its development and the teams The competition is open to teams of 5 have the opportunity to visit, meet with the students who are studying agricultural farmer/manager and the staff, following management. which they produce a report with their recommendations. The competition has a Prizes couple of simple rules covering the teams: As well as the award this year’s competition’s winning team are also attending the Congress ● Each educational establishment is courtesy of Bayer. allowed to enter one team of no more than 5 members of which at least 3 will have attended the farm visit. ● Each educational establishment is allowed up to 10 attendees at the farm visit.

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