British Guild of Agricultural Journalists - Yearbook 2022

British Guild of Agricultural Journalists

YEARBOOK 2022

British Guild of Agricultural Journalists

Yearbook 2022

Nikki Robertson / General Secretary British Guild of Agricultural Journalists 444 Westwood Heath Road Coventry CV4 8AA Tel: 07584 022909 Email: secretary@gaj.org.uk Hours: 9.15am to 3pm, Monday to Thursday

Our cover photo shows one of a series of pictures taken by Guild member Jac Williams. Called ‘Gwaith’ – or ‘Work’ – the photo shows farm worker Stephen separating the ewes and lambs at shearing time on the family farm in the Dee Valley, North Wales. For photography commissions, Jac can be contacted on 07435 604490 or via Instagram @mountainmanofwales.

The British Guild of Agricultural Journalists Yearbook 2022 is edited by Johann Tasker with listings compiled by Peter Hill, FBGAJ. It is published by Ruralcity Media on behalf of the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists Ruralcity Media, Hillside Cottage, Polstead Hill, Polstead, Colchester CO6 5AH T: 07967 634971 E: editor@ruralcity.co.uk © British Guild of Agricultural Journalists 2022 Printed by Micropress Printers, Reydon, Suffolk

FOREWORD

A firm anchor in turbulent seas Olivia Cooper, Chairman, British Guild of Agricultural Journalists

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his time two years ago most of us were looking forward to a future full of exciting opportunities, events, social get-togethers – maybe even the odd trip abroad. Little did we know what was around the corner.

Covid-19 has changed everything – the way we interact, how we communicate, how we view the world around us. It has shrunk our physical boundaries while broadening our virtual ones. And it has made us appreciate the little things – seeing family and sharing a hug.

For those who have lost family or friends, I offer my deepest sympathies. Being apart from people in need is so difficult, particularly when we just want to be present to console each other. But there have been bright points, too. It’s at these darkest times that we realise how a community can pull together and raise each other up.

I’ve been genuinely touched by how supportive our members – and the wider agricultural community – have been over the past two years. Individuals just checking in on others to make sure they’re ok.

Genuine concern for the health and wellbeing of others. It’s brought the discussion of mental health to the fore

and united people in fundraising efforts, even when their own incomes have slumped.

And our Council directors have worked similarly hard to put on a range of virtual and latterly, physical - events, ensuring that the Guild remains relevant to members in good times and bad.

The virtual harvest festival was as much a highlight as the physical version - although it was certainly nice to return to London last October. Together, they raised £4,775 for our Charitable Trust – if you are facing difficult times, don’t forget that it’s there to help you.

We have enjoyed a wonderful series of online and in-person training courses, the awards programme has continued to recognise excellence across our membership, and the WhatsApp group has proven particularly popular, alongside Zoom calls with farmers and journalists from all over the world. Thank you to everyone on Guild Council for everything you have done.

Reviewing my two years as chairman, part of me mourns the loss of great aspirations.

Continuing to build bridges with the mainstream media, launching a new AgriInfluence Forum – things which simply can’t work in a digital landscape so have just been on hold. But I’ve also realised that it’s not about what one person can deliver during their time in the hotseat, but what we can all do collectively to build on each other’s previous successes...

And the Guild is in really good shape to do that. Past chairmen and directors have made it what it is today, and our members are enthusiastic and engaged. Together we can look forward to brighter times ahead.

Olivia is founder of the PR and journalism agency Agri-hub, based in rural Devon, where she lives with her husband and two teenage children.

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CONTENTS Foreword.................................................................. 7 Diary Dates............................................................... 8 Officers & Council 2022.......................................... 13 Past Presidents........................................................ 14 Past Chairmen & Secretaries.................................... 16 Pastoral................................................................... 19 Farming Publications............................................... 22 Press & PR............................................................... 36 Freelance Photographers......................................... 40 Legacy Fund............................................................ 41 Award Winners....................................................... 42 Careers................................................................... 46 International........................................................... 48 European Network.................................................. 49 Harvest Service & Lunch.......................................... 50 In Memoriam.......................................................... 52 Charitable Trust...................................................... 55 Directory of Members & Friends 2022..................... 56 Members by Region................................................ 58 A-Z of Members...................................................... 60 Advertiser Index ................................................... 106

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DIARY DATES 2022 Guildevents 3 February 24 March 28 April 16 June 8 June

Guild Council meeting (virtual) Guild AGM, venue TBC Guild Council meeting Guild Council meeting (virtual) Bangers ‘n’ Beer Reception, Cereals Event, Cambridgeshire 23 June Guild Reception, Royal Highland Show 8 September Guild Council meeting 13 October Guild Harvest Service & Lunch 8 December Guild Council meeting * Council meetings are at the Farmers’ Club, London IFAJ Congress 2022 27 Jun - 3 Jul Smarter Farming & Food Production for Green & Sustainable Growth, Denmark 24-27 June Pre-Congress tours in Copenhagen and Zealand 37 July Post-Congress tour on the Faroe Islands www.ifaj2022.dk Agricultural Media Summit 16-20 July Annual Agricultural Media Summit Raleigh, North Carolina, USA www.agmediasummit.com Future IFAJ Congresses 2023 Alberta, Canada 2024 Switzerland 2025 Israel 2026 Kenya 2027 Croatia

Other events The Covid19 pandemic means events are subject to change. Guild members are advised to check whether events are taking place – and, if so, whether they are being held in person or online only.

January 5-7 5-7 9-11 18-20 24-25 25

Oxford Farming Conference Oxford Real Farming Conference Semex Conference, Glasgow AICC agronomists conference, Towcester NFU council, Stoneleigh British Cattle Conference (online event)

February 1-3 Doe Show, Ulting, Essex 22-23 NFU Conference, Birmingham 26-6 Mar Salon International de l’Agriculture, Paris

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March 2 8-9 April 7 12-14

Farm Safety Event, Newark Showground Low Carbon Agriculture, Stoneleigh

TBC

Dairy-Tech, Stoneleigh British Society of Animal Science Annual Conference, Nottingham NFU Council, Stoneleigh

May 4-5 18

LAMMA 2022, Birmingham NEC NBA Beef Expo 2022, Darlington

June 8-9 12 15 17-19 TBC 22-23 22-23 23-26 29-30

Cereals 2022, Duxford, Cambridgeshire LEAF Open Farm Sunday The Arable Event Royal Three Counties Show, Malvern NFU Council, Stoneleigh Lincolnshire Show, Lincoln Groundswell event, Hertfordshire Royal Highland Show, Edinburgh Royal Norfolk Show, Norwich

July 12-15 18-21 29-31 27

Great Yorkshire Show Royal Welsh Show, Builth Wells The Game Fair, Ragley Hall Sheep 2022, Malvern, Worcestershire

September 14 UK Dairy Day, Telford 22-24 APF forestry and woodland exhibition October 6 Dairy Show, Bath & West Showground, Shepton Mallet TBC NFU Council, Stoneleigh TBC Grain Market Outlook Conference, AHDB November 2 Northern Farming Conference, Hexham Auction Mart 16 Agriscot, Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh TBC Agribusiness 2023, Peterborough 16-17 Midlands Machinery Show, Newark 18 East of England Farming Conference, Peterborough 23-24 CropTec, Peterborough 30 Norfolk Farming Conference, Norwich

OFFICERS & COUNCIL 2022 President Chairman Deputy Chairman Awards Secretary Honorary Treasurer Sponsorship Secretary Events Secretary Membership Secretary Communications Secretary Professional Development IFAJ Representative ENAJ Representative Charitable Trust Liaison

Baroness Rosie Boycott Olivia Cooper 01392 840009 Johann Tasker 07967 634971 Olivia Midgley 07787 240750 Clive Rainbird 07971 119950 Rhian Price 07771 358446 Tom Hunt 07494 018326 Hannah Crawford 07500 331703 Ben Pike 07832 168560 Liz Snaith, FBGAJ 07974 678833 Jane Craigie, FBGAJ 01466 780078 Adrian Bell, FBGAJ 020 3637 6636 Clive Rainbird 07971 119950

Council Members

Olivia Cooper Johann Tasker Jane Craigie, FBGAJ Hannah Crawford Tom Hunt Peter Hill, FBGAJ Gaina Morgan Olivia Midgley Ben Pike Rhian Price Clive Rainbird Liz Snaith, FBGAJ

Honorary Chaplain

Geoff Dodgson

Senior Fellows

Arthur Anderson, FBGAJ Godfrey Brown, FBGAJ Denis Chamberlain, FBGAJ Edwin Gillanders, MBE, FBGAJ Stephen Howe, FBGAJ

Regional Coordinators

Scotland Jane Craigie, FBGAJ Midlands Liz Snaith, FBGAJ

01466 780078 midlands@gaj.org.uk

General Secretary

Nikki Robertson

secretary@gaj.org.uk

Guild website: www.gaj.org.uk Twitter: www.twitter.com/gajinfo Facebook: www.facebook.com/ gajinfo

07710 379561

07584 022909

chairman@gaj.org.uk deputy@gaj.org.uk awards@gaj.org.uk treasurer@gaj.org.uk sponsorship@gaj.org.uk events@gaj.org.uk membership@gaj.org.uk communications@gaj.org.uk CPD@gaj.org.uk international@gaj.org.uk

geoff@dodgson.info

Annual Subscription Members and Friends of the Guild £80 Retired Members and Student Friends £40 Subscriptions: Peter Hill, FBGAJ subscriptions@gaj.org.uk Charitable Trust (No. 1025968) Chairman: Stephen Howe, FBGAJ 01342 893018 Treasurer: Diane Montague, OBE 020 8290 1212 Website: www.gaj.org.uk/charitable-trust British Guild of Agricultural Journalists Yearbook 2022 13

PAST PRESIDENTS The late Lord Beaverbrook, LLD, LittD

The late Philip Hassall, FBGAJ

The late Sir Max Aitken, Bt DSO, DFC

The late Brian Pottenger, FBGAJ

The late Sir Frank Newnes, Bt, MA, LLB

The late Mary Cherry, FBGAJ

The late Earl de la Warr, CBE

The late Graham Cherry, FBGAJ

The late Sir Richard Haddon, CBE, FBGAJ

The late Anthony Parkin

The late Percy Izzard, OBE, FBGAJ

The late Peter Bell, MBE, FBGAJ

The late Malcolm Messer, CBE

The late Ian Morrison, FBGAJ

The late Lord Hurd, FBGAJ

The late David Steers, FBGAJ

The late John Harris, MC, Bsc (Agric)

The late Derek Watson, FBGAJ, ARAgS

The late Kenneth Pipe, FBGAJ

The late Peter Ryder, FBGAJ

The late Arthur Mitchell, MBE, FBGAJ

The late Charles Jarvis (1991-93)

The late Stanley Baker, OBE, FBGAJ

The Rt. Hon Douglas Hurd, CBE, MP

The late Ernest Jay, OBE

The late Lord Carter (1994-96)

The late Leonard Amey, OBE, FBGAJ

Drew Sloan, OBE, FRAgS (1996-98)

The late Alex Yeaman, FBGAJ

Lord Plumb, DL, MEP (1998-2000)

The late W.D. Thomas MBE, FBGAJ

The late Professor John Nix, (2000-2002)

The late Major the Rev. Philip Wright, MBE, FBGAJ

Tony Pexton (2002-2004)

The late T.J.C. Court, MBE

The Baroness Byford, DBE (2004-2007)

The late Brian R. Roberts

The Countess of Mar (2007-2010)

The late Alec Hoson, CBE, MVO

Lord Cameron of Dillington (2010-2015)

The late Alexander Kenworthy, OBE, FBGAJ

Lord Curry of Kirkharle (2015-2019)

The late John Winterbottom, MBE, FBGAJ

The Baroness Boycott (2019-2022)

The late Brian Freestone

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PAST CHAIRMEN & SECRETARIES Past chairmen

1983

Godfrey Brown, FBGAJ

1944

The late Sir Richard Haddon, CBE, FBGAJ

1984

The late Roland Brooks, FBGAJ

1945

The late Percy Izzard, OBE, FBGAJ

1985

Herbert Daybell

1946

The late Sir Richard Haddon, CBE, FBGAJ

1986

Peter Grimshaw

1947

The late William Adair, OBE

1987

Don Philpott, FBGAJ

1948

The late Kenneth Pipe, FBGAJ

1988

Allan Wright, FBGAJ

1949

The late Sydney Maycock, OBE

1989

Stephen Howe, FBGAJ

1950

The late J. Tobertson Coupar, OBE, FBGAJ

1990

Robert Benson

1952

The late Stanley Baker, OBE, FBGAJ

1991

Ray Vale

1953

The late Sir Cleveland Fyfe, CBE, FBGAJ

1992

The late Ieuan Evans

1954

The late Lord Hurd, FBGAJ

1993

The late Peter Bullen, FBGAJ

1956

The late Arthur Mitchell, MBE, FBGAJ

1994

The late David Lloyd, MBE, FBGAJ

1957

The late Harry Hunt, FBGAJ

1995

William Howatson

1958

The late Alex Yeaman, OBE, FBGAJ

1996

Victor Robertson

1959

The late Leonard Amey, OBE, FBGAJ

1997-99

Arthur Anderson, MBE, FBGAJ

1960

The late Sir James Scott Watson, CBE, LLD

1999-01

Daphne MacCarthy

1961

The late W.D. Thomas, MBE, FBGAJ

2001-03

The late Tim Angelbeck

1962

The late Alan Exley, FBGAJ

2003-05

Jonathan Page

1963

The late Mary Cherry, FBGAJ

2005-07

Roger Abbott, FBGAJ

1964

The late John Hayhurst, FBGAJ

2007-09

The late Joe Watson, FBGAJ

1965

The late J.S. Winterbottom, MBE, FBGAJ

2009-11

Nicholas Bond, FBGAJ

1966

The late Stanley Baker, OBE, FBGAJ

2011-13

Adrian Bell, FBGAJ

1967

The late Stuart Seaton, OBE, FBGAJ

2013-15

Jane Craigie, FBGAJ

1968

The late Philip Hassall, FBGAJ

2015-18

Ben Briggs, FBGAJ

1969

The late Brian Freestone

2018-20

Catherine Linch, FBGAJ

1970

The late Alexander Kenworthy, OBE,

2020-22

Olivia Cooper

FBGAJ 1971

The late T.R.L. Fraser, FBGAJ

Our Secretaries

1972

The late W.A. (Jimmy) James, FBGAJ

The General Secretaryship is the key role in the

1973

The late Geoffrey Pottenger, FBGAJ

running of the Guild. Past holders of this role are:

1974

The late Ian Morrison, FBGAJ

1975

The late Peter Bell, MBE, FBGAJ

1944

1976

The late David Steers, FBGAJ

1950-1961 The late Geoffrey West

1977

The late Anthony Parkin

1978

The late Angus MacDonald

1979

The late George Thomson, FBGAJ

1961-1984 The late Peter Bell, FBGAJ

1980

The late Stuart Seaton, OBE, FBGAJ

1984-2010 The late Don Gomery, FBGAJ

1981

The late Ian Morrison, FBGAJ

2010-2012 Clemmie Gleeson

1982

Denis Chamberlain, MBE, FBGAJ

2012-

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The late Wilfrid Hill, founder secretary The late Mary Cherry, FBGAJ The late Philip Hassall, FBGAJ

Nikki Robertson

PASTORAL

Humbling messages of support during pandemic What a time it has been since I last put pen to paper for the Guild Yearbook. All of us will, I am sure, have tales to tell in years to come about living with Covid-19.

Personally, it has been a time of considerable change. In late 2020 I finally became ‘The Reverend Geoff ’, albeit three months after the due date due to the virus.

While in July 2021 I was ordained as a priest in the Church of England.

I thank sincerely all those Guild members who sent messages of support and congratulations. I was truly humbled by the encouragement from the congregations I serve as vicar and chaplain.

In the darkness of lockdown, we all learned new skills and new phrases. Who would have thought a year ago that hardly a day would go by without those famous words – ‘You’re muted!’?

Many regret the inability to meet and greet each other in person, but at the same time new technology has allowed us to come together as national and international communities in virtual reality.

Some of the Guild’s events have been wonderful ways to see each other as well as learn about food and farming in far flung parts of the globe. As well as gaining new insights into how best to drink gin during an online tasting session hosted by the Guild.

It was newly acquired skills in Zoom that enabled me to fulfil one of my key chaplain’s roles in 2020: organising the annual Harvest Service online. My thanks to my old boss Bishop David Thomson, now an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Hereford, for giving the address and – as bishops tend to do – challenging us to take a hard look at how we exercise our callings as professional communicators.

And the harvest service was the curtain raiser for a great evening of merriment and fellowship. I lost count of how many long-lost

friends I met up with, not to mention the new acquaintances made.

Thankfully, 2021 saw a return to St Brides with its wonderful choir – albeit behind screens – and a thought-provoking address from Dorset MP Chris Loder.

However, as Covid-19 has dragged on I am very conscious of its impact on the mental health of many, not to mention the loss of life.

I have endeavoured to make contact with a good few Guild members over the phone, to ask how they are and how they are feeling. Many put a brave face on missing out on meeting family members or not being able to attend the funeral of family or friends.

I cannot be in touch with everyone, but I am happy to hear from anyone. I offer a confidential shoulder to cry on or an ear to bend. Please feel free to get in touch. And don’t forget the Guild’s Trust which has had surprisingly few calls for help despite the challenging times.

In addition to the Harvest Service, I have been increasingly involved in representing the Guild. From October 2020 to October 2021 I was Chaplain to Richard Whitlock during his year as Master of the Worshipful Company of Farmers. I have also participated in harvest and carol services organised by the Addington Fund.

Revd Geoff Dodgson, Honorary Chaplain, British Guild of Agricultural Journalists; Trustee, British Guild of Agricultural Journalists Charitable Trust; and Honorary Chaplain to the Master, Worshipful Company of Farmers.

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FARMING MEDIA

Magazines, Newspapers, Websites, Podcasts and Broadcast Programmes The agricultural industry is well served by specialist weekly and monthly publications, news and features websites, podcasts and regional magazines and newspapers providing coverage of farming and rural affairs.

Contact details for editors shown as being Members of the Guild can be found within the membership section of this yearbook and on the Guild’s Farming Media Centre website at www. farmingmediacentre.co.uk.

Agra Europe Provides weekly news, analysis and expert comment on the EU Common Agricultural Policy and aspects of agriculture, agribusiness, farm trade and the food industry worldwide.

Editorial Director: Adam Sharpe Agri Food Comms-Cast A podcast for PR and marketing professionals; delivering insights and comment on the big issues on the food and farming news agenda.

Editor/presenter: Catherine Linch (Guild Member) Agri Machinery News Website for farmers with UK and international news on machinery developments, manufacturers, distributors and dealers.

Publishing Editor: Andy Newbold (Guild Member) Agri Machinery Trade Website for farm machinery distributors, dealers and manufacturers with news of product and company developments.

Publishing Editor: Andy Newbold (Guild Member) Agrimoney.com Website covering international company news, commodity trading, land market, finance and related sectors of global agriculture.

Editor: Mike Verdin AgriTrade News Weekly supply trade newsletter covering news of interest to businesses that supply UK farmers with essential inputs and/or buy commodities from the farm gate, including company news, people movements, new products, policy developments and events influencing markets.

Editor: Jamie Day (Guild Member)

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Agronomist & Arable Farmer Published seven times a year for agronomists and professional farm managers who advise the UK’s largest farms on fertiliser use, ag-chem, seed, feed, machinery, plus farm managers on 1000ha-plus arable farms across the UK. Group Editor: Alistair Driver (Guild Member) Editor: John Swire (Guild Member) Alpaca Bi-monthly magazine of the British Alpaca Society covering health and welfare, showing, breeding and fibre production and uses.

Editor: Liz Mason Anglia Farmer Monthly magazine focusing exclusively on East Anglia and its agriculture, especially arable farming. Delivering opinion, analysis, business news and special features.

Editor: Johann Tasker (Guild Member) Animal Pharm The Animal Pharm subscription website provides news, analysis and data for the worldwide animal health and nutrition industry, with customised daily news alerts, a bi-weekly pdf newsletter and Ask the Analyst service.

Editor: Joseph Harvey Appropriate Technology Transfer of skills and tech for sustainable production.

Colin Ley (Guild Member) Arable Farming Monthly magazine covering all aspects of crop production from varieties, seeds and fertilisers to crop protection products and machinery.

Editor: Teresa Rush (Guild Member) Beef Farmer Quarterly magazine for professional beef producers throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Publisher: Howard Venters (Guild Member) Brexit Food & Farming Digital magazine providing monthly analysis of Brexit developments as they impact the food and farming sectors Editor: Cedric Porter (Guild Member)

Boots and Heels Weekly podcast from Farmers Weekly that aims to empower, educate and encourage people to join and engage with the agricultural industry at a time when it faces unprecedented challenges and opportunities.

Producer presenters: Lizzie McLaughlin (Guild Member) and Rebecca Wilson British Dairying Sets out to keep dairy farmers up-to-date with the latest technical, scientific and economic news from the sector every month.

Editor: Mike Green (Guild Member) British Farmer & Grower Monthly publication of the NFU (National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales), providing practical business advice, features on members, and coverage of domestic and foreign farming news with a local connection through regional sections.

Editor: Jo Travis British Livestock Magazine promoting British livestock bloodlines and genetics to overseas buyers.

Publisher: Howard Venters (Guild Member) British Sugar Beet Review Quarterly technical magazine for UK growers of sugar beet crops.

Editor: Harry Mitchell (Guild Member) Cattle Breeder A quarterly magazine for beef and dairy cattle breeders in Great Britain, published in collaboration with the British Cattle Breeders’ Club.

Publisher: Howard Venters (Guild Member) The CattleSite 5M Publishing International news website on all matters to do with cattle production, health and welfare.

Managing Editor: Ellen Hardy Classic Tractor Monthly magazine for farmers and enthusiasts covering history, maintenance, restoration and practical usage of tractors and implements from the 1970s to 1990s, plus news of modern tractor developments and introductions.

Editor: Rory Day (Guild Member) The Commercial Greenhouse Grower Covering a sector of commercial horticulture that involves the production and marketing of crops grown under glass, with articles on varieties, products and cultural practises.

Editor: John Jarrett (Guild Member) County Links Sunday evening (18.00-19.00hrs) music and farming programme with agronomy and other topics relevant to agriculture and commercial horticulture in Lincolnshire.

Editor/Presenter: Sean Dunderdale

Country & Farming Monthly supplement to the Western Mail covering agricultural and rural issues throughout Wales.

Editor: Sion Morgan Country Smallholding Monthly publication covering small-scale production of livestock and crops, with an emphasis on organic and environment sensitivity.

Editor: Simon McEwan Country Week - Yorkshire Post Supplement to the Yorkshire Post covering agricultural and other rural issues, country pursuits and lifestyle.

Agricultural Editor: Sophie McCandlish Countryfile Sunday evening BBC television programme covering rural and farming issues.

Executive Editor: Bill Lyons Countryfile Monthly magazine covering rural affairs.

Associated with the BBC television programme.

Editor: Fergus Collins The Countryman One of the oldest countryside magazines available focuses on the rural issues of today and tomorrow, with feature articles on the people, places, history and wildlife of the British countryside.

Editor: Mark Whitley Countryside The monthly membership magazine of the NFU Countryside rural organisation.

Editor: Martin Stanhope (Guild Member) The Courier Coverage of farming and rural affairs in the weekly newspaper published in Dundee.

Farming Editor: Nancy Nicolson (Guild Member) CowManagement Published eight times a year, CowManagement aims to provide animal health and business information of interest to UK dairy producers, with a focus on new ideas and technological developments.

Editor: Rachael Porter (Guild Member) Crop Production Magazine (CPM) A controlled circulation magazine for UK arable farmers, farm managers, arable contractors, agronomists, machinery dealers and other arable supply industry professionals.

Editor: Lucy de la Pasture (Guild Member) TheCropSite.com International news, analysis and comment on international crop production and markets.

Managing Editor: Ellen Hardy Cumberland & Westmorland Herald An independent weekly newspaper covering a large area of east Cumbria.

Agriculture Editor: Guy Hurst

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FARMING MEDIA Cumberland News - Farmer Farming supplement to the Cumberland News.

Editor: Maureen Hodges (Guild Member) Daily Post - Farm & Country Farming and countryside news and features section in regional newspaper covering north Wales.

Rural Affairs Editor: Andrew Forgrave Dairy Farmer Magazine for UK milk producers, with news and features on breeding, feeding, health and milk market issues.

Editor: Katie Jones (Guild Member) Dairy Industries International Monthly magazine for the dairy processor, covering the science, technology and production of all types of dairy products, as well as advances in manufacturing the wide range of products and ingredients derived from milk.

Editor: Suzanne Christiansen Dairy Industry Newsletter Fortnightly newsletter reporting on the global dairy industry. The DIN website includes search for information on individual companies and national markets, while news comprises World, Europe, UK and Markets sections.

Editor: Catherine Paice (Guild Member) TheDairySite International news and technical features website for farmers involved in dairy production.

Managing Editor: Ellen Hardy Darlington & Stockton Times - Farming News Six-page section in the weekly newspaper covering agricultural news and business relevant to northeast England.

Farming Editor: Hannah Chapman Direct Driller Bi-monthly magazine focusing on reduced tillage agriculture.

Editor: Mike Donovan (Guild Member) Diversify Now Bi-monthly magazine providing ideas, insight and practical guidance on diversification and potential new ventures for farm and other rural businesses.

Publisher: David Jacobmeyer East Anglian Daily Times - EA Country EA Country section covering farming and rural affairs published in the Saturday edition of Suffolk’s daily newspaper.

Food & Farming Editor: Sarah Chambers Eastern Daily Press - Farm & Country A regular Saturday supplement covering rural issues, enterprises and farming, plus online news stories with free access.

Agricultural Editor: Chris Hill

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EiOperator.com News, features and resources website for commercial users of spraying equipment in the UK. Publishing Editor: Mick Roberts (Guild Member) Energy Now Renewable energy news and features for farmers, growers and others in the rural sector, published six times a year.

Publisher: David Jacobmeyer Eurofruit International marketing magazine and website for fresh produce buyers in Europe.

Editor: Mike Knowles Farm & Country Bi-monthly magazine for farmers, smallholders, country gardeners and rural dwellers in south-west England.

Editors: David Olver, Andy Robinson Farm & Country Monthly - Teesdale Mercury Monthly supplement published inside the Teesdale Mercury covering agriculture and rural topics.

Editor: Trevor Brookes Farm Business Fortnightly digital business magazine and website covering business, markets, political, news and technical topics for the arable and livestock sectors.

Editor: Alistair Driver (Guild Member) Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer Monthly magazine and news website for agricultural contractors and large acreage farms containing machinery, arable and business news and features. Editor Alistair Driver (Guild Member) Machinery Editor: Matthew Tilt (Guild Member) Farm Diversity Magazine News, features and case studies on business diversity opportunities for farmers and landowners.

Editor: Victoria Galligan Farm Gate The sustainable agriculture podcast focussed on practical solutions for climate and food security, a co-production between Farmwel and FAI Farms.

Editor/Presenter: ffinlo Costain (Guild Member) Farm Machinery Journal Monthly magazine dedicated to modern agricultural equipment featuring first drives, multimachine tests and user reports.

Editor: Peter Skilton Farm Machinery Monthly magazine and website covering agricultural machinery news.

Editor: Rebecca Farmer

Farm North-East Published every two months for a readership extending from Aberdeenshire to the Borders, Farm North-East carries news of political issues affecting agriculture in Scotland, business, shows, sales, markets and machinery, with a strong focus on beef and sheep.

Publishing Editor: Eddie Gillanders (Guild Member) The Farmer Monthly news and features newspaper for farmers and other rural enterprises in Shropshire, Herefords, Derbyshire, Cheshire, Worcs, Glos and mid-Wales.

Editor: Iain St John Farmerama Radio Shares stories in podcasts from the smaller scale farming movement in the UK and beyond.

Joint Producers: Abby Rose and Jo Barratt The Farmers Club Journal Quarterly magazine for members of The Farmers Club with features on topical issues in addition to reports on club events and activities.

Editor: Charles Abel (Guild Member) Farmers Guardian National weekly magazine covering all aspects of farm and rural industry news, agri-politics, business, markets, arable, livestock and machinery.

Editor: Ben Briggs (Guild Member) Farmers Guide Monthly magazine with national distribution, primarily covering GB machinery trade and technical news, and arable crop protection and varieties news.

Editor: Rachel Hicks (Guild Member) Farmers Mart Monthly magazine with farming news and profiles on farm and other agricultural businesses in northern England.

Publisher: Ian Wilkinson Farmers Weekly National title providing weekly coverage of agri-politics, industry news, business and markets, technical issues relating to livestock, machinery and arable crop production, young farmers and the wider farming community.

Editor: Andrew Meredith (Guild Member) Farmers Weekly Podcast Comment, analysis and discussion on the major agricultural topics of the day from farmers and industry leaders.

Editor: Johann Tasker (Guild Member) and co-host Hugh Broom MFR Farming Daily MFR radio broadcasts at 6.40am and 12.40pm providing news on local and national current affairs related to farming and the countryside across the north of Scotland.

Presenter: Richard Jones

Farming - Press & Journal Coverage of all aspects of agriculture and rural affairs in a weekly supplement to the Press & Journal, Aberdeen.

Editor: Gemma Mackie (Guild Member) Farming - Shropshire Star Agricultural news and features supplement to the Shropshire Star newspaper’s weekly coverage of agriculture and rural affairs and its online farming news, profiles and columnists.

Business Editor: Thom Kennedy Farming - The Courier Weekly supplement to the Dundee-based Courier newspaper covering all aspects of agriculture and rural life.

Editor: Nancy Nicolson (Guild Member) The Farming Channel For and about the farming communities of Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire on Vision Transition, the internet TV channel.

Contributor: Geoff Pagotto (Guild Member) Farm Focus Supplement to The Courier and Press & Journal covering livestock, arable and machinery topics for farmers in Scotland.

Editors: Nancy Nicolson and Gemma Mackie (Guild Members) Farming Matters - Bucks Herald Weekly newspaper coverage of countryside, farming and rural business news and issues.

Correspondent: Heather Jan Brunt Farming Monthly National Free magazine and website promoting livestock, arable, machinery and renewable energy products and services.

Editor: TBC Farming North Supplement published four times a year as a pull-out in five weekly newspapers covering the Highlands and Moray - the Ross-shire Journal, Northern Times, John O’Groat Journal, Northern Scot and the Strathspey & Badenoch Herald.

Editor: Alan Hendry Farming Online Subscription news website covering political, arable, livestock and renewables topics related to farming and the countryside, plus commodity prices, weather, Apps and other online tools.

Director: Vanessa Vann Farming Programme - Lincs FM Agricultural topics from crop production to commercial livestock broadcast every Sunday and available as a podcast every Monday.

Editor & Presenter: Steve Orchard Farming Programme - Rutland Radio Sunday morning (7am) programme on topic and farming and rural issues with a team of experts adding advice on agronomy, grain prices, sugar beet and other topic.

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FARMING MEDIA Farming Scotland Monthly magazine covering all aspects of agricultural news and information for farmers in Scotland.

Editor: Athole Murray Fleming Farmingscotland.com Mainly livestock-based bi-monthly farming publication covering a range of national and international topics. Sold across Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland.

Editor Eilidh MacPherson (Guild Member) The Farming Show Weekly show for all things agriculture broadcast every Sunday morning from 7am on Cornwall’s Pirate2 digital radio station.

Presenter: Sara Studden Farming Today BBC Radio 4 farming and rural affairs daily morning radio programme.

Editor, BBC Radio 4 Rural Affairs & Environment: Dimitri Houtart FarmingUK Magazine Digital magazine covering arable, machinery and livestock topics.

Publishing Editor: Keith Wild Farming Wales Magazine published for members of NFU Cymru covering news, political, management and technical topics.

Editor: Daniel Jones FarmingUK.com Website covering announcements and press releases on aspects of farming business, politics and technical topics.

Publishing Editor: Keith Wild Feedinfo News Service Business and scientific information for global corporations serving the agribusiness and biotechnology sectors.

Editorial: Shannon Behary FGInsight.com Limited free access subscription website covering national news, information and features on livestock and crop sectors in agriculture, plus business and machinery.

Editor: Ben Briggs (Guild Member) TheFishSite.com News, analysis and comment on international fish farming.

Senior Editor: Rob Fletcher

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Forage Matters Magazine covering all aspects of forage and grass production and management published in the spring each year and distributed with Sheep Breeder, Cattle Breeder and Beef Farmer magazines.

Publisher: Howard Venters (Guild Member) Forager Quarterly magazine focused on grass varieties, management and utilisation as grazing or harvested fodder for animal production.

Editor: Aly Balsom (Guild Member) Fresh Produce Journal Published every two weeks, 25 times per year, providing analysis of the UK fresh produce market and in-depth company, product and country profiles. Available in print and ePaper formats, supported by news and information on the Fruitnet.com website.

Editor: Fred Searle Fruit Grower Magazine covering all aspects of commercial fruit production.

Editor: Chris Tanton FWi Farmers Weekly website providing agri-politics and business news, plus livestock, land, arable and machinery technical sections.

Editor: Andrew Meredith (Guild Member) Grass & Forage Farmer Quarterly magazine of the British Grassland Society covering industry news, technical topics and society news and information.

Editor: Sara Gregson (Guild Member) Heritage Tractor Quarterly title for enthusiasts of vintage tractors, implements and farming’s past.

Editor: Jim Gerrard Home Farmer National monthly magazine for smallholders, home growers and producers.

Editor: Paul Melnyczuk Horticulture Week Business title for the professional horticulture community provides comprehensive news, analysis, opinion, technical reports, product and market data across all areas of the industry. Edibles production is covered by the Grower sections of the magazine and website.

Editor: Kate Lowe

FARMING MEDIA HortNews.com Website providing horticulture industry news and market, business and technical developments, complementing the print publications The Fruit Grower, The Vegetable Farmer and The Commercial Greenhouse Grower.

Publisher: John Jarrett (Guild Member)

Model Farmer Monthly magazine for model farm machinery enthusiasts and collectors, with news and reviews of mass produced and scratch-built scale model tractors, harvesters, implements and farm buildings.

Editor: David Pullen

Indie Farmer Online magazine devoted to sustainable farming, food and culture, and celebrating small-scale producers and growers while highlighting ethical, political and environmental issues related to modern farming and food production.

Editor: Nigel Akehurst (Guild Member)

The Northern Farmer Monthly newspaper covering farming issues from politics and business to livestock and machinery.

Editor: Hannah Chapman

Inside Agri-Turf A podcast covering all aspects of the farm and grass machinery industries - manufacture, markets, distribution and dealers.

Editor/Presenter: Chris Biddle (Guild Member) International Pest Control Magazine and website covering all aspects of pest eradication and prevention - including plants and fungal agents - for animal welfare, food storage, crop protection, forestry, wood preservation and public health.

Editor: Chris Endacott The Journal Holstein UK breed society’s magazine for breeders of Holstein and British Friesian cattle.

Content Editor: Emma Yates LAMMA365 Website dedicated to farm machinery coverage with content from Farmers Guardian and Machinery & Tractor.

Editor: Toby Whatley (Guild Member) Landward BBC Scotland weekly television programme covering the working world of the Scottish countryside - food, farming, wildlife, environment and leisure.

Series Producer: Fiona Clark Landwards Podcast and quarterly journal of IAgrE (Institution of Agricultural Engineers) covering topics related to engineering in the land-based sector and relevant to engineers, researchers, farmers and growers, machinery manufacturers and dealers, consultants, contractors, educationalists and conservationists.

Editor: Andy Newbold (Guild Member) Midland Farmer Monthly magazine for the agricultural industry in the Midlands - delivering opinion, analysis, news and business topics for the region’s farming sector.

Editor: Johann Tasker (Guild Member)

NFU Poultry Bi-monthly magazine covering poultry industry and technical topics.

Editor: Jo Travis OnFARM Podcast showcasing rural enterprise, community, creativity, history and more, providing a voice for individuals and rural businesses and organisations.

Editor/Presenter: Anna Davies (Guild Member) On The Land / Ar Y Tir Highlighting people, groups and enterprises at the centre of rural communities in West Wales produced for Radio Carmarthenshire and Radio Pembrokeshire.

Editor/presenter: Aled Rhys Jones (Guild Member) Organic Farming Published three times a year by the Soil Association covering news, policy issues and market information for organic farmers.

Editor: Natasha Collins Daniel OverTheCounter.news News and information website complementing Over The Counter magazine for qualified advisers in country stores and agricultural merchants, as well as veterinary practices and nurses, buyers, wholesalers/distributors and marketing professionals.

Editor: Simon King Over the Farm Gate A Farmers Guardian weekly podcast in association with the CLA that provides a thought-provoking and lighthearted debate around the key issues affecting farming, food and the countryside.

Edited and co-hosted by Ben Briggs and Olivia Midgley (Guild Members) The Pasture Pod Farmer created and presented podcast covering management for more profitable cattle and sheep.

Editor/presenter: Michael Blanche Pembrokeshire Farmer Monthly newspaper for farmers in Pembrokeshire published by the Western Telegraph.

News Editor: Debbie James (Guild Member)

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FARMING MEDIA Pest The bi-monthly magazine Pest and Pest+ e-newsletter provide news, impartial advice and topical technical features for the professional pest control industry.

Editor: Simon King ThePigSite.com Website covering international pig production and markets.

Editor: Ryan Johnson Pig World Official magazine of the National Pig Association available on subscription together with some restricted news and features website content to pig producers, the allied industries and relevant academic and technical professionals.

Editor: Alistair Driver (Guild Member) Machinery Matters Agricultural machinery news and industry updates brought from Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer magazine.

Producer & Editor: Matt Tilt (Guild Member) PlanetPotato Podcast covering all aspects of the potato, from culinary to cultural.

Editor/Co-presenter: Cedric Porter (Guild Member) Pocket Farm Magazine An online magazine community for anyone, experienced or complete newcomer, with an interest in small-scale farming, self-sufficiency, rural crafts, permaculture, ecology or conservation.

Editor: Devon Association of Smallholders Potato Review Reports on new developments in agronomy and crop protection, harvesting and handling machinery, scientific, technical and marketing innovations in the UK and overseas.

Editor: Stephanie Cornwall Poultry Business Bi-monthly magazine for UK poultry sector, providing news, comment, analysis, prices and market information.

Editor: Chloe Ryan Poultry.Network Subscriber-only website that collates news, market data and company reports relevant to the poultry sector.

Editor:Jake Davies (Guild Member) PoultryNews.co uk News website covering business and technical topics related to the UK commercial poultry industry.

Editor: Chloe Ryan

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ThePoultrySite.com News and information on the Global poultry industry.

Editor: Ryan Johnson Poultry World News and information for the commercial poultry sector from layers and broilers to turkeys and waterfowl, with business and technical features, prices for eggs, poultry meat and raw materials, and practical advice.

Editor in Chief: Fabian Brockotter Practical Farm Ideas Farmers’ machinery inventions, modifications and adaptations, money-saving tips and advice.

Publishing Editor: Mike Donovan (Guild Member) Practical Pigs Published four times a year in collaboration with the British Pig Association to provide an informative and entertaining magazine for the domestic pig keeper with content providing indepth buying features, practical articles on key aspects such as housing, feeding and welfare, answers to readers’ health and welfare-related questions, and a breeders’ directory.

Editor: Chris Graham Practical Poultry Advice from incubation to housing, feeds to breeding and shows to marketing from a monthly magazine catering for poultry enthusiasts at all levels from beginners to established breeders.

Editor: Chris Graham Precise Specialist publication helping growers make the most of precision farming technology.

Editor: Andy Newbold (Guild Member) Press & Journal Farming and rural affairs coverage in the weekly newspaper distributed throughout the north of Scotland - see also entry for Farming supplement.

Farming Editor: Gemma Mackie (Guild Member) Pro Operator Specialist magazine published three times a year for 20,000 registered sprayer operators in the UK, promoting best practice in their field and read by farmers, contractors, managers and crop protection application specialists.

Publishing Editor: Mick Roberts (Guild Member) Profi International Monthly subscription magazine covering tractor and machinery topics, including field appraisals, long-term tests, buying second-hand guides and new product introductions.

Editor: Mervyn Bailey

COMMUNICATIONS

Fran Barnes Director of Communications Tel: 024 7685 8500 Website: www.nfuonline.com

NFU HQ Press Office Tel: 024 7685 8686 Fax: 024 7685 8651 Email: sam.ette@nfu.org.uk

The NFU regional structure includes a full time communications adviser in each of the seven regions and Wales.

RACHAEL GILLBANKS

CARL HUDSPITH

Tel: 01904 451 553 Mobile: 07831 295 643 Email: rachael.gillbanks@nfu.org.uk

Tel: 01695 554 913 Mobile: 07768 454 552 Email: carl.hudspith@nfu.org.uk

OLIVER CARTWRIGHT Tel: 01952 409 235 Mobile: 07771 542 547 Email: oilver.cartwright@nfu.org.uk

JAMES PECK Tel: 01572 824 260 Mobile: 07587 037 114 Email: james.peck@nfu.org.uk

DANIEL JOHNS Tel: 01982 554 205 Mobile: 07860 423299 Email: daniel.johns@nfu.org.uk

DAVID GEORGE

ISOBEL BRETHERTON

Tel: 01392 440 721 Mobile: 07771 394 104 Email: David.George@nfu.org.uk

Tel: 01730 711 956 Mobile: 07778 002 617 Email: isobel.bretherton@nfu.org.uk

BRIAN FINNERTY Tel: 01638 672 125 Mobile: 07721 869 856 Email: brian.finnerty@nfu.org.uk

FARMING MEDIA Radio Borders Farming Life in the Borders is broadcast twice daily, covering topical subjects on agriculture and rural affairs.

Presenter: Richard Jones

Smallholder News website and monthly magazine for smallscale enthusiast keepers of poultry, goats, sheep, alpacas, pigs, cattle and other livestock.

Editor: Graham Smith

The Ranger Monthly magazine of the British Free Range Egg Producers Association, with content covering innovations, issues and data from the sector.

Editor: Keith Wild

Smallholding Bi-monthly subscription magazine incorporating Practical Sheep, Goats & Alpacas covering all topics related to managing a smallholding for home food production.

Editor: Liz Wright (Guild Member)

Review Annual (January); official journal of the AberdeenAngus Cattle Society.

Editor: Natalie Cormack Rock & Roll Farming Podcast features interviews with farmers and other people in the agricultural industry to highlight characters, work ethic, entrepreneurship and communication skills.

Editor/Presenter: Will Evans (Guild Member) The Scottish Farmer Weekly newspaper covering all aspects of agricultural politics, business, arable, livestock, machinery and equestrian news with particular focus on Scotland.

Editor: Ken Fletcher (Guild Member) Scottish Farming Leader Magazine published for members of NFU Scotland covering news, political, management and technical topics.

Editor: Ruth McClean (Guild Member) Service Dealer News and business bi-monthly magazine, weekly e-news and website for farm and grasscare machinery sales and service dealers.

Editor: Steve Gibbs Service Dealer Weekly News Ireland Weekly newsletter for farm and grasscare machinery sales and service dealers.

Editor: Alan Mahon Sheep Breeder Quarterly magazine for professional sheep farmers throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Publisher: Howard Venters (Guild Member) Sheep Farmer Magazine of the National Sheep Association covering all aspects of sheep breeding, management, welfare and marketing.

Editors: Katie James (Guild Member) TheSheepSite.com News, analysis and comment on international sheep farming and welfare.

Managing Editor: Ryan Johnson

South East Farmer Monthly magazine covering agricultural news and information for farmers in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey and Sussex.

Editor: Malcolm Triggs South West Farmer Monthly newspaper covering regional farming news, business, technology and home life.

Content Editor: Lisa Young Stackyard.com Website publishing press releases and announcements on all farming related topics.

Editor: Jennifer MacKenzie (Guild Member) #Student Farmer The NFU magazine for the next generation of farmers, covering education, life experience, young farmer profiles and business ideas.

Editor: Huw Hopkins Ten26 Magazine for the 25,000 members of the National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs.

Communications consultant: Cheryl Liddle Texel Breeders Bulletin Twice a year magazine covering the breeding and management of Texel sheep.

Content Coordinator: Gil Burton Tillage Specialist magazine published three times a year focusing on best crop establishment practice and cultivation philosophy.

Editor: Andy Newbold (Guild Member) Tractor & Farming Heritage Monthly magazine for enthusiasts of vintage and classic tractors and other farming heritage topics.

Editor: Tony Hoyland Tractor & Machinery Monthly subscription magazine covering classic and modern farm tractors and equipment.

Editor: Scott Lambert

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FARMING MEDIA Tread Quarterly magazine of the Rural Youth Project, an international grassroots movement to empower young people (18 to 28 years old) to develop their leadership, enterprise and activism skills.

Editor: Jane Craigie (Guild Member) Vegetable Farmer Published monthly to provide topical news and features on latest developments In the UK field vegetable and outdoor salads growing industry.

Publication Manager: Dan Jobson Veterinary Practice Monthly journal and website providing industry news, analysis and comment to the large and small animal veterinary profession.

Editor: Jennifer Parker Veterinary Times Weekly publication covering news, views, issues and clinical topics relevant to mixed, large animal, small animal and equine veterinary practices.

Editor: Ian Imrie Vineyard Monthly publication dedicated to growing grapes and making wine in Great Britain. Covers viticulture, agronomy, machinery, sales and marketing and industry news.

Editorial: Christian Davis Wales Farmer Monthly newspaper available throughout Wales covering rural and farming industry news and issues.

Group Editor: Gavin Thompson News Editor: Debbie James (Guild Member) Wales Online - Farming Farming news and events section of the Wales Online national news website from the Western Mail and South Wales Echo.

Editor: Sally Williams Weekly Tribune Digital subscription trade newsletter of the British and EU pig markets, covering news, comment and analysis, input price trends and market prices every Monday.

Editor: Graeme Kirk Welsh Farmer See entry for Y Tir / Welsh Farmer Westcountry Farmer Monthly magazine covering farming and rural affairs distributed throughout Devon and Cornwall in the Western Morning News on the third Wednesday of each month.

Farming Editor: Philip Bowern

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Western Morning News - Farming Regular farming content and monthly supplement in the regional title covering an area including Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Gloucestershire.

Rural Affairs Editor: Athwenna Irons What’s New in Farming Agricultural machinery product and dealer news website.

Editor: Graeme Kirk Wool Producer Magazine promoting the Campaign for Wool distributed with Sheep Breeder.

Publisher: Howard Venters (Guild Member) The Woolman Magazine of the Worshipful Company of Woolmen, a Livery Company of the City of London.

Publisher: Howard Venters (Guild Member) World Potato Markets Weekly electronic newsletter monitoring European and World markets for potatoes, tabulating and charting physical and futures market prices and reporting on the latest national area, yield and production statistics.

Editor in Chief: Guy Faulkner (Guild Member) Y Tir / Welsh Farmer Monthly newspaper for farmers in Wales, carrying general news and information, machinery topics, and news specific to members of the Farmers Union of Wales (FUW).

Editor: Nia Davies-Jones Yorkshire Farming BBC Radio York weekly 60 minute radio programme covering issues affecting farming and the North Yorkshire countryside.

Producer/Presenter: Gareth Barlow Yorkshire Post Farming and rural issues covered in Yorkshire’s weekly newspaper. See also entry for Country Week supplement.

Agricultural Editor: Sophie McLandish The YoungStock Print magazine for children aged 7-11 years focused on agriculture, nature and food production with fun facts, stories and competitions.

Editor: Emma Smith (Guild Member)

PR AND MARKETING Agencies and individuals specialising in media, public and influencer relations, product marketing and brand development, events and promotional films and videos for organisations in the agricultural and rural sectors. Further details are available by looking up the contact name in the membership listings (pages 56-105). A number of freelance journalists also provide commercial services that include press releases and copy writing.

2ND PILLAR PROJECTS Clive Dibben PR and marketing; Parliament and Government; analysis; assurance and quality systems; grants.

A2B PR Amanda Brown Public relations, copy writing and social media specialist ABELCOMMS/ABEL AG-TECH Charles Abel Managing editorial/PR projects and training business people to handle media interviews more effectively.

AGRIBUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS Chris Burgess, David Butler, Tom Hunt, Paul Jennings, Matthew Mellor, Edd Mowbray Laura Mushrush PR, communications and marketing help and advice – including planning, strategy and delivery of quality content – for businesses across the agri-food sector.

AGRI-HUB Olivia Cooper, Marianne Curtis, Natalie Noble, Ruth Wills PR consultancy producing expert-written content designed to raise the profile of individual businesses to the style and budget required by editors.

AGRO MAVENS Adrian Bell Marketer, PR, communicator, strategist and copywriter; TV/film/video: storyline, content, scripting, presenting. UK and international encompassing agtech, arable, agchem, livestock, environment, machinery, sustainability.

AHEAD Roger Moore Specialists in technical writing, PR and marketing for agricultural, agribusiness and food processing sectors.

ANDREW WATTS Andrew Watts Commodity market commentary and analysis and arable technical copy writing covering cereals, oilseeds and root crops.

ANGLIAN AGRI MEDIA Chris Lockwood Suffolk-based media and PR consultant specialising in machinery.

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ARTHEY ASSOCIATES Amy Woolliscroft PR, communications, marketing and event support.

BHR COMMUNICATIONS Martin Looker, Roger Ranson PR and marketing communications for agricultural, food and business sectors.

BREEZE & FREEZE Ian Damms Digital media and video for the agricultural and rural sectors.

BRIGHTSTOCK Sarah Dusgate Freelance support for agriculture businesses; particularly in supporting small organisations. Film production; experienced on farm, and bringing a great story out of a farmer!

BRUCE JOBSON ASSOCIATES Bruce Jobson PR, photographic services, press releases, marketing, technical copywriting, environment, cattle breeding and genetics.

CERES PR Jennifer John Consumer and B2B communications specialising in food, health and nutrition.

CHIDGEYPR Sarah Chidgey Freelance PR consultant - agriculture, farming/rural communities, renewable energy, IT, telecoms.

COLEMAN COMMUNICATIONS Sheila Coleman PR consultancy specialising in farming, food, rural and environmental issues.

CONFERENCE & EVENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES Steve Wellbeloved Event management and PR services.

COOKSLEY COMMUNICATIONS Julian Cooksley PR consultancy and editorial services to businesses in agriculture and related industries.

CUCKOO CONSULTING Zoe Kay Agricultural PR and marketing communications, trials management and livestock nutritional advice.

DEBBIE BEATON CONSULTING Debbie Beaton Thought-leadership, strategic and media advice across the agricultural sector.

DEBBIE JAMES Debbie James Public relations consultant based in Wales covering farming, rural affairs and countryside issues.

DEWPOINT MARKETING Moira Hart Marketing, public relations, communications, countryside and environmental issues, e-newsletters, web design, photography.

DODGSON CONSULTING Geoff Dodgson PR and reputation management in food, farming and countryside.

EVE COMMUNICATIONS Ben Pike, Martin Ward Agricultural PR consultancy.

EVINGTON MORRIS ASSOCIATES David Evington Public relations and technical publishing.

FARMGATE MEDIA Sarah Alderton Writing press releases, sourcing case studies, creating media plans, producing videos, driving social media campaigns.

FARMPRESS Peter Hill Press release writing service for agricultural machinery companies.

FOUR SEASONS PUBLICITY Richard Whiskard PR services for agricultural businesses.

GAINA MORGAN MEDIA Gaina Morgan PR projects, training across the UK. Livestock, innovation and rural life are special subjects.

GCLP George Lyon Agri-food consultancy.

GEORGE CHANCELLOR George Chancellor Independent communications consultant.

GLENDALE PR Barbara Huddart Freelance agricultural, food, rural tourism consultant/journalist. Skills inc PR, digital, strategy, event management, in North England-Scotland.

GRANITE PR Lesley Eaton Flexible, bespoke services with a focus on oil and gas, property and professional services.

HEATHER BRIGGS Heather Briggs Agricultural communications and public relations.

IDEAS IN PRINT Sandy Cox Anything to do with farming, especially technical subjects.

IRON HORSE MEDIA Jane Carley Editorial services to businesses, including PR support.

JANE CRAIGIE MARKETING Jane Craigie, Rebecca Dawes, Rebecca Rainnie, Susannah Pate, Natalie Reed, Claire Taylor and Rose Moggach Marketing and creative communications agency with skills in PR, digital, event curation and strategy creative, specialising in agriculture, food and the rural environment. Founder of the Rural Youth Project.

JIMMY BIRCHMORE EVENTS LTD Jimmy Birchmore Event exhibition and conference management, corporate events, stand design and build, specialising in agriculture, environment, food and land based sectors.

JMR AGRICULTURE Martin Rickatson Special interests: farm machinery and arable crop production.

JMS COMMUNICATIONS Jane Smernicki Providing PR and communications services within the agri-rural sector.

JT COUNTRY FILMS Jonathan Theobald Documentary, farming interest and commercial promotional films.

JULIE MATE Julie Mate Corporate PR and communication consultancy services, with special interest in agri-business, farming organisations and politics.

JULIE SCANLON Julie Scanlon Agricultural PR and communications advice, specialising in livestock.

KAREN WRIGHT MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS LTD Karen Wright Marketing and PR specialising in livestock production, nutrition, grassland, forage production and animal health.

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PRESS AND PR KENDALLS Andrew Kendall, Stuart Booker, Juliette Tompkins PR and marketing consultancy specialising in agriculture, rural affairs and associated industries, ranging from environment and energy to animal health and welfare.

LAND COMMUNICATION Charles Macdowell Integrated agency providing PR, advertising, design, digital and strategic communications services to clients in agriculture and other B2B sectors.

LIZ SNAITH CONSULTANTS Liz Snaith Communications and marketing consultancy specialising in agri-business, livestock and food sector developments.

MARDLE CONSULTING Philip Eades Specialist agricultural supply trade marketing consultancy working with global and national players who supply quality inputs and advice to the farming industry.

MEDIA MATTERS John Foster Marketing and communications services specialising in agri-business, livestock, agronomy, farm buildings and irrigation.

MEDIA MECHANICS Geoff Ashcroft PR and marketing support for machinery manufacturers.

MG COMMUNICATIONS Matthew Morton Specialist in business-to-business marketing communications.

MILLY FYFE MARKETING & PR SERVICES Milly Fyfe Marketing, PR, events, social media and fundraising specialist, providing support to rural / farming businesses.

OXTALE Amy Jackson Specialists in large-scale farming, public perceptions of agriculture, community relations, planning and consultation, contentious farming systems, issues and crisis, livestock, food chain and the environment.

PASTURES GREEN COMMUNICATIONS Amy Eggleston Advising and assisting rural and agricultural businesses with media relations, website and content creation, influencer relations, and other ways to promote their business.

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PETER CROWE COMMUNICATIONS Peter Crowe Communications planning and strategy, marketing, internal and corporate communications and crisis management specialising in renewable energy, animal health, crop protection and vegetable production.

PINSTONE Catherine Linch, Rebecca Beaumont, Diane Bristow, Rebecca Callaghan, Beth Dixon, Becky George, Rosie Hopkins, Hannah Lloyd, Helen Maiden, Rebecca Morgan, Ali Parker, Natasha Smith, Amy Stinton, Hannah Wilson, Laura Yates Full-service agricultural PR and communications consultancy working with the agri-business sector to bring together a strategic approach and a sound knowledge of agriculture.

PIPPA SELLWOOD Pippa Sellwood Sheep and beef production; newsletter and leaflet production - writing and design.

POLLY STEVENSON Polly Stevenson Communications specialist for marketing, public relations, media relations, social media and marketing project management.

PRICEWRITE COMMUNICATIONS Tim Price PR consultancy on rural issues.

RDP ADVERTISING & MARKETING Angus Chalmers, Deborah Laird, Sarah Riley Full service communications agency specialising in creative and integrated solutions for the Agribusiness and Animal Health sectors. Delivering to corporate, private and public sector clients in the UK and internationally.

REBECCA MORGAN Rebecca Morgan Full-service agricultural PR and communications consultancy dedicated to working with the agribusiness sector.

RED ROCK PUBLICITY Philip Christopher Freelance PR services and ghost-writing for agribusiness, animal health and farmhouse retailers.

REPRESENT Judith O’Leary Media relations, digital engagement, event PR and crisis management REVERBERATE PR Emily Ball, Laurence Brown, Fiona Carruthers, Lauren Chambers, Philip Gibson, Clemmie Gleeson, Lauren Goringe, Kendra Hall, Francesca Harding, James Marshall Full service, specialist food and agricultural PR agency.

ROBERT HARRIS COMMUNICATIONS Robert Harris Agricultural business, PR and marketing specialising in technical arable topics, the environment, conservation and dairy farming ROSS GORDON CONSULTANTS SPRL Bruce Ross Common Agricultural Policy, rural development, animal health and welfare, environment, food safety, trade.

RURAL MARKETING SOLUTIONS Rebecca Barningham Rural marketing agency offering advice and services to businesses that want to promote products to farmers, smallholders, equestrian customers and rural communities.

RURAL PRESS & PR SERVICES Nicholas Bond Media consultant with interests in training and education, conservation, rural life and farming charities.

SAPR Sarah Anderson Freelance journalist and PR. SARA GREGSON MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS Sara Gregson Communications consultant with a focus on grassgrowing and utilisation.

SCENE & HERD PR Anna Davies Public relations and marketing consultancy specialising in rural and food and drink businesses throughout Scotland.

SEQUITUR Gill Norriss Special interest in European agrifood business, horticulture and marketing.

SHARON KENNETT Sharon Kennett Branding, marketing and communications consultant, including copywriting, editing, speechwriting, development of presentation content and presenter coaching.

SIAFU PR Niamh Tye Independent marketing communications specialising in arable cropping. Outsource resource for technical writing. BASIS qualified.

SPADE Sarah Peacocke Freelance marketing and PR consultant working at strategic level within the food and farming industry.

SPRINGTIME CONSULTANCY Jill Hewitt Project management, industry representation, editorial and communications.

STUART BOOKER Stuart Booker PR, marketing and copywriting for agriculture and land-based industries. Interests include animal health, animal feeds and nutrition, livestock, machinery, arable farming, agricultural biostimulants, horticulture, environment.

SUSANNAH PATE Susannah Pate PR, marketing communications, digital content and social media for agricultural, rural and land-based businesses and organisations. B2B and B2C. SYMINGTONS PR & MARKETING Hugh Symington Arable (agrochemical/fertiliser) and machinery PR. TASTY MEDIA Stephen Reckless Video production services to the farming and agriculture sectors.

THE AD PLAIN Emma Craigie Content, media and social media within the agrifood sector globally.

THE OPERATIVE WORD Isabel Davies, Tim Relf Project management, PR and social media consultancy services.

THE PR-DESK Marion King PR consultancy for the agricultural, construction and manufacturing engineering sectors.

TOP PR Mark Sanderson PR and marketing communications for agricultural, environmental and amenity businesses.

WAY2GROW Rebecca Kirk Using a decade of marketing experience to help rural businesses find a way to grow.

WHEELER WOODHOUSE Jonathan Wheeler Public relations for agricultural companies.

WHISPER PR Leo Townsend PR, marketing and communications.

WILESMITH Sophie Wilesmith Strategic PR for the agricultural and horticultural sectors, including editorial, news writing.

SPADEWORX MARKETING Rebecca Dawson Marketing, copywriting and PR with specialism in agriculture and rural industries.

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FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHERS Full-time professional photographers who specialise in agriculture, commercial horticulture, pedigree and commercial livestock, machinery, rural businesses and landscapes for publications, PR and marketing, including stills, video and aerial photography.

Amy Bateman

amybatemanphotography.com

Kathleen Birkinshaw

instagram.com/shepherdess_kath

David Charbit

davidcharbit.com

Sam Clark

farlap-photography.com

Ruth Downing

ruralpictures.co.uk

John Eveson

johneveson.photoshelter.com

Kevin Milner

kevinmilnercountryside.co.uk

Anthony Mosley

anthonymosley-photographer.co.uk

Gary Naylor

garynaylorphotography.com

Geoff Pagotto

fototek.co.uk

Ruth Rees

ruthreesphotography.co.uk

Tim Scrivener

agriphoto.com

Craig Stephen

craig-stephen.co.uk

Jonathan Ward

gingerhorticulture.co.uk

Jac Williams

jacwilliamsphotography.com

Some freelance journalists also take on photography commissions. For further information, please see our full Members directory on pages 57-105 or search the Guild’s online Farming Media Centre at www.farmingmediacentre.co.uk.

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LEGACY FUND

Joe Watson Legacy Fund for Guild members The Joe Watson Legacy Fund – which awards grants to Guild members – was established in memory of former Guild chairman and Scottish agri-journalist Joe Watson.

The purpose of the fund is twofold: to improve the understanding of agriculture and to provide a better education for journalism and communication.

Grants are made to UK Guild members active in food and farming journalism and communications – and those seeking to embark on a career in the profession.

Applications for educational or professional development are especially welcome.

Joe died suddenly in March 2014. He was 43. The Joe Watson Legacy Fund was established with the help of the financial surplus generated from the 2014 International Federation of Agricultural Journalists Congress, which was hosted by the BGAJ and held in Aberdeen.

A registered charity, grants made by the fund are overseen by three trustees – all former BGAJ council members – who direct the theme for each year’s bursary. ”Joe was a fervent advocate of the benefits gained from co-operation across borders – as well as the insight and enlightenment arising from sharing experiences and contrasting viewpoints,” says legacy fund trustee Adrian Bell.

“Combine that with the excitement of travel, and you have a heady mix that informs and inspires in equal measure. It’s the same sentiment we’ve tried to capture in the Joe Watson Legacy Fund and its grants.”

Previous grants have enabled members to attend overseas events organised by the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists and the European Network of Agricultural Journalists.

For details about making an application, please email adrian.bell@agromavens.com

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AWARD WINNERS

Worthy winners celebrate BGAJ awards in style Olivia Midgley The annual awards programme is an important part of the Guild’s work to promote excellence in agricultural communications – and recognising the best editorial content.

Awards awards are independently judged

by Guild members and outside experts – and we are very grateful for their insight and comments.

We would like to thank all our award sponsors who make the annual schedule possible – the generous prizes on offer are an incentive to enter, but so too is the recognition of award winners in front of their peers.

Food and farming Charlotte Cunningham, acting co-editor of Crop Production Magazine (CPM), won the Guild’s 2021 IAgrE award for an article highlighting the role of engineering in modern food and energy production.

The award – for broadcast and print journalists – is kindly sponsored by the Institution of Agricultural Engineers, the professional body for engineers, scientists, technologists, and managers in the landbased sector.

Charlotte’s piece detailed a farm diversification project which embraces growing lucerne and on-floor bulk drying of this and other forage crops for the animal feed market using heat from an anaerobic digester and from a ground source pump system.

Runner-up was freelancer Nick Fone for a piece in Farmers Weekly about a farmer trying to engineer a solution to effective undersowing of maize to grass to prevent nitrate leaching after rainfall.

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involved and of the pros and cons of this approach. The article provides plenty of food for thought and first-hand experience for other growers to consider.

“A clearly presented journey for the farming business through change, the identification of other complementary uses for existing on farm technology and delivering a benefit across economics, carbon footprinting and energy efficiency.”

Judges said Nick’s article provided detail from trials carried out on the farm and a handy ‘lessons learned’ summary. “Any farmer in a similar situation reading this article would pick up a lot of pointers and opinion based on first-hand experience.”

The two winners shared a £1,500 prize pot.

Photography awards The Guild’s Photography Awards saw three categories – arable, livestock, and environment and sustainability – judged by national newspaper photographer Anthony Chappell-Ross.

Freelancer Tim Scrivener won the arable award for his image of harvesting in late evening sunshine in Rutland, published in Farmers Weekly. Runner-up was Farmers Guardian’s Marcello Garbagnoli, for a photo of harvesting winter wheat in Lincolnshire.

Guild member Jac Williams won the environment and sustainability award for a landscape photograph of the Dee valley above Llangollen. Freelancer John Eveson was runner-up for his image of big bales of grass silage in flooded farmland near Milnthorpe, Cumbria.

Marcello Garbagnoli of Farmers Guardian won the livestock award for his stunning photo of Swaledale sheep during a frosty morning in Northumberland.

Freelancer Tim Scrivener was runner-up for a picture of a farmer feeding her ewes in

Left: Alice Dyer with Defra non-exec director Henry Dimbleby (centre) and Oliver Wood from Hutchinsons

Above left: Hannah Binns receives the runner-up prize for the 2021 Red Tractor Public Engagement Award from Andrew Blenkiron. Above right: Fiona Carruthers receives the 2021 Red Tractor Public Engagement Award on behalf of Clemmie Gleeson Lincolnshire during heavy snowfall earlier this year. The three awards were kindly sponsored

by Reverberate PR.

Precision agronomy A strong field of entries was submitted for this year’s Omnia Precision Agronomy Award – once again kindly sponsored by Hutchinsons Precision Agronomy.

Freelancer Jane Carley walked away with the top prize of £1,000 for her piece in Profi magazine entitled ‘Keep a mixed fleet on track’. The feature presented practical, farm-based examples of technology and its application to help the grower become more efficient, reduce losses and increase productivity.

Judges were impressed by the article’s ‘good range of practical examples of the benefits of using precision equipment across a fleet of machines’. Second place, with a prize of £500, went to Alice Dyer of Arable Farming for her article ‘Is UK farming set for a new era in plant breeding?’

The piece impressed the judges for its ‘excellent review of gene editing including policy, practical applications and the pros and cons of a complex subject’. The awards were presented by Hutchinsons’ precision technology manager Oliver Wood.

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AWARD WINNERS from Farmers Guardian took second place.

The award, now in its sixth year, celebrates the work of journalists, broadcasters and podcasters who go above and beyond the call of duty to tell the story of UK food production.

Clemmie’s feature, written for Farmers Guardian, was selected as the winner for its “very approachable” style and “easy pointers on how farmers can engage with the public using social media”.

Judges said runner-up Hannah wrote a “great report on the use of engaging crowd funders to assist in getting a business off the ground.” The top prize was £1,000 with £500 going to the runner-up.

of support offered by RABI to farmers and farming families.

Adrian Bell was the first recipient of the Guild’s new PR Writer of the Year award.

The award, which recognises excellence in PR writing, was created and sponsored by Oxtale founder Amy Jackson.

The winning piece of PR was a press release placed and written on behalf of Levity Crop Science to promote the importance of boron and Damu, a ‘smart’ fertiliser developed by Levity, for successful bulking up and tuber development in the potato crop.

PR Awards A campaign promoting the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution’s Big Farming Survey won the 2021 Guild PR Award.

The award, which is in its third year, recognises excellence in agricultural and supply chain PR and communications. It was won by Pinstone Communications and presented at the Guild’s Harvest Lunch in October 2021.

The Big Farming Survey was a major study to consider the relationship between physical health, mental wellbeing and health of farm businesses – and help shape the direction Above: Adrian Bell receives the Guild’s inaugural PR Writer of the Year Award from Olivia Midgley Left: Beth Dixon (left) from Pinstone accepts the Guild’s PR Award from Defra nonexecutive director Henry Dimbleby and Olivia Midgley

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George Chancellor receives 2021 Netherthorpe award Long-time Guild member George Chancellor won the Guild’s prestigious 2021 Netherthorpe Communicator of the Year Award.

Described as the ‘unseen communicator’ who has contributed massively to the progression of UK agriculture, for decades George has worked tirelessly on behalf of his clients putting together stories of credibility and value.

What’s more, his stories work – he was the man behind the conservation tillage alliance that brought together Monsanto and Simba in the late 1990s, which transformed the way the majority of arable farmers tilled their soils George has brought together similar

partnerships over the decades since, most recently involved with csfbSMART - a crossindustry initiative to combat cabbage stem flea beetle in oilseed rape.

Adept at using the latest research in a particular field and translating it into practical messages for farmers, George’s scientific knowledge and skill at communications is seen as a key way to get essential R&D information to growers and livestock producers.

George said: “I am truly humbled – as well as totally shocked – that the Guild has seen fit to add me to the list of some of the people I have most admired and enjoyed in my lifetime in agricultural communication, not least because I moved to the ‘dark side’ so long ago.

“Never having entered an award in my life, I didn’t think I’d ever be able to ‘ride off into the sunset’ as an award-winning journalist – so you’ve made a dedicated wordsmith very happy.”

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CAREERS

Journalism training course makes welcome return A free training course designed to unearth the next generation of agricultural journalists returns in 2022 following a two-year absence.

The British Guild of Agricultural Journalists’ John Deere Training Award has been running since 1991 and has helped to produce some of the leading editors, correspondents and communications leaders working in the industry today.

After an enforced two-year break, the 2022 course returns this summer from 3-5 July at John Deere’s UK & Ireland headquarters in Langar, Nottinghamshire.

It sees 10 selected applicants given an immersive introduction to the world of journalism and is open to any aspiring communicators, whether or not they are from a farming background.

After the course, attendees complete a work placement with a national farming publication, an agricultural public relations agency, or within the communications department of a business which works with farmers.

Each course member will then enter their best piece of work to be judged with the winner taking home the overall John Deere Training Award and £250 first prize. A runner up also receives £100. Both prize-winners are invited to be guests at the BGAJ’s flagship Harvest Lunch event in London.

“The John Deere Training Award has been completed by many of the top agricultural journalists in the sector and we are really proud to have played a part in shaping their careers,” said Chris Wiltshire, tactical marketing manager at John Deere.

“Agriculture is poised to enter a period of unprecedented change and challenges therefore the need to recruit top-notch journalists to communicate the work our industry undertakes has arguably never been more important.”

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The John Deere Training Award brings new journalists into the sector practical exercises covering the main media sectors. Special guest speakers will address the group during the course, and participants will get the opportunity to put John Deere’s tractors and all-terrain utility vehicles through their paces with a driving experience.

BGAJ chair Olivia Cooper said: “Attracting talent to agricultural communications is vital, and this training course has been delivering fresh blood into the industry for more than 30 years.

“It’s a wonderful opportunity to learn how journalism works, meet like-minded people and get a real insight into the career opportunities in front of you. I would urge anyone thinking of a career in agricultural journalism to apply for this course.”

Applicants, who must be studying and/or resident in Great Britain, have until Friday, 29 April, 2022 to return a completed application form, which can be obtained from Ben Pike by emailing johndeere@evecommunications. co.uk.

The course is primarily aimed at graduating students keen to find work within the industry, or journalists with fewer than 12 months’ practical work experience, but all applications will be considered on their merit.

The training course at Langar and accommodation in Nottingham are free, although successful applicants are expected to cover their own expenses.

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INTERNATIONAL

Global travel opportunities abound with the IFAJ

by Jane Craigie Members of the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists are also automatically members of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ) – which has 56 member countries from all over the world.

IFAJ membership gives BGAJ members the most incredible travel opportunities and resource for seeking out country specific information or contacts among more than 5,000 agricultural journalists and communicators around the globe.

International travel

The pandemic has been tough for the IFAJ because much of its income is linked to its congresses and bursary-linked travel. Given the easing of the virus’s hold on the world, the hope is that this will change in 2022. IFAJ travel opportunities are communicated via the BGAJ e-newsletter.

IFAJ Congress

The annual IFAJ Congress is the best way to learn about a country, its culture, politics and its food production. It is also lots of fun.

The IFAJ 2022 Congress will be held in Denmark from 27 June to 3 July. It will focus on Smarter Farming and Food Production for Green and Sustainable Growth. There will be a pre-Congress tour from 24-27 June in Copenhagen and Zealand, with a postCongress tour to the Faroe Islands from 3-7 July. For details, see www.ifaj2020.dk.

The 2023 Congress will be in Alberta in Canada from 28 June to 3 July 2023 (www. ecfwa.ca/ifaj-congress-2023-calgary-ab). It will

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include the official opening night at the Calgary Stampede.

IFAJ 2024 will be in Switzerland from 14-18 August 2024 (www.IFAJ2024.ch).

Further ahead, IFAJ 2025 will be in Israel, 2026 in Kenya and 2027 in Croatia.

Fully supported places enable IFAJ members under 35 to attend the main Congress and a three-day bootcamp incorporating the Corteva Masterclass and Alltech Young Leaders’ Programmes.

The Masterclass focuses on participants from developing nations and Young Leaders from other nations. Past attendees include a number of British members, including Abi Kay, Aly Balsom and Caroline Stocks.

IFAJ’s future

The IFAJ is expanding its reach and influence.

It is also active in defending freedom of the press and is in the process of developing partnerships with global organisations.

From a governance perspective, the IFAJ is in the final stages of becoming a UK-based limited company. It will launch the IFAJ Charitable Foundation, also based in the UK. IFAJ Press card

A key benefit of IFAJ membership is the International Press Card. It is recognised by (agricultural) institutes, governments, ministries, exhibitions, fairs and events across the world. Guild members can apply for a card via the IFAJ Portal. The cost is 15.

For further information about the IFAJ, visit www.portal.ifaj.org or contact Jane Craigie, jane@janecraigie.com

EUROPEAN NETWORK

Towards the next 10 years as another decade begins

by Adrian Bell The end of 2021 was a bittersweet moment for British involvement in the European Network of Agricultural Journalists. We celebrated the tenth anniversary of ENAJ – a grouping that, like the IFAJ some 60 years before, the British Guild had been instrumental in founding. But it also marked the triumph of politics over principle.

I’m pleased to confirm that the BGAJ remains an ENAJ member. But following Brexit, we now enjoy the somewhat lowly status of ‘informal’ membership.

This is infinitely preferable to losing our membership altogether. It still allows Guild members to join press trips and participate in ENAJ events. But we have lost our voting rights and – perhaps more significantly – can no longer nominate a candidate for the ENAJ management committee.

Members may not realise that the British Guild is the world’s second-largest association of agricultural journalists. I was thus proud to stand alongside seven fellow founding ENAJ members in Brussels with the then EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Cioloș to sign the organisation’s charter in 2011. There is no doubt Mr Cioloș saw ENAJ as a useful tool through which to bolster his efforts to reform the Common Agricultural Policy.

Since those early days, ENAJ has put some distance between itself and the European Commission – and no longer acts as an extension of the Brussels agri-press team.

During that time, it has organised press trips, meetings with ministers, competitions and study visits for young journalists – and in the process, pushed Brussels into recognising the importance of agricultural journalism itself. Strong and effective communication of farming is important not only for food producers, but for the general public too.

The 2022 IFAJ Congress in Denmark will include a tour to the Faroe Islands.

The end of our involvement in managing ENAJ affairs won’t mean the end of all involvement in its activities. British members can continue to avail themselves of press trips and other activities, although we should recognise that British members may find they have lower priority for certain events.

I value the experiences that ENAJ has given me. Fact-finding trips have taken me across Europe, from Ireland to Romania, and from Denmark to Greece, meeting politicians and policymakers as well as the farmers affected by their policies. There’ll always be the memory of beating George Eustice in the little-known sport of Baltic antler-hurling… and how The Sun followed up the story.

I’d urge every BGAJ member with a hunger for knowledge beyond our own borders to get involved with both ENAJ and IFAJ, and continue the British Guild’s support for these fine and valuable organisations.

The ENAJ activity programme for 2022 has not yet been announced, owing to continuing Covid uncertainty – so keep an eye on the BGAJ website for news and applications for press trips.

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HARVEST SERVICE & LUNCH The Guild’s flagship event – the annual Harvest Service and Lunch – took place at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, and Pewterers’ Hall, London, on 7 October 2021.

The address was given by Chris Loder MP, who said smaller family farms should be given more control over their destiny – rather than being forced to accept prices lower than the cost of production.

Guest of honour Henry Dimbleby spoke after lunch about the need for the government to accept his recommendations for a national food strategy, arguing that it would encourage healthier diets and more sustainable farming methods.

The Guild remains extremely grateful to all our sponsors for their continued support of this important event, which brings together Guild members, friends and guests to celebrate all that is best about British farming.

Above: Shi Shi, Judith Tooth & Lindsey Monaghan Right: Kay Henderson, Matt Wilson, Charlie Yorke & Rebecca Davidson

All photos by Ruth Downing.

For a full selection of pictures from the 2021 Harvest Service and Lunch – and the opportunity to purchase individual prints, visit www.ruralpictures.co.uk

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“Filling the Chairman’s Boots” - Diane Montague

Walking into church

Rev. Geoff Dodgson, Chris Loder MP & Rev. Canon Dr. Alison Joyce

Edd Mowbray & David Jones

Ben Briggs, Paul Jennings, Cedric Porter, David Butler & Rachael Porter

Chris Loder MP

Henry Dimbleby

In church Jason Davies & Richard Phelps

IN MEMORIAM Guild members who passed away during 2020 and 2021 are remembered in these tributes. Detailed obituaries and recollections of their careers, achievements and character are published on the Guild website at www.gaj.org.uk Liz Boynton Farming near Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, Liz Boynton reported on food, farming and rural issues in her opinion column for the Ross Gazette.

A dairy farmer and blackcurrant grower, Liz wrote occasionally for the Farmlife and arable pages of Farmers Weekly.

She was a valued contributor to The Farmer agricultural newspaper in the Midlands, and was also adept at explaining agriculture to the non-farming public.

Anthony Collier Co-founder of Farm Contractor magazine and the Four Seasons Publicity agency, Tony Collier was a well-respected journalist and publicist specialising in farm machinery. He also brought many of today’s professionals into agricultural PR and journalism.

Farm Contractor was initially a bi-monthly magazine before becoming monthly. With its broader scope, Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer was published by advertising manager and former Guild member Malcolm Benjamin for many years until being acquired in 2020 by Lewis Business Media.

Tony served for several years as a trustee of the Guild’s Charitable Trust. A natural raconteur, he enjoyed nothing more than standing at the bar, pint in one hand, smouldering pipe in the other, while recalling a lengthy anecdote punctuated after the punchline with a roar of infectious laughter.

David Kelsey Kent farmer and honorary Guild member David Kelsey and his wife Maureen regularly attended the Guild’s annual Harvest Service having first set up a fine centre-piece display of produce in St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street.

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near Sidcup, Kent, with produce donated to be distributed afterwards by the church In celebrating David’s honorary membership, the Guild acknowledges the Kelsey family’s long-standing association and support that continues to this day.

Peter Ryder A stalwart and past President who contributed hugely to the Guild, Peter Ryder served for many years on the management Council throughout his career as a journalist, an in-house PR man and while running the Lancer PR agency.

Peter and his wife Wendy organised the Guild’s annual harvest lunch and, in earlier years, a spring lunch too. They also compiled the Guild’s Yearbook for 31 years until 2013.

A senior fellow and a great supporter of the Guild for more than 50 years, Peter was professional in all he did, with a genuine interest in – and affection for – the people involved in every aspect of the UK agricultural industry, journalism and public relations.

Derek Fraser During a high-profile career in agricultural journalism, Derek Fraser worked on Farmers Weekly before being appointed to launch Big Farm Weekly in the combined role of editor and news editor.

Derek’s daughter recalls this as the happiest period of his career, enjoying the thrill of working towards a deadline as the paper went to press on a Tuesday night in the East End of London.

He subsequently moved to the NFU’s British Farmer publication and freelanced from his home in Kent.

Derek received the Guild’s Netherthorpe Communicator of the Year Award in 1990, as recorded on the crowing cockerel trophy displayed at The Farmers Club in London.

Top L-r: Liz Boynton, Anthony Collier, David Kelsey, Peter Ryder, Derek Fraser Bottom L-r: Hazel Hescott, Robin Limb, Peter Rogers, Tia Rund

Hazel Hescott Well-known for working alongside her father and fellow Guild member Bob Meredith on Potato Review magazine, Hazel Hescott became co-owner of the magazine when Bob retired, mostly handling finance and advertising sales.

Hazel was well-respected in the potato industry, always having a kind word for everyone she met, and was a warm, cheerful and eternally optimistic work colleague.

Born in Nigeria where her father was an agricultural officer, Hazel studied chemistry at Sheffield University and worked for British Nuclear Fuels where she helped produce the company’s in-house newspaper, before joining Potato Review in 1995.

Peter Rogers Commercial horticulture journalist Peter Rogers passed away after a long career begun as a sub-editor on The Grower, the industry’s trade publication, on which he subsequently spent 35 years as its editor, championing grower causes and raising the profile of an industry he often felt went unrecognised.

In 2003, Peter received the Chartered Institute of Horticulture award for his contribution to horticulture. In the same year, his services to horticultural journalism were acknowledged with an OBE. A former member of the magazine’s editorial advisory board described Peter as one of horticulture’s greatest ambassadors, hugely popular with UK growers.

Robin Limb After a long career in the UK sugar beet industry, Robin Limb died having held numerous roles at British Sugar, including six years as agricultural manager and editor of British Sugar Beet Review, two roles that brought him into contact with many Guild members.

Robin was refreshingly willing to share his expertise and breadth of industry knowledge with journalists , while friends and colleagues recall his help, generous support and ability to see the humorous side of awkward or challenging situations.

Tia Rund A respected staff and freelance journalist, Tia Rund died having forged a successful career covering arable and livestock topics after winning the Guild’s training award.

Tia worked on Arable Farming, Dairy Farmer and Crops magazine before moving into rural PR. She handling big-name clients, and then worked freelance for Farmers Guardian and Farmers Guide alongside fellow Guild members who describe her as a diligent journalist, skilled sub-editor and a kind, thoughtful, generous and humorous companion and colleague.

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Help is at hand.

In recent years, the BGAJ Charitable Trust has gained sufficient funds to offer more assistance to more members and their dependents.

Our help includes: medical top-up fees; respite care assistance; disability aids and help with essential bills.

If you face unexpected difficulties, talk to the Trust – in complete confidence – to see what can be done.

If you want to help raise funds, talk to us. We welcome any idea to help our members.

To find out more, contact Stephen Howe, FBGAJ 01342 893018 \ stephen_howe@btinternet.com

British Guild of Agricultural Journalists Charitable Trust. Registered no. 0125968

CHARITABLE TRUST

The Guild’s hidden gem Needs your support and help to spread the word The British Guild of Agricultural Journalists’ Charitable Trust is a major asset for members and one of the Guild’s hidden gems carrying out its invaluable work quietly in the background.

The Trust was founded by a small band of professional journalists more than 25 years ago. They recongised the need for an independent charity to help Guild members, former members and their dependents who may have fallen upon hard times or poor health. The Trust has since spent its limited funds wisely to benefit many people. Indeed, in the past few years, it has provided: • • • • • • • •

Respite care Motorised reclining chair Essential household and utility bills An electric buggy Car disability adaptation Top-up nursing home fees Hospital transport costs Physiotherapy sessions

Just as vital, the number of communications and conversations it has had keeping in touch with retired colleagues and providing help and reassurance to troubled members and their families.

You never know what the future holds and just in case you or your family fall on hard times, or you hear of a fellow Guild member who has, please do contact your Trust. Any approach will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Of course, the Charitable Trust can spend only the money raised each year from the interest its assets earn and the financial support it receives from members and friends of the Guild.

Fundraising activities include our Fill The Chairman’s Boots appeal at the Guild’s Harvest Luncheon; the 200 Club; auctions and

Trust chairman Stephen Howe

sponsored walks or rides. You can also help by setting up a legacy or suggesting a new fundraising activity.

So, why not take advantage of the 200 Club now? It raises money through the sale of shares. Each share costs £10 and every member of the Guild can purchase up to ten shares.

There is a draw twice a year (at the AGM and Harvest Luncheon) with a 1st prize of £100, 2nd prize of £50 and a 3rd prize of £25. Your investment will be helping to secure the Trust’s future, give someone a helping hand and has a very good chance of winning you some cash.

To find out more about the 200 Club, email Clive Rainbird at treasurer@gaj.org.uk.

For more details about the Charitable Trust, or to offer assistance please contact the BGAJ Secretary or the Trust’s chairman Stephen Howe on 01342 893018 or 07802 548552 stephen_howe@btinternet.com. All requests for help are held in strict confidence.

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DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS & FRIENDS 2022 See also: www.farmingmediacentre.co.uk

Farmers Guardian’s Marcello Garbagnoli won the Guild’s 2021 livestock photography award for this photo of Swaledale sheep during a frosty morning in Northumberland.

MEMBERS BY REGION ENGLAND EAST Roger Abbott Mike Abram Peter Adams Richard Allison Ian Bell John Blackbeard Heather Briggs Godfrey Brown Kerry Buttriss Denis Chamberlain Adam Clarke Jeremy Cole Jeremy Coleclough Guild Communications Julian Cooksley Deborah Crossan Richard Crowhurst Rebecca Dawson Rory Day Geoff Dodgson Graham Downing John Foster Jez Fredenburgh Milly Fyfe Jean Pierre Garnier Clemmie Gleeson Greg Goulding Julie Goulding Chris Green Sara Gregson Stephen Hall Yvonne Hargreaves Clare Harwood Martha Hayes Adrian Hayler Jill Hewitt Rachel Hicks Louise Impey Petra Jacob Jenny Jefferies Jane Jordan Andrew Kendall Marion King Bruce Knight Alison Lea Barry Livesey Rosalinde Lloyd Christopher Lockwood Martin Looker Charles Macdowell Pat Marston Robert Meredith Harry Mitchell Edd Mowbray Ian Munnery Gary Naylor Hayley Parrott Ben Pike Rachael Porter Clive Rainbird

Nick Rainsley Roger Ranson Martin Redbond Helen Riby David Richardson Martin Rickatson Sarah Riley Teresa Rush Wendy Ryder Tim Scrivener Barbara Segall Richard ShepherdBarron Ben Skipper Roger Smith Paul Spackman Adam Speed Alan Stennett Hugh Symington Johann Tasker Juliette Tompkins Judith Tooth Carol Twinch Niamh Tye Antonia Walker Annette Ward Andrew Watts Sophie Wilesmith Jac Williams David Williams Michael Williams Martin Woodhead Amy Woolliscroft Liz Wright Karen Wright MIDLANDS Tom Allen-Stevens James Andrews Geoff Ashcroft Mike Ashton Guy Attenborough Emily Ball Rebecca Barningham Debbie Beaton Rebecca Beaumont Angharad Belcher Francesca Beswick Jo Biggs Jimmy Birchmore Nicholas Bond Stuart Booker Diane Bristow Jane Brooks Helen Brothwell Mike Bunney Chris Burgess David Butler Rebecca Callaghan Jane Carley Denis Cartmel Angus Chalmers

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George Chancellor Alex Cherry Philip Christopher Trevor Clarke Emma Craigie Paul Crisford Peter Crowe Charlotte Cunningham Rebecca Davidson Isabel Davies Jim Davies Jamie Day Lucy de la Pasture Beth Dixon Mike Donovan Alistair Driver Chloe Dunne Sarah Dusgate Alice Kate Dyer Amy Eggleston David Evington Roger Gilbert Mike Gooding Rosy Harding Justine Hards Moira Hart Kay Henderson Simon Henley Peter Hill Sharon Hockley Eleanor Holdsworth Rosie Hopkins Dr Matthew Horne Ian Howie Tom Hunt Amy Jackson Katie James Paul Jennings David Jones Rebecca Kirk Paul Lay Catherine Linch Hannah Lloyd Helen Maiden The Countess of Mar Clive Marlow Julie Mate Frances McKim Angus McKirdy Alistair McLaren Matthew Mellor Olivia Midgley Adrienne Mitchell Steve Mitchell Rebecca Morgan Duncan Murray-Clarke Laura Mushrush Emily Padfield Annabel Palmer Sarah Palmer Ali Parker Sarah Peacocke

Alex Phillimore Jason Pole Dr Kenneth Pollock Annie Potter Rhian Price Rachel Queenborough Stephen Reckless Tim Relf Nikki Robertson Hannah Rose Emily Scaife Julie Scanlon Philippa Sellwood Natasha Smith Liz Snaith Iain St John Martin Stanhope Keith Stevens Amy Stinton Jonathan Theobald Matthew Tilt Leo Townsend Christopher Walkland Martin Ward Steve Wellbeloved Jonathan Wheeler Richard Whiskard Sally Whittall Hannah Wilson Laura Yates NORTH Sarah Alderton Emily Ashworth Amy Bateman Lucy Baxter Hannah Binns Kathleen Birkinshaw Alex Black Ben Briggs Amanda Brown Angela Calvert Lauren Chambers Sandy Cox Hannah Crawford Lord Donald Curry of Kirkharle Marianne Curtis Jake Davies Jessica Deunert Ruth Downing Phil Eades Theresa Eveson John Eveson Michael Finch Robert Forster Doreen Forsyth Marcello Garbagnoli Caz Graham Mike Green Simon Haley Derek Hine

Maureen Hodges Barbara Huddart Wayne Hutchinson Bruce Jobson Gareth Jones Katie Jones Abi Kay Sharon Kennett Tom Levitt Stuart Lumb Jennifer Mackenzie Debbie Mather Elizabeth McLaughlin Lindsay Monaghan Roger Moore Ann Newbold Andrew Newbold Hannah Noble Simon Orpwood Danusia Osiowy-Wilkinson Emma Penny Tony Pexton Michael Priestley Vickie Robinson Bruce Scholten Joanne Sharpe Wendy Short Caroline Stocks Sarah Todd Andrew Venables Howard Walsh SOUTH EAST Charles Abel David Addis Nigel Akehurst Mark Allen Hazel, Baroness Byford of Rothley Robert Benson Tessa Bevin Jenny Botsford Matilda Bovingdon Laurence Brown Grp Capt (Ret) Grieve Carson Philip Case Anthony Cave-Penney David Charbit Philip Clarke Jo Cowderoy Pat Crawford Andrew Faulkner Guy Faulkner Jeremy Gibbs Alison Glennon Patrick Gooch Lauren Harris Chris Harris Camilla Hayselden-Ashby Oli Hill

Jeremy Hobson Rachael Holdsworth Peter Hollinshead Harry Hope Suzie Horne Chris Horseman Stephen Howe John Jarrett Jennifer John Josiah Jones Bill Kelsey Jackie Linden Sam Luckin Daphne MacCarthy Oliver Mark Andrew Meredith Rebecca Miller Kevin Milner Diane Montague Sarah Nightingale Sue Nix Gill Norriss Catherine Paice Andrew Pearce Cedric Porter Peter Read Jonathan Riley Mark Sanderson Sir James Scott Robert Smith Michael Stones Raymond Vale Howard Venters Michael Wale Jonathan Ward Chris White Ruth Widen SOUTH WEST Aly Balsom Adrian Bell Chris Biddle Andrew Blake Lord Ewen Cameron of Dillington Rosie Carne Fiona Carruthers Sarah Chidgey Sam Clark Olivia Cooper ffinlo Costain Gary Crossley Ian Damms Clive Dibben Julie Edwards Nick Fone Philip Gibson Lauren Goringe Jenni Green Peter Grimshaw Spence Gunn Kendra Hall

Francesca Harding Ann Hardy Robert Harris Rebecca Holder Melanie Jenkins Anna Jones Maureen Kelsey George A Macpherson James Marshall Tony McDougal Anthony Mosley Natalie Noble Geoff Pagotto Mary-Vere Parr Christine Pedersen Tim Price Peter Reynolds Mick Roberts Claire Shaddick Heather Simons Emma Smith Polly Stevenson John Swire Caroline Ward Mike Whiting Ruth Wills

SCOTLAND Arthur Anderson Sarah Anderson Andrew Arbuckle Alana Black Michael Blanche Katrina Candy Bob Carruth Lynsey Clark Alasdair Cox Jane Craigie Anna Davies Rebecca Dawes Keith Dawson Robert Easton Lesley Eaton Norette Ferns Andrew Findlay Ken Fletcher Eddie Gillanders Brian Henderson William Howatson Stefanie Kaiser Sheila Kennedy Jo Learmonth Colin Ley George Lyon Catherine MacGregor Gemma Mackie Eilidh MacPherson Diana McGowan Carol McLaren Neale McQuistin Nancy Nicolson

Judith O’Leary Hannah Park Susannah Pate Ewan Pate Claire Powell Gordon Rennie Robert Ross Ken Rundle Melanie Scott John Sleigh Drew Sloan Peter Small Jane Smernicki Craig Stephen Laura Strang Claire Taylor Fiona Turnbull

WALES Dr Philip Bell Laura Bowyer Sheila Coleman Will Evans Debbie James Aled Rhys Jones Handel Jones Zoe Kay Deborah Laird Olivia MacGarvie Gaina Morgan Ruth Rees Dei Tomos

OVERSEAS Gwendolyn Jones Chris Lyddon Chris McCullough Bruce Ross Nèlia Silva Steven Vale

A-Z OF MEMBERS Contact details for new Members and Friends are published throughout the year in eAlerts sent to Guild Members. For a searchable online membership directory, visit the Guild’s Farming Media Centre at www. farmingmediacentre.co.uk ROGER ABBOTT (Fellow, BGAJ) Retired 64 Orwell Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk IP11 7PY Tel: 07780 661805 Email: abbott.roger@googlemail.com CHARLES ABEL Freelance Editor, Journalist, Media Skills Trainer, Marketing Strategy & PR, abelcomms/Abel AgTech Ltd 21 Williard Way, Ashington, Pulborough, West Sussex RH20 3PQ Tel: 07795 420692 Email: abelcomms@googlemail.com Interests: Writing and editing articles on food and farming (especially arable); training business people to handle media interviews more effectively; and managing editorial/PR/marketing projects.

MIKE ABRAM Freelance Journalist, Abram Communications 23 Sigismund Road, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 2RJ Tel: 07899 952361 Email: AbramCommunications@gmail.com Twitter: @mike__abram Interests: Freelance journalist and content creator specialising in arable crops.

PETER ADAMS Retired 87 Ellough Road, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 7AB Tel: 01502 470865 Email: pandgadams@btinternet.com DAVID ADDIS Retired Freelance Journalist / Media Trainer / Script Writer 42 Woodfield Way, Theale, Reading, Berkshire RG7 5QR Tel: 07970 919922 Email: addis@theale.co.uk

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NIGEL AKEHURST Founder / Editor in Chief, Indie Farmer 182 Southgate Road, London, N1 3HU Tel: 07590 532829 Email: nigel@indiefarmer.co.uk Interests: Online magazine.

SARAH ALDERTON Freelance Journalist and PR Consultant, Farmgate Media Corner House, Newby, Penrith, Cumbria CA10 3EX Tel: 07739 969198 Email: farmgatemedia@outlook.com Twitter: @farmingjourno Interests: News and technical writing for print and web media, writing press releases, sourcing case studies, creating media plans, producing videos, driving social media campaigns.

MARK ALLEN Friend Executive Chairman, Mark Allen Group St. Jude’s Church, Dulwich Road, London SE24 0PB Tel: 0207 501 6700 Mob: 07919 016806 Email: mark.allen@markallengroup.com Interests: Executive chairman of the Mark Allen Group, one of whose magazines is Farmers Weekly.

TOM ALLEN-STEVENS Director of Communications and Public Relations, Trinity AgTech 70 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5ES Tel: 0207 071 6900 Mob: 07771 518475 Email: tas@trinityagtech.com Twitter: @tomallenstevens Interests: Our digital assistant, Sandy, empowers and helps farmers to manage their natural capital and the wealth of data they have and receive.

RICHARD ALLISON Arable Editor, Farmers Weekly Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS Tel: 07776 172262 Email: richard.allison@markallengroup.com Twitter: @RichAllisonFW Interests: Managing Farmers Weekly’s arable content in both the magazine and on the FWi website.

SARAH ANDERSON Journalist, SAPR 15 Cleuch Avenue, North Middleton, Gorebridge, Midlothian EH23 4RP Tel: 07885 655370 Email: sarahanderson42@hotmail.com Interests: Freelance journalist and PR.

ARTHUR ANDERSON MBE, FRAGS (Senior Fellow, BGAJ) Retired Denmill Cottage, Burnett Street, Auchenblae, Kincardineshire AB30 1WP Tel: 01561 320248 Email: arthur@denmill.com JAMES ANDREWS Freelance Journalist Amperley Farm, Caynham, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 3BW Tel: 07814 098918 Email: jameswkandrews@mac.com Interests: Freelance reporting, mainly on new machinery and technologies.

ANDREW ARBUCKLE (Fellow, BGAJ) Freelance Journalist Lower Cottage West, Fliskmillan, Newburgh, Fife KY14 6HN Tel: 01337 870209 Mob: 07703 528378 Email: andrew@andrewarbuckle.org Interests: Special interests: farming politics and arable farming.

GEOFF ASHCROFT Freelance Journalist, Aerial photographer and Videographer, Media Mechanics 29 Lawton Avenue, Carterton, Oxfordshire OX18 3JY Tel: 01993 841035 Mob: 07977 129726 Email: mediamechanics@btinternet.com Interests: Freelance machinery journalism, editorial services and PR support, plus aerial photography and video services (CAA-approved drone pilot). Special interest in all aspects of farm mechanisation.

MIKE ASHTON Communications Manager, The CLA Knightley, Gnosall, Woodseaves, Staffordshire ST20 0EW Tel: 01785 337010 Mob: 07753 574675 Email: mike.ashton@cla.org.uk Twitter: @clamidlands Interests: Communications adviser, all channels.

EMILY ASHWORTH Features Editor, Farmers Guardian Unit 4, Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9NZ Tel: 07908 592444 Email: emily.ashworth@agriconnect.com Twitter: @emily_llou Interests: My main passions are food and history, and supporting the rural community through focused content.

GUY ATTENBOROUGH Corporate Affairs Director, Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2TL Tel: 02476 692051 Email: guy.attenborough@ahdb.org.uk Interests: Public affairs, internal communications, legal compliance and corporate governance at AHDB. EMILY BALL Account Director, Reverberate PR Halfstone, Smeatharpe, Honiton, Devon EX14 9RF Tel: 01823 602806 Mob: 07572 666095 Email: emily@reverberate-pr.co.uk Interests: Reverberate PR is a full service, specialist food and agricultural PR agency.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS ALY BALSOM Freelance, Aly Balsom Media 120 Winsley, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire BA15 2LE Tel: 07912 344219 Email: aly@alybalsommedia.co.uk Twitter: @AlyBalsom Interests: Freelance journalist specialising in livestock farming, agricultural business management, rural living and lifestyle.

REBECCA BARNINGHAM Freelance Rural Marketing Specialist, Rural Marketing Solutions Homefield, Kempsey Common, Kempsey, Worcester, Worcestershire WR5 3QE Tel: 07935 376927 Email: rebecca@ruralmarketingsolutions.com Twitter: @ruralmarketings Interests: Freelance marketing professional with over 20yrs experience; member of Chartered Institute of Marketing with a Diploma in Marketing and HND in Agricultural Marketing & Business.

BARONESS BYFORD OF ROTHLEY Honorary Member Guild President 2004-2007 Houses of Parliament, London, SW1A 0PW Tel: 020 7219 3000 Email: byfordh@parliament.uk AMY BATEMAN Freelance Photographer, Amy Bateman Photography Ltd Croft Foot Farm, Docker, Kendal, Cumbria LA8 0DF Tel: 07813 699473 Email: batemanamy@live.com Twitter: @Croftfoot Interests: Cumbrian farm-based multi-award winning commercial freelance photographer providing high quality, visual content for businesses. Farmer’s wife too; understands agricultural concepts.

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LUCY BAXTER Freelance Journalist 21 Royalty Lane, New Longton, Preston, Lancs PR4 4JD Tel: 07754 478667 Email: lucy.farmersguardian@gmail.com Twitter: @itsmelucybaxter Interests: Producing reports and podcast episodes about current agricultural issues for the Farmers Guardian; and radio packages concerning the future of farming for the BBC. DEBBIE BEATON Director, Debbie Beaton Consulting Ltd Irish Meadow, Caynham Road, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 3BW Tel: 01584 892047 Mob: 07572 667298 Email: debbie_beaton@icloud.com Twitter: @debbie_beaton Interests: Thought-leadership, strategic and media advice across the agricultural sector.

REBECCA BEAUMONT Agricultural PR specialist, Pinstone Unit 3, The Business Plaza, Enterprise Park, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0LA Tel: 01568 617666 Email: r.beaumont@pinstone.co.uk Interests: Full-service agricultural PR and communications consultancy dedicated to working with the agri-business sector to bring together a strategic approach and a sound knowledge of agriculture.

ANGHARAD BELCHER Head of Congress, British Small Animal Veterinary Association Woodrow House, 1 Telford Way, Waterwells Business Park, Quedgeley, Gloucestershire GL2 2AB Tel: 01452 726706 Email: a.belcher@bsava.com Interests: Areas of special interest: animal health, strategic planning, collaboration, sustainability and supply chain.

DR PHILIP BELL Retired Freelance Cae’r Llan, 14 Bull Bay Road, Amlwch, Anglesey LL68 9EA Tel: 01407 830636 Email: bell100@europe.com

IAN BELL Friend Head of Farming & Rural Engagement, Folk2Folk Folk 2 Folk, Number One Business Centre, Western Road, Launceston, Cornwall PL15 7FJ Tel: 07483 171372 Email: ianbell@folk2folk.com Interests: Folk2Folk offers local peer-to-peer lending, matching lenders with local businesses looking for finance to grow, develop or diversify.

ADRIAN BELL (Fellow, BGAJ) Founder, Agro Mavens Ltd 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU Tel: 020 3637 6636 Mob: 07976 866808 Email: adrian.bell@agromavens.com Interests: Marketer, PR, communicator, strategist and copywriter. UK & international. Agtech, arable, agchem, livestock, environment, machinery, sustainability. TV/film/video: storyline, content, scripting, presenting. IFAJ Treasurer.

ROBERT BENSON Retired Freelance 9 Ribblesdale, Roman Road, Dorking, Surrey RH4 3EX Tel: 01306 743101 Email: j.priestley234@btinternet.com FRANCESCA BESWICK Marketing Co-ordinator, Lely Center Midlands Ltd Lely Centre Midlands Ltd, Unit 1, Ladford Covert Industrial Park, Seighford, Stafford, Staffordshire ST18 9QL Tel: 01785 281250 Email: fbeswick@sta.lelycenter.com Twitter: @lelymidlands Interests: Dairy farmers’ daughter with a passion for the dairy industry. Marketing Co-ordinator for an innovative agricultural company specialising in automatic milking and feeding equipment.

TESSA BEVIN Honorary Member Trustee, BGAJ Charitable Trust Dawn Cottage, Denbigh Road, Haslemere, Surrey GU27 3AP Email: marktessabevin@btinternet.com CHRIS BIDDLE Consultant Editor, Chris Biddle Media 12 Kingfisher Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP2 8JE Tel: 01722 327277 Mob: 07785 295625 Email: chris.biddle@btinternet.com Twitter: @ChrisBiddle1 Interests: Editorial and features on land-based and turfcare machinery and equipment markets.

Consultant Editor: Service Dealer / Turf Pro. Producer/Presenter: Inside AgriTurf podcast.

JO BIGGS Senior Marcomms Manager - Beef & Lamb, Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2TL Tel: 024 7647 8836 Email: jo.biggs@ahdb.org.uk Interests: Manager of a team of marcomms specialists who work to raise the profile of AHDB Beef & Lamb’s activities among levy payers.

HANNAH BINNS News and Business Reporter, Farmers Guardian Hecklin Farm, Pendle Road, Downham, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 4BX Tel: 07815 493724 Email: hannah.binns@agriconnect.com Twitter: FGHannahBinns Interests: Reporting on agricultural industry news and business at the Farmers Guardian and an occasional blogger, documenting adventures on the farm and beyond.

JIMMY BIRCHMORE Owner / Director, Jimmy Birchmore Events Ltd 16 Sopwith Road, Upper Rissington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 2NS Tel: 07515 283630 Email: jimmy@jimmybirchmore.com Interests: Virtual, hybrid, and face to face event management. Bespoke 3D, animation and video content creation. Specialists for agriculture, environment, food and land based sectors.

KATHLEEN BIRKINSHAW Freelance Photographer High House, Derwent, Bamford, Hope Valley, Derbyshire SS33 0AQ Tel: 07713 756000 Email: kathbirkinshaw@yahoo.co.uk Interests: Freelance photographer and hill farmer in the Derbyshire Peak District.

ALANA BLACK Communications Manager - Press and Media Food Standards Scotland, Pilgrim House, Old Ford Road, Aberdeen AB11 5RL. Mob: 07596 122184 Email: hello@fledglingfarmers.com Twitter: @fledglingfarms Interests: Freelance agricultural communicator working with Jane Craigie Marketing on delivering the Rural Youth Project until October 2020.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS ALEX BLACK Business Reporter, Farmers Guardian Unit 4, Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9NZ Tel: 01772 799409 Mob: 07880 490486 Email: alex.black@agriconnect.com Twitter: @FGalexblack Interests: Reporting on agricultural business topics.

JOHN BLACKBEARD Retired The Maltings, 13 Old Market Street, Mendlesham, Suffolk IP14 5RZ Tel: 01449 767798 Email: johnleslie715@hotmail.com ANDREW BLAKE Freelance Journalist 4 Littlemead, Rivar Road, Shalbourne, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 3QB Tel: 01672 871209 Mob: 07391 877814 Email: ablake3459@aol.com Interests: Freelance journalist with special interests in arable farming, farm mechanisation and hop production.

MICHAEL BLANCHE Friend Farmer and Podcaster / Columnist, M Blanche T/A Divine Ovine Culteuchar Farm, Forgandenny, Perth, Perth and Kinross PH2 9HU Tel: 07841 354875 Email: mwdblanche@gmail.com Twitter: @totallyewesome Interests: Farmer and farm consultant; producer/ presenter of The Pasture Pod podcast. Former blogger and Courier columnist.

NICHOLAS BOND (Fellow, BGAJ) Freelance Journalist and PR Consultant, Rural Press & PR Services 12 The Firs, Lower Quinton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 8TJ Tel: 01789 721311 Mob: 07748 927424 Email: nicholas.bond@farming.me.uk Interests: Media consultant; freelance agricultural writer with interests in training and education, conservation, rural life and farming charities. FCN (Farming Community Network) co-ordinator for Warwickshire.

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STUART BOOKER Freelance PR and Copywriting 20 Stephenson Close, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 6BS Tel: 07841 655379 Email: stuartbooker@hotmail.com Twitter: @StuartBookerPR Interests: PR, marketing and copywriting for agriculture and land-based industries. Interests include animal health, animal feeds and nutrition, livestock, machinery, arable farming, agricultural bio-stimulants, horticulture, environment.

JENNY BOTSFORD Retired 191 Chatsworth Court, Pembroke Road, Kensington, London, W8 6DD Tel: 020 7937 1132 Mob: 07855 763260 Email: jenny@botsfords.com MATILDA BOVINGDON Machinery Reporter, Farmers Weekly Mark Allen Group, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Brighton Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS Tel: 07823 668978 Email: matilda.bovingdon@markallengroup.com Interests: Machinery reporter, Farmers Weekly and FWi. LAURA BOWYER Marketing Manager, Hereford Cattle Society Hereford Cattle Society, Hereford House, 3 Offa Street, Hereford, Herefordshire HR1 2LL Tel: 01432 272057 Email: laura.bowyer@herefordcattle.org Interests: Promoting the Hereford breed and its merits to producers and consumers.

HEATHER BRIGGS Freelance Journalist and PR Consultant 11 Westland Road, Cottesmore, Oakham, Rutland LE15 7DS Tel: 07749 492930 Email: roseheather.briggs@gmail.com Twitter: @Roseheather1 Interests: Freelance agricultural communications and public relations, technical articles, press releases, event support and proof reading in both English and Spanish.

BEN BRIGGS Editor, Farmers Guardian Unit 4, Caxton Road, Fulwood Park, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9NZ Tel: 07920 500025 Email: ben.briggs@farmersguardian.com Twitter: @FGben Interests: Editor of Farmers Guardian in print and online and group editor within the Agriconnect business.

DIANE BRISTOW Communications and PR Consultant, Pinstone Unit 3, The Business Plaza, Owen Way, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0LA Tel: 01568 617660 Email: diane@pinstone.co.uk Twitter: @PinstoneComms Interests: Integrated PR and communications consultancy that brings together a strategic approach, innovative thinking and a sound knowledge of agri-business and the rural environment.

JANE BROOKS Freelance Journalist Little Paddox Farm, Fosse Way, Moreton Morrell, Warwicks CV35 9BX Tel: 07572 258864 Email: little_paddox@yahoo.co.uk Interests: Freelance rural features writer and photographer. Agricultural machinery journalist, covering tractor guides and farming history.

HELEN BROTHWELL Freelance Journalist/Technical Writer Patchetts Farm, Upper Gambolds Lane, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire B60 3HA Tel: 07870 534605 Email: brothwellhe@gmail.com Interests: Journalism and technical writing across all farming sectors with a particular focus on pig production

AMANDA BROWN Friend Director, A2B PR Stud Farm End, Off Oaks Lane, Dacre Banks, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG3 4EN Tel: 01423 740048 Email: amanda@a2bpr.co.uk Interests: Public relations, copy writing and social media specialist LAURENCE BROWN Account Executive, Reverberate PR Halfstone, Smeatharpe, Honiton, Devon EX14 9RF Tel: 07534 317371 Email: laurence@reverberate-pr.co.uk Interests: Reverberate PR is an agricultural public relations company, providing consultation on communication for a range of agricultural clients.

GODFREY BROWN (Fellow, BGAJ) Retired 8 Willow Vale, Newport, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11 3DD Tel: 01799 542203 Email: anngodfrey.1@btinternet.com MIKE BUNNEY Freelance 19 Cloister Crofts, Leamington Spa, Warwicks CV32 6QG Tel: 01926 426846 Mob: 07971 297782 Email: michael.bunney@ntlworld.com Interests: Links between new farming systems and wider nature conservation initiatives, from a Wildlife Trust perspective CHRIS BURGESS Account Director, Agribusiness Communications Ltd Mosterley Farm, Cound Moor, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5 6BH Tel: 01694 731918 Email: chris@abccomms.co.uk Interests: Public and media relations, copywriting, developing and implementing brand and corporate PR campaigns.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS DAVID BUTLER Account Director, Agribusiness Communications Ltd Mosterley Farm, Cound Moor, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5 6BH Tel: 01694 731777 Email: david@abccomms.co.uk Interests: Public and media relations specialist with specific emphasis on technical writing and communicating on animal health and nutrition matters.

KERRY BUTTRISS Friend Key Account Manager, Germains Seed Technology Hansa Road, Hardwick Industrial Estate, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4LG Tel: 07711 191138 Email: kbuttriss@germains.com Interests: Germains Seed Technology is committed to delivering industry-leading innovative seed technologies for sugar beet, vegetable and flower seed producers and growers globally.

REBECCA CALLAGHAN Communications and PR Consultant, Pinstone The Business Plaza, Enterprise Park, Leominster, Hereford, Herefordshire HR6 0LA Tel: 01568 617626 Email: r.callaghan@pinstone.co.uk Twitter: @BeckyC0593 Interests: Integrated PR and communications consultancy that brings together a strategic approach, innovative thinking and a sound knowledge of agri-business and the rural environment ANGELA CALVERT Head of Livestock Sales, Farmers Guardian Squirrel Park, The Abbes Walk, Burghwallis, Doncaster, South Yorkshire DN6 9JQ Tel: 07768 796492 Email: angela.calvert@farmersguardian.com Twitter: @FGAngelaCalvert Interests: Managing the sales and markets content across all media platforms and contributing to the livestock section of Farmers Guardian.

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LORD EWEN CAMERON OF DILLINGTON Honorary Member Guild President 2010-2015 Dillington Estate Office, Illminster, Somerset TA19 9EG Email: ewen@dillingtonestate.co.uk KATRINA CANDY Head of Communications (Scotland), Bidwells LLP Broxden House, Lamberkine Drive, Perth, Perth and Kinross PH1 1RA Tel: 01738 230152 Mob: 07776 857222 Email: katrina.candy@bidwells.co.uk Twitter: @KatrinaJCandy Interests: PR, marketing, business development, event management, internal communications for Bidwells in Scotland covering all aspects of property from wind farms to forests and landed estates.

JANE CARLEY Freelance Journalist and PR Consultant, Iron Horse Media Ltd 3 Red Lion Court, Warwick Road, Kineton, Warwickshire CV35 0HX Tel: 01926 645981 Mob: 07790 484482 Email: jane@ironhorsemedia.co.uk Twitter: @ironned Interests: Freelance writer for agricultural, groundcare and equestrian publications. Editorial services to businesses, including PR support.

ROSIE CARNE (Fellow, BGAJ) Retired Trustee, BGAJ Charitable Trust Garden Flat, 6 Johnstone Street, Bath, Somerset BA2 4DH Tel: 01225 481515 Email: rsncarne@outlook.com BOB CARRUTH Communications Director, NFU Scotland Rural Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh EH28 8LT Tel: 0131 472 4006 Email: bob.carruth@nfus.org.uk Interests: Communications activities for Scotland’s farming union.

FIONA CARRUTHERS Account Director, Reverberate PR Halfstone, Smeatharpe, Honiton, Devon EX14 9RF Tel: 01823 602806 Mob: 07496 091982 Email: fiona@reverberate-pr.co.uk Twitter: @ReverberatePR Interests: Leading the overall management, growth and development of key accounts in a full service agricultural PR and marketingcommunications consultancy.

GROUP CAPTAIN GRIEVE (RET) CARSON Honorary Member 130A Cooden Drive, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex TN39 3AW Tel: 01424 221477 Email: grievecarson@aol.co.uk Interests: Former trustee of the Guild’s Charitable Trust supporting members and their families in times of need.

DENIS CARTMEL Consultant, Denis Cartmel Grisedale, Stafford Road, Penkridge, Stafford ST19 5AX Tel: 01785 712690 Email: dcartmel@mypostoffice.co.uk Interests: Special interests: machinery and mechanisation, health and safety.

PHILIP CASE Chief Reporter, Farmers Weekly Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS Tel: 07522 946089 Email: philip.case@markallengroup.com Twitter: @PhilipCaseFW Interests: News, features, videos and social media content for farming and rural communities.

ANTHONY CAVE-PENNEY Retired Cherry Croft Farm Cottage, Compton, Winchester, Hants SO21 2AS Tel: 01962 714160 Email: tonycavepenney@gmail.com ANGUS CHALMERS Managing Director, RDP Advertising & Marketing The Hub, Vineyard Lane, Kingswood, Wotton Under Edge, Gloucestershire GL12 8SB Tel: 07917 603377 Email: achalmers@rdp.co.uk Twitter: @RDP_Angus Interests: Full service communications agency specialising in Agribusiness and Animal Heath.

Creative, integrated solutions for corporate, private and public sector clients in the UK and Internationally.

DENIS CHAMBERLAIN MBE, FRAGS (Fellow, BGAJ) 12 Manor Farm, 12 Manor Farm, Apethorpe, Peterborough, Northamptonshire PE8 5DP Tel: 07860 680800 Email: denis@chamberlainfarming.co.uk Interests: Special interests: New entrants, upland farming, water and agricultural politics.

LAUREN CHAMBERS Account Director, Reverberate PR Halfstone, Smeatharpe, Honiton, Devon EX14 9RF Tel: 01823 602806 Email: lauren@reverberate-pr.co.uk Interests: Effective communication strategies for agricultural and other rural industry clients.

GEORGE CHANCELLOR Independent Communications Consultant Windy Ridge, Church Lane, Little Wenlock, Telford, Shropshire TF6 5BB Tel: 01952 507449 Email: george.chancellor@lineone.net Interests: Independent communications consultant. Special interests: corporate and product campaign design and project management.

DAVID CHARBIT Photographer 6 St. Keyna Avenue, Hove, East Sussex BN3 4PP Tel: 07968 986648 Email: david@davidcharbit.com Interests: Food, lifestyle and agricultural photography. Portraits, interiors and fishing / farming.

ALEX CHERRY Friend Farmer, Groundswell Agriculture Ltd Darnalls Hall, Green End, Weston, Hitchin, Hertfordshire SG4 7AL Tel: 01462 790255 Mob: 07816 349406 Email: alex@groundswellag.com Twitter: @groundswellaguk Interests: Organising The No-Till Show and Conference, a farmer-led initiative to educate and inform the industry about no-till and other forms of regenerative agriculture.

SARAH CHIDGEY Freelance PR Consultant, ChidgeyPR 2 Fiveways Close, Baydon, Marlborough, Wiltshire SN8 2LH Tel: 07795 288302 Email: sarah@chidgeypr.co.uk Interests: Freelance PR Consultant - agriculture, farming/rural communities, renewable energy, IT, telecoms.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS PHILIP CHRISTOPHER Director, Red Rock Services Ltd 59A Mytton Oak Road, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY3 8UQ Tel: 07802 672304 Email: phil@redrock.uk.com Twitter: @philatredrock Interests: Freelance PR and ghost-writing for agribusiness, animal health and farmhouse retailers. One-man-band career-agric and foodie.

SAM CLARK Photographer, Farlap Photography Axworthy Cottage, Lewdown, Okehampton, Devon EX20 4ER Tel: 07721 597926 Email: sam@samfarlap.com Interests: Award winning editorial and commercial freelance with a special interest in livestock photography. Extensive photo library of rural and environmental images.

LYNSEY CLARK Freelance Journalist Blackhill Farm, Crossford, Carluke, South Lanarkshire ML8 5QH Tel: 07946 844732 Email: clarkblackhill@gmail.com Interests: Former business reporter on The Scottish Farmer now freelancing.

TREVOR CLARKE Friend Editor - The Clench, Worshipful Company of Farriers Shornhill Farm, Withington, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 4BJ Tel: 01242 890550 Email: tc@tclarke.org Interests: The WCF was founded in 1356 to manage those involved with the craft of farriery and to uphold the welfare of horses through good practice.

ADAM CLARKE Freelance Journalist and PR 56 Avenue Road, Winslow, Buckingham, Buckinghamshire MK18 3DB Tel: 07751 235458 Email: adam.clarke.ag@gmail.com Twitter: @adamclarke_1 Interests: Freelance journalist and PR, specialising in crop production and farm machinery and technology.

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PHILIP CLARKE Executive Editor - News & Opinion, Farmers Weekly Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS Tel: 020 80578433 Mob: 07771 730948 Email: philip.clarke@markallengroup.com Twitter: @FWphilclarke Interests: Overseeing News content and Opinion to optimise coverage of issues relevant to farmers.

JEREMY COLE Managing Director, Agricole Ltd 41 Broad Street, Great Cambourne, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB23 6DH Tel: 01954 719452 Email: jeremy@agricole.co.uk Interests: Special interests: grain marketing.

JEREMY COLECLOUGH Honorary Member Trustee, BGAJ Charitable Trust Butterfield House, 173 Six House Bank, West Pinchbeck, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE11 3QG Email: colecloughj@gmail.com SHEILA COLEMAN PR Consultant & Freelance Journalist, Coleman Communications 113 Longford Road, Neath Abbey, Neath, West Glamorgan SA10 7HF Tel: 01792 410994 Mob: 07968 357474 Email: sheila@colemancommunications.co.uk Twitter: @sheilamcoleman Interests: Special interests: PR consultant & freelance journalist specialising in farming, food, rural and environmental issues.

JULIAN COOKSLEY PR Consultant, Cooksley Communications 20 Bury Park Drive, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP33 2DA Tel: 01284 756581 Mob: 07899 904047 Email: julian.cooksley@btopenworld.com Interests: Providing PR consultancy and editorial services to businesses in agriculture and related industries. Special interests: all aspects of agriculture, including farm mechanisation, shooting and countryside.

OLIVIA COOPER Freelance Journalist & PR Consultant, Agri-Hub Lily Vale, Huxham, Exeter, Devon EX5 4EW Tel: 01392 840009 Email: olivia@agri-hub.co.uk Twitter: @agri_hub Interests: Freelance journalist and PR consultant.

South West correspondent for Farmers Weekly.

Founder of Agri-hub, a unique editorial, copywriting and PR network. All rural topics covered.

FFINLO COSTAIN Podcast Producer/Presenter, Farm Gate Two Ways, The Hollow, Child Okeford, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT118EX Tel: 07920 854904 Email: ffinlo@ffinlo.org Twitter: @ffinlocostain Interests: Producer and presenter of the Farm Gate podcast, and chief executive of Farmwel, a think tank working for climate and food security.

JO COWDEROY Contributor to Vineyard magazine (freelance) and PR Vinescapes Ltd, Vinescapes Ltd The Coach House, Balcombe Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1PB Tel: 07905 235893 Email: jocowderoy@gmail.com Interests: Vinescapes is a UK research based consultancy for new wine producers. ‘Vineyard’ is a monthly publication for UK wine industry covering viticulture, winemaking, business, sustainability.

SANDY COX Freelance Journalist, Editor, PR Consultant, Ideas in Print The Old Presbytery, 9 Main Street, Lowick, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland TD15 2UD Tel: 07502 001950 Email: sandy@ideasinprint.co.uk Interests: Freelance journalist and public relations consultant. Special interests: writing and editing anything to do with farming, especially technical subjects. Assistant Editor: Classic Tractor magazine.

ALASDAIR COX Director of Operations, James Hutton Institute Errol Road, Invergowrie, Dundee, Perth & Kinross DD2 5DA Tel: 01382 568944 Mob: 07967 677012 Email: alasdair.cox@hutton.ac.uk Interests: Responsible for the Communications, HR, Health, Safety, Quality and Environment, Estates and IT functions at the James Hutton Institute.

EMMA CRAIGIE Friend Head of Content & Media, The Ad Plain Ltd Dooneen House, Queensway, North Moreton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 9AY Tel: 01491 837117 Email: emma@theadplain.com Twitter: @theadplain Interests: Working in content, media and social media within the agri-food sector globally.

JANE CRAIGIE (Fellow, BGAJ) Proprietor, Jane Craigie Marketing Smithy Croft, Netherdale, Turriff, Aberdeenshire AB53 4GT Tel: 01466 780078 Mob: 07795 278767 Email: jane@janecraigie.com Twitter: @janecraigie Interests: Marketing communications, digital, content, PR, social media, events, experiential, ideas and international.

HANNAH CRAWFORD Global Marketing, STgenetics Cogent Breeding Ltd, Chowley Oak Lane, Tattenhall, Chester, Cheshire CH3 9GA Tel: 01829 773473 Mob: 07971 284827 Email: hannah.crawford@stgen.com Twitter: @Crawford_H_ Interests: Special Interests - Strategic marketing and communications, livestock photography, PR, social media, events, cattle breeding, dairy/beef sector.

PAT CRAWFORD Press Officer, Hadlow College Hadlow, Tonbridge, Kent TN11 0AL Tel: 01732 852243 Email: pat.crawford@hadlow.ac.uk Interests: Hadlow College press officer and freelance journalist.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS PAUL CRISFORD Retired 56 Windy Arbour, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2BB Tel: 01926 851251 Email: crisfordpaul@yahoo.co.uk DEBORAH CROSSAN Friend Research and Knowledge Exchange Assistant, Innovation for Agriculture The Arthur Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LZ Tel: 07833 309320 Email: deborahc@i4agri.org Interests: If is the knowledge exchange initiative of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.

We gather information from industry and disseminate it to the farming community.

GARY CROSSLEY Freelance Lambriggan Court, Lambriggan, Penhallow, Truro, Cornwall TR4 9LU Tel: 01872 571636 Mob: 07979 530143 Email: crossley.gary@sky.com Interests: all aspects of agriculture.

PETER CROWE Proprietor, Peter Crowe Communications 47 The Ridgeway, Market Harborough, Leicestershire LE16 7HG Tel: 01858 465034 Mob: 07967 504034 Email: peter@peterccomms.co.uk Interests: Special interests: renewable energy, animal health, crop protection, vegetable farming and marketing, internal communications, corporate comms, crisis management.

Communications planning and strategy.

RICHARD CROWHURST Freelance Writer Fairview, Leadenhall Road, Holbeach St. Marks, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE12 8EY Tel: 07825 515395 Email: richard@rcrowhurst.force9.co.uk Twitter: @richard_freelan Interests: Freelance journalist specialising in commercial horticulture, agriculture and renewable energy. Particular specialisms include: bioenergy, field vegetables, greenhouse crops, irrigation, soils, etc.

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CHARLOTTE CUNNINGHAM Freelance Journalist and PR Consultant, CC Communications 21 Haydock Close, Coventry, Warwickshire CV6 6JX Tel: 07547 100974 Email: charlottecunninghamcomms@gmail.com Twitter: @CharCunningham Interests: Special interests: crop production, livestock, sustainability.

LORD DONALD CURRY OF KIRKHARLE Honorary Member Guild President 2015-2018 2 Corchester Towers, Corchester Lane, Corbridge, Northumberland NE45 5NP Email: donald@dtycurry.co.uk Interests: Farmer and agricultural industry and government consultant.

MARIANNE CURTIS Editorial and PR Manager, Agri-Hub 20 Lysander Way, Cottingley, West Yorkshire BD16 1WF Tel: 07443 747808 Email: marianne@agri-hub.co.uk Interests: Writing technical and general features for farming publications and undertaking PR activities for agricultural supply companies and organisations.

IAN DAMMS Managing Director, Breeze and Freeze Limited Higher Week Farm, High Bickington, Umberleigh, Devon EX37 9BW Tel: 01769 560699 Mob: 07899 897694 Email: ian@breezeandfreeze.co.uk Twitter: BreezeandFreeze Interests: Special interests: digital media, deer, country sports, conservation agric, New Zealand.

REBECCA DAVIDSON Senior Press Officer, NFU Mutual NFU Mutual Insurance Society Ltd, Tiddington Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 7BJ Tel: 01789 416113 Mob: 07583 009448 Email: rebecca_davidson@nfumutual.co.uk Twitter: @nfum Interests: Providing information and comment on farming and rural issues including rural economy, rural crime, farm business, insurance, succession and weather events.

JIM DAVIES Digital Manager - Global Agriculture McCain Foods (GB) Ltd The Old Post House, Middletown, Hailey, Witney, Oxfordshire OX29 9UB Tel: 07879 685507 Email: jim.davies@mccain.co.uk Interests: Potato industry and associated supply chain.

ISABEL DAVIES Freelance Journalist & Communications Consultant, The Operative Word Limited 2 Mulberry Court, Main Street, Drayton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire LE16 8RG Tel: 07973 893203 Email: idaviesmedia@gmail.com Twitter: @isabeld Interests: Freelance agricultural journalist and editor, specialising in general farming news, policy issues and business management. Also offers project management, PR and social media consultancy services.

ANNA DAVIES Proprietor, Scene & Herd PR Wheatrig, Longniddry, East Lothian EH32 0PL Tel: 07775 894012 Email: anna@sceneandherdpr.co.uk Interests: Public relations and marketing consultancy specialising in rural and food and drink businesses throughout Scotland.

JAKE DAVIES Editor, Poultry Network 114 Northgate Street, Chester, Cheshire CH1 2HT Tel: 07590 987879 Email: editor@poultry.network Interests: Editor of Poultry.Network, a leading website for commercial poultry producers and the allied industry.

REBECCA DAWES Communications and Events Manager, Jane Craigie Marketing The Studio, Smithy Croft, Netherdale, Turriff, Aberdeenshire AB53 4GT Tel: 07792 467730 Email: rebecca@janecraigie.com Twitter: @JCMandCo @rebeccajdawes Interests: Strategy, communications, ideas, events and PR team, specialising in agriculture, land, rural and food. LEAF Open Farm Sunday Scotland Co-ordinator and Co-Manager, Rural Youth Project.

KEITH DAWSON Freelance Journalist 6 Bonnington Road, Peebles, Scottish Borders EH45 9HF Tel: 07780 661831 Email: drkpdawson@aol.com Interests: Columnist in The Scottish Farmer.

REBECCA DAWSON PR and Marketing Consultant, Freelance Copywriter, Spadeworx Marketing Ltd H F L House, Unit 1, Saxon Way, Melbourn, Royston, Cambridgeshire SG8 6DN Tel: 07711 915927 Email: rebecca@spadeworxmarketing.com Twitter: @Agri-Becca Interests: Specialist agricultural public relations, content marketing and copywriting services, covering: arable crops, crop protection, seed, vegetable and fruit crops, machinery, livestock, veterinary medicine.

RORY DAY Editor, Classic Tractor Wildrose Cottage, Reston Road, Legbourne, Lincolnshire LN11 8LS Tel: 01507 606158 Email: classictractor@btinternet.com Interests: Classic tractors and farm machinery from the 1970s/1980s; modern tractors; model farm tractors and machinery.

JAMIE DAY Editor, AgriTrade News 42 Tyttenhanger Green, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL4 0RW Tel: 01727 836924 Mob: 07780 455247 Email: jamie.day@agritradenews.co.uk Twitter: @AgriTradeNews Interests: AgriTrade News is the news service aimed at UK agribusiness and farm supply trades.

Available for freelance work in agribusiness, animal health and general agriculture.

LUCY DE LA PASTURE Editor, CPM (Crop Production Magazine) The White House, Orleton Common, Orleton, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 4JG Tel: 01584 831335 Mob: 07977 576733 Email: lucy@cpm-magazine.co.uk Twitter: @Lucy_delap Interests: Specialises in quality, engaging technical editorial in all aspects of arable crop production. Particular interest in nature-friendly farming/sustainability. BASIS and FACTS qualified agronomist.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS JESSICA DEUNERT Marketing Executive, BASIS Registration Ltd St Monica’s House, 39 Windmill Lane, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 1EY Tel: 01335 301206 Email: jess@basis-reg.co.uk Interests: Marketing executive for BASIS Registration Ltd, the industry’s training, certification, auditing and standard setting body in agriculture and related sectors.

CLIVE DIBBEN Proprietor, 2nd Pillar Projects West Fleet Cottage, Fleet, Weymouth, Dorset DT3 4EF Tel: 01305 767485 Email: clive.dibben@2ndpillarprojects.com Interests: PR and marketing; Parliament and Government; analysis; assurance and quality systems; grants.

BETH DIXON Communications and PR Consultant, Pinstone The Business Plaza, Enterprise Park, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0LA Tel: 01568 617665 Mob: 07464 936342 Email: beth@pinstone.co.uk Interests: Integrated PR and communications consultancy that brings together a strategic approach, innovative thinking and a sound knowledge of agri-business and the rural environment.

GEOFF DODGSON Consultant, Dodgson Consulting Lavenders, 12 Cootes Lane, Fen Drayton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB24 4SL Tel: 07710 379561 Email: geoff@dodgson.info Twitter: @GeoffJD Interests: Chaplain, BGAJ. PR and reputation management in food, farming and countryside.

Chairman, BASIS Professional Standards; Trustee: AgriFood Charities Partnership.

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MIKE DONOVAN Publishing Editor, Practical Farm Ideas 11 St Mary’s Street, Whitland, Carmarthen, Pembrokeshire SA34 0PY Tel: 01994 240978 Email: mike@farmideas.co.uk Interests: Special interests: Farm-built adaptations and machines, commercially made equipment, practical money- and time-saving systems for farmers in all sectors.

GRAHAM DOWNING Director, Perdix Publishing Ltd Bridge Farm, Chediston, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 0AE Tel: 01986 873688 Mob: 07775 507737 Email: graham@perdix-publishing.com Interests: shooting, field sports, deer, countryside politics. Editor: Deer magazine.

RUTH DOWNING Freelance Photographer, Rural Pictures Smithy House, Stanton, Ashbourne, Derbyshire DE6 2DA Tel: 01335 324645 Mob: 07792 281074 Email: ruralpictures7@gmail.com Twitter: @RuralPictures Interests: Freelance photographer/photojournalist specialising in agricultural, horticultural and rural subjects throughout the UK. Also undertaking conference and event coverage, profile and product shots.

ALISTAIR DRIVER Group Editor, Lewis Business Media Arun House, The Office Village, River Way, Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 1SL Tel: 01825 983105 Email: alistair@lewisbusinessmedia.co.uk Interests: Overseeing editorial content of Farm Business, Agronomist and Arable Farmer, Farm Contractor; and Editor of Pig World, published in association with the National Pig Association.

CAROLINE DRUMMOND Chief Executive, Linking Environment And Farming (LEAF) National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LZ Tel: 024 7641 3911 Mob: 07710 886762 Email: caroline.drummond@leaf.eco Twitter: @LEAFChief Interests: Sustainability, Integrated Farm Management, crops, regenerative agriculture, circular economy, environment, nature-based solutions, farm assurance, public opinion.

CHLOE DUNNE Student Friend Student Lawrence House, Chapel Street, Sharnford, Hinckley, Leicestershire LE10 3PF Tel: 07534 361821 Email: ch10dunne@gmail.com Interests: Experience of written, photographic, social media and video content across all farming sectors, now studying for PhD Research & Communications.

SARAH DUSGATE Freelance Communications, Brightstock Limited 17 Frances Road, Harbury, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV33 9JG Tel: 07751 394773 Email: sarah@brightstock.co.uk Interests: Freelance support for agriculture businesses; particularly in supporting small organisations. Film production; experienced on farm, and bringing a great story out of a farmer!

ALICE KATE DYER Arable Technical Specialist, AgriConnect Farmers Guardian, Unit 4 Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9NZ Tel: 07966 445458 Email: alice.dyer@agriconnect.com Twitter: @aliceinwellies Interests: Arable technical writer and podcaster working across Farmers Guardian and Arable Farming magazine. Farming leafy salad crops and sheep at home.

PHIL EADES Proprietor, Mardle Consulting Lakeside, 13 Short Avenue, Allestree, Derby, Derbyshire DE22 2EH Tel: 01332 541610 Mob: 07939 597981 Email: mardleconsulting@gmail.com Interests: A specialist agricultural supply trade marketing consultancy working with many global and national players who supply quality inputs and advice to the farming industry.

ROBERT EASTON Editor, Forest Machine Magazine 33 Holm Gardens, Bellshill, North Lanarkshire ML4 2PB Tel: 07582 055748 Email: forestmachinemagazine@mail.com Twitter: @forestmachinemagazin Interests: Owner/editor of Forest Machine Magazine. Previously 42 years hands on experience in forestry and timber harvesting having worked in the UK, Europe and the USA.

LESLEY EATON Account Executive, Granite PR 27 St. Aidan Crescent, Banchory, Aberdeenshire AB31 5YX Tel: 01330 825943 Email: lesley.eaton@hotmail.com Interests: More than 20 years’ experience in journalism and PR in the North-east of Scotland.

JULIE EDWARDS Head of Communications, Mole Valley Farmers Station Road, South Molton, Devon EX36 3BH Tel: 07817 785618 Email: julie.edwards@molevalleyfarmers.com Interests: Responsible for communications and agricultural affairs for Mole Valley Farmers.

Includes developing strategic plans for PR and marketing activity across the retail and agricultural business.

AMY EGGLESTON Managing Director, Pastures Green Communications Ltd Bridge Farm, Broughton Lane, Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE14 4NB Tel: 07817 614333 Email: amy@pasturesgreen.uk Interests: Advising and assisting rural and agricultural businesses with media relations, website and content creation, influencer relations, and other ways to promote their business.

WILL EVANS Podcaster, Rock & Roll Farming Podcast Lower Eyton Farm, Eyton, Wrexham, Wrecsam LL13 0SN Tel: 07841 747934 Email: will@rockandrollfarming.com Twitter: @willpenrievans Interests: Host of the Rock & Roll Farming podcast, talking to farmers and people involved in agriculture about their lives and what they do.

THERESA EVESON Retired 5 The Grove, Chipping, Caxton Road, Preston, Lancashire PR3 2QP Email: teveson@hotmail.co.uk

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A-Z OF MEMBERS JOHN EVESON Freelance Photographer 5 The Grove, Chipping, Preston, Lancashire PR3 2QP Tel: 07973 482705 Email: j.r.eveson@btinternet.com Interests: Special interests: agricultural and countryside photography. Picture library: www. johneveson.photoshelter.com DAVID EVINGTON Director, Evington Morris Associates Ltd South Lodge, Stanford Bridge, Worcestershire WR6 6SG Tel: 01886 812948 Email: david@evingtonmorris.co.uk Interests: Public relations and technical publishing.

KATIE FALLON Livestock Specialist Farmers Guardian, Unit 4 Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9NZ. Mob: 07815 003227 Email: katie.fallon@agriconnect.com ANDREW FAULKNER Freelance Journalist c/o Norton Farm, Selborne, Alton, Hampshire GU34 3HU Tel: 07767 371875 Email: andrew.faulkner@keme.co.uk Interests: Farm machinery, farm management and off-road vehicles.

GUY FAULKNER Joint Editor/Publisher, World Potato Markets 1 Ferndale Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3RL Tel: 01892 523635 Email: guy.faulkner@agrimarkets.net Interests: News and analysis of potato markets worldwide.

NORETTE FERNS Communications and Marketing Officer, RSABI RSABI, The Rural Centre, West Mains, Newbridge, Midlothian EH28 8NZ Tel: 07436 124673 Email: norette.ferns@rsabi.org.uk Twitter: @RSABI Interests: Working on communications and marketing for RSABI, a charity supporting people in Scottish agriculture emotionally, practically and financially.

MICHAEL FINCH Freelance No2 Chesterbrook, Ribchester, Lancs PR3 3XT Tel: 01254 878167 Mob: 07505 454505 Email: michael.finch@talk21.com Interests: Special interests: all farming and wider rural issues. Rural photo archive.

ANDREW FINDLAY Friend Lecturer - Agricultural Mechanisation / Lantra Training Instructor, SRUC Ferguson Building, Craibstone Estate, Bucksburn, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB21 9YA Tel: 01224 711092 Mob: 07801 953123 Email: andrew.findlay@sruc.ac.uk Interests: Lecturer in agriculture and contribute articles to in-house and external organisations.

Deliver land-based training to a wide range of rural businesses.

KEN FLETCHER Editor, The Scottish Farmer 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 3QB Tel: 0141 3027732 Mob: 07803 970225 Email: ken.fletcher@thescottishfarmer.co.uk Interests: Leading the editorial team on The Scottish Farmer, which has been informing, supporting and entertaining farmers since 1893.

NICK FONE Freelance, Nick Fone Media Brook Cottage, Brookhampton, North Cadbury, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7DA Tel: 07989 595453 Email: nick@nickfonemedia.co.uk Interests: machinery, renewable energy, technical news, features and photography.

ROBERT FORSTER Retired 6 West Quarter, Hexham, Northumberland NE46 3RJ Tel: 01443 606135 Email: robert.forster@btinternet.com

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DOREEN FORSYTH Freelance 6 Gloster Park, Amble, Morpeth, Northumberland NE65 0HQ Tel: 01665 713522 Mob: 07968 772531 Email: doreen.forsyth@btconnect.com Interests: Agricultural communications.

JOHN FOSTER PR/Marketing Consultant, Media Matters Home Farm, Sproughton, Ipswich, Suffolk IP8 3EL Tel: 07904 581595 Email: mediamatters@me.com Interests: Marketing and communications services with special interests: agri-business, livestock, agronomy, farm buildings, irrigation.

JEZ FREDENBURGH Freelance Journalist and Editor Norwich, Norfolk Tel: 07810 132920 Email: jezjournalism@gmail.com Twitter: @overthefarmgate Interests: Specialising in sustainability, regenerative agriculture, agri-business, humanled stories, and the big issues facing our food system. Journalism, report writing, PR writing, podcast production.

MILLY FYFE Freelance Marketing Professional, Milly Fyfe Marketing and PR Services Orchard Farm, 12 Wards Lane, Yelvertoft, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN6 6LY Tel: 07752 989544 Email: hello@millyfyfe.com Twitter: @MillyFyfe Interests: Marketing, PR, events, social media and fundraising specialist, providing support to rural / farming businesses. CARAS English Panel Secretary. Food and Farming Ambassador, columnist, friend.

MARCELLO GARBAGNOLI Picture Editor, Farmers Guardian Unit 4, Fulwood Business Park, Caxton Road, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9NZ Tel: 01772 799445 Mob: 07746 366763 Email: marcello.garbagnoli@agriconnect.com Interests: Staff photographer and selecting relevant and high quality pictures to illustrate articles in Farmers Guardian, Arable Farming and Dairy Farmer and on FGInsight.com.

JEAN PIERRE GARNIER Analyst and Freelance Journalist, MeatWise International Virginia House, Chapel Lane, Farthinghoe, Northants NN13 5PG Tel: 07407 037375 Email: jpgarnier@mwi-meat.org Interests: Writing on all meat matters, food trade and consumption (40 years+ experience), collaborating with Yandell Publishing in the UK and European publications.

JEREMY GIBBS Independent Consultant and Journalist, Forces Farming Manton, Ball Hill, Newbury, Hampshire RG20 0NL Tel: 07577 068004 Email: jafgibbs@gmail.com Twitter: @ForcesFarming Interests: Independent consultation and journalism on farming technology. Forces Farming was set up by myself to offer farming employment to ex-forces men and women.

PHILIP GIBSON Managing Director, Reverberate Public Relations Halfstone, Smeatharpe, Honiton, Devon EX14 9RF Tel: 01823 602806 Mob: 07792 205956 Email: philip@reverberate-pr.co.uk Twitter: @ReverberatePR Interests: Special interests: dairy, livestock, feed, machinery, forage, agricultural sustainability, food chain, PR, marketing, design and photography services.

ROGER GILBERT Publisher, Perendale Publishers 7 St George’s Terrace, St James Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 3PT Tel: 01242 267700 Mob: 07894 097254 Email: rogerg@perendale.co.uk Interests: Publishing international milling, feed and aquafeed magazines and running online milling school.

EDDIE GILLANDERS (Fellow, BGAJ) Editor, Farm North East 11 Sunnyside Gardens, Drumoak, By Banchory, Aberdeenshire AB31 3EZ Tel: 01330 811616 Email: eddie@farmnortheast.co.uk Interests: Farm North-East is published every two months and is available to farming and other rural enterprises throughout eastern Scotland from Aberdeenshire to The Borders.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS CLEMMIE GLEESON Account Manager, Reverberate PR Esther House, Anchor Road, Spa Common, North Walsham, Norfolk NR28 9AJ Tel: 07810 623820 Email: clemmie@reverberate-pr.co.uk Interests: Joined Reverberate PR as Account Manager in June 2021 after 20 years in agricultural journalism and content creation.

ALISON GLENNON Communications Manager, National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) 3 Crossfield Chambers, Gladbeck Way, Enfield, Middlesex EN2 7HF Tel: 020 8367 3131 Email: a.glennon@noah.co.uk Interests: Animal medicines.

PATRICK GOOCH Retired Director, RGS Group Pengowen House, High Broom Lane, Crowborough, East Sussex TN6 3SP Tel: 01892 664855 Email: gigi@pengowen.com MIKE GOODING Freelance Rectory Farmhouse, Charney Bassett, Wantage, Oxfordshire OX12 0EX Tel: 07968 728667 Email: mikegooding@rcmgoxford.co.uk Interests: Expertise in sustainable food production, animal health and welfare, meat processing, co-operative initiatives.

LAUREN GORINGE Account Manager, Reverberate PR Halfstone, Smeatharpe, Honiton, Devon EX14 9RF Tel: 01823 602806 Mob: 07585 696566 Email: lgoringe@reverberate-pr.co.uk Interests: Agricultural PR services.

GREG GOULDING Director, Farmers Guide Parkside, London Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP2 0SS Tel: 01473 691888 Mob: 07591 206522 Email: greg@farmersguide.co.uk Twitter: @Farmersguide Interests: Co-Director of Farmers Guide.

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JULIE GOULDING Company Director, Early Bird Farming Publications Ltd Parkside, London Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP2 0SS Tel: 01473 691888 Mob: 07889 754016 Email: julie@farmersguide.co.uk Twitter: @farmersguide Interests: Helping to produce the agricultural magazine Farmers Guide for 38 years.

CAZ GRAHAM Freelance Radio Reporter, Presenter and Event Host 4 Bankfield, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5DR Tel: 07949 244695 Email: cazgraham@fastmail.co.uk Twitter: @cazgraham1 Interests: Radio reporting and presenting mainly for BBC Radio 4 and World Service. Special interests: farming, rural communities and sustainability, livestock. Some writing and event hosting.

JENNI GREEN Friend Freelance Journalist, Green Country 36 Steppes Crescent, Martock, Somerset TA12 6EQ Tel: 07825 296219 Email: jenni-green@outlook.com Twitter: @Country_JenT Interests: Supporting rural businesses with project management, events, PR, social media and marketing.

CHRIS GREEN Director, Green Resources Stag House, The Hopgrounds, Finchingfield, Essex CM7 4LU Tel: 01371 810948 Mob: 07540 706247 Email: chris@greenresources.co.uk Twitter: @Chris_Oats Interests: Independent adviser specialising in oats, including humanitarian food applications, intellectual property, corporate restructuring and pro bono charity work following a career in commercial plant breeding.

MIKE GREEN Freelance, British Dairying 12 Ashfield Road, Chorley, Lancashire PR7 1LH Tel: 01257 232694 Mob: 07984 415510 Email: mike@britishdairying.co.uk Interests: Editor, British Dairying. Livestock related freelance work.

SARA GREGSON Writer and Marketing Communications Consultant, Sara Gregson Marketing Communications 87 High Street, Hinxton, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1QY Tel: 01799 530934 Mob: 07768 764062 Email: sara@saragregson.co.uk Twitter: @talkinggrass Interests: Freelance agricultural writer/editor, involved in knowledge transfer initiatives and PR/ Marketing Communications consultant. Strong focus on grass - growing and use. Available for local assignments.

PETER GRIMSHAW Retired 16a Dowse Road, Devizes, Wiltshire SN10 3FN Tel: 01380 724166 Mob: 07718 754197 Email: petegrimshaw@aol.com SPENCE GUNN Freelance, Shaddick & Gunn Ltd The Hurdles, Water Street, Mere, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 6DZ Tel: 01747 861245 Email: shaddickandgunn@btinternet.com Interests: horticultural production, technology, R&D, environment, amenity horticulture, plant science.

SIMON HALEY Rural Business Adviser, SRH Agribusiness Limited 7 Chiswell Grove, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire FY5 5PD Tel: 07783 103951 Email: simon@srhagribusiness.co.uk Twitter: @halo42 Interests: Rural business adviser offering strategic, operational and financial management services, and specialising in agricultural policy, rural grants, carbon management plans, enterprise appraisals, and business development.

KENDRA HALL Account Manager, Reverberate PR Halfstone, Smeatharpe, Honiton, Devon EX14 9RF Tel: 01823 602806 Mob: 07495 572639 Email: kendra@reverberate-pr.co.uk Twitter: @ReverberatePR Interests: Reverberate PR is a full service, specialist food and agricultural PR agency. 2022 Nuffield Scholar studying how transparency of livestock production can be improved.

STEPHEN HALL Production Consultant, Freelance Journalist, Stephen Hall Management 17 Skoulding Place, Langley’s Quay, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8FD Tel: 01986 874871 Mob: 07973 701404 Email: shall.ppasa@gmail.com Twitter: @shmppasa Interests: Production consultant, performance data analyst and technical journalist specialising in the pig industry.

FRANCESCA HARDING Account Executive, Reveberate PR Halfstone, Smeatharpe, Honiton, Devon EX14 9RF Tel: 01823 602806 Mob: 07538 146168 Email: frankie@reverberate-pr.co.uk Twitter: @ReverberatePR Interests: Reverberate PR is a full service PR agency specialising in the food and agriculture industry.

ROSY HARDING Sales and Marketing Manager, Verm-X Paddocks Farm, Huish Champflower, Taunton, Somerset TA4 2HQ Tel: 07535 608299 Email: rosy@verm-x.com Interests: Responsible for all marketing and communications that represent animal supplement company Verm-X in Europe.

JUSTINE HARDS Marketing and Communications Manager (Interim), LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), Avenue J, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LG Tel: 02476 413911 Mob: 07523 907397 Email: justine.hards@leafuk.org Twitter: @LEAF_Farming Interests: MarComms Manager (Interim) for LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming) - working with farmers across the globe to deliver more sustainable, regenerative farming and food systems.

ANN HARDY Freelance Pardlestone Farm, Pardlestone Lane, Kilve, Bridgwater, Somerset TA5 1SQ Tel: 01278 256629 Mob: 07721 763993 Email: annhardy@hotmail.co.uk Interests: livestock, grassland, forage, cattle nutrition, cattle breeding.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS YVONNE HARGREAVES Friend UK Grass Experts, Barenbrug UK Barenbrug UK Ltd, Rougham Industrial Estate, Rougham, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk IP30 9ND Tel: 07917 149705 Email: yhargreaves@barenbrug.co.uk Twitter: @BarenbrugUK Interests: Leading UK grass seed breeder and producer for British agriculture. Part of a global company with a passion for grass.

CHRIS HARRIS Retired Freelance Journalist 55 Park View, New Malden, Surrey KT3 4AX Tel: 020 8949 2947 Mob: 07963 147715 Email: AgEdchrisharris@gmail.com Twitter: @AgEdchrisharris LAUREN HARRIS Business Reporter, Farmers Weekly Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Brighton Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS Tel: 020 8652 3026 Email: lauren.harris@markallengroup.com Twitter: Lauren_Harris16 Interests: Agricultural news and business including diversification, land market and next generation.

ROBERT HARRIS Freelance Journalist/PR consultant, Robert Harris Communications Woodlawn, Lustleigh, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ13 9SH Tel: 07768 402850 Email: robert@roberthcomms.co.uk Twitter: @RobertHComms Interests: agricultural business and marketing; technical arable topics; environment and conservation; dairy farming.

MOIRA HART Proprietor, Dewpoint Marketing 2 Old Manor Farm, West End, Long Clawson, Melton Mowbray, Leics LE14 4PE Tel: 01664 823551 Mob: 07969 788052 Email: moira@dewpointmarketing.co.uk Twitter: @dewpointmoira Interests: marketing, public relations, communications, countryside and environmental issues, e-newsletters, web design, photography.

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CLARE HARWOOD Freelance, Clare Harwood Danehurst Lodge, 2 Brafield Road, Horton, Northamptonshire NN7 2AZ Tel: 01604 870977 Mob: 07817 350987 Email: clareharwood52@gmail.com Interests: public relations, marketing, events, newsletters.

MARTHA HAYES Media & Communications Manager, Innovation for Agriculture The Arthur Rank Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Leamington, Warwickshire CV8 2LZ Tel: 07523 909410 Email: marthah@i4agri.org Twitter: @innovationforag Interests: Manager of media and communications for Innovation for Agriculture, and freelance agricultural journalist specialising in the arable, beef, sheep and dairy sectors.

ADRIAN HAYLER Friend Head of Business Development, Elsoms Seeds Ltd Pinchbeck Road, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE11 1QG Tel: 01775 715028 Email: adrian.hayler@elsoms.com Interests: Head Business Development at Elsoms Seeds Ltd. CAMILLA HAYSELDEN-ASHBY Product and Marketing Manager, fieldmargin 20 Jerusalem Passage, London, EC1V 4JP Tel: 07810 683589 Email: camilla@fieldmargin.com Twitter: @fieldmargin Interests: Managing the development of and marketing (including PR) of a farming technology start-up. Interested in ag-tech, data and apps, precision farming and drones.

KAY HENDERSON Press Officer, NFU Mutual NFU Mutual Insurance Society Ltd, Tiddington Road, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire CV37 7BJ Tel: 01789 202986 Email: kay_henderson@nfumutual.co.uk Interests: Supporting annual campaigns that tackle key issues affecting NFU Mutual’s farming members, including rural crime, livestock worrying, diversification and agri-tech.

BRIAN HENDERSON Freelance Journalist Wester Clevage Farm, Dunning, Perth, Perthshire PH2 9BZ Tel: 01764 684594 Mob: 07867 780988 Email: bhenderson@farming.co.uk Interests: Freelance editor/columnist/journalist.

SIMON HENLEY Freelance Agricultural Photo-Journalist / Historian / Presenter, Simon E Henley / Henley Media Services 9 Callendar Close, Nuneaton, Warwickshire CV11 6LU Tel: 07790 921486 Email: nomisyelneh@yahoo.com Interests: Agricultural Photojournalist, historian, script writer, video-presenter and narrator.

Specialising in tractors and farm machinery (vintage, classic, modern), Midlands, Eastern Counties and South West.

JILL HEWITT Consultant, Freelance and CEO of NAAC, Springtime Consultancy / NAAC East View, Main Road, Tallington, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 4RP Tel: 07889 511245 Email: jill@springtimeconsultancy.co.uk Twitter: @jillspringtime Interests: Providing project management, industry representation, editorial and communications, my background is running NAAC, a national trade association specialising in machinery, agricultural contractors and farming.

RACHEL HICKS Editor, Farmers Guide Parkside, London Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP2 0SS Tel: 01473 694459 Email: rachel.hicks@farmersguide.co.uk Interests: Editor of leading agri journal for the trade industry providing information on arable crops, agricultural machinery, livestock, land management, soil management and ag-chem plus more.

OLI HILL Communications Manager, Assured Food Standards - Red Tractor Assured Food Standards, 100 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 5JD Tel: 07831 106508 Email: oli.hill@redtractor.org.uk Twitter: @oliverjhill_ Interests: Communications Manager at Red Tractor, specialising in digital media and project management.

PETER HILL (Fellow, BGAJ) Freelance Journalist, Farmpress Ltd 21 Jethro Tull Gardens, Crowmarsh, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8DS Tel: 07739 287268 Email: farmpress@aol.com Twitter: @machinewriter Interests: Specialising in farm machinery, digital farming technology, agricultural mechanisation and the global business of farm machinery manufacture and distribution. Commercial writing services for machinery companies.

DEREK HINE Retired Mount View, 9 Carr Mount, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire HD5 0PD Tel: 01484 545916 Email: derek.hine@btinternet.com

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A-Z OF MEMBERS JEREMY HOBSON Freelance Journalist 5 Cricket Close, Crawley, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2PX Tel: 07851 465769 Email: jcjeremyhobson@gmail.com Interests: Freelance writer/smallholding/country sports/conservation.

SHARON HOCKLEY Head of Communications, National Farmers Union Agriculture House, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2TZ Tel: 024 7685 8678 Email: sharon.hockley@nfu.org.uk Interests: Leading communication strategies at the NFU, a member organisation/industry association for farmers in England and Wales with more than 300 branch offices.

MAUREEN HODGES Farming and Rural Affairs Editor, Cumbrian Newspapers Ltd PO Box 7, Newspaper House, Dalston Road, Carlisle, Cumbria CA2 5UA Tel: 01228 612221 Email: maureen.hodges@cnmedia.co.uk Interests: Farming and Rural Affairs Editor, Cumbrian Newspapers Ltd. REBECCA HOLDER Journalist, BBC 19 The Grove, Chelworth, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9SS Tel: 01666 575142 Mob: 07842 051432 Email: rebeccamrooney121@gmail.com / rebecca. rooney@bbc.co.uk Interests: Journalist reporting and producing for BBC Radio 4’s rural affairs programme Farming Today and BBC Radio Wiltshire.

RACHAEL HOLDSWORTH Freelance The Old Nursery Office, Rock Road, Washington, Pulborough, West Sussex RH20 3BH Tel: 01903 892060 Mob: 07850 017587 Email: info@rachaelholdsworth.co.uk Twitter: @demonhorse Interests: Writer, PR and marketing professional, with expertise in agriculture, livestock, equestrian, country sports, country life, land management.

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ELEANOR HOLDSWORTH AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds - Communications Executive, Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2TL Tel: 02476 478753 Mob: 07792 404229 Email: editor@southrugbynews.co.uk Interests: Working specifically with AHDB’s Monitor Farm programme and Market Intelligence. Editor of Grain Outlook and producer of the AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds podcast.

PETER HOLLINSHEAD Journalist 53 Whitehaven Close, Bromley, Kent BR2 0YA Tel: 07798 928846 Email: peterhollinshead@hotmail.co.uk Interests: Special interest in all aspects of the dairy sector and particularly animal health and nutrition.

HARRY HOPE Retired 37 Dove House Crescent, Slough, Berkshire SL2 2PZ Tel: 01753 520291 Email: enidhope@virginmedia.com ROSIE HOPKINS Account Director, Pinstone Pinstone Communications Ltd, Unit 3, The Business Plaza, Owen Way, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0LA Tel: 01568 617629 Email: rosie@pinstone.co.uk Interests: Integrated PR and communications consultancy that brings together a strategic approach, innovative thinking and a sound knowledge of agri-business and the rural environment.

DR MATTHEW HORNE Friend Land-Based Lecturer, Agricultural Machinery Specialist and Independent Agronomist, Bedford College Shuttleworth College, Old Warden Park, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire SG18 9DX Tel: 01767 626222 Email: mhorne@bedford.ac.uk Interests: Agricultural college lecturer specialising in agronomy and farm machinery, especially focusing on crop protection. Writer of training standards, best-practice guides and related freelance pieces.

SUZIE HORNE Business Editor, Farmers Weekly Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS Tel: 020 8057 8454 Mob: 07767 425233 Email: suzie.horne@btinternet.com Interests: Special interests: farming business, commodities, livestock and land markets, land management and all issues affecting family farms.

CHRIS HORSEMAN Freelance Journalist and Consultant, Chris Horseman Consulting 115 Erskine Park Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 8UG Tel: 07835 2541299 Email: chorseman1@aol.com Twitter: @ChrisHorseman2 Interests: Journalist, analyst and consultant with deep knowledge of UK, EU and global agriculture and trade policy issues. Communicator, presenter and moderator.

WILLIAM HOWATSON Freelance Stone of Morphie Farmhouse, Hillside, Montrose, Angus DD10 0AA Tel: 01674 830746 Mob: 07801 900848 Email: billhowatson@btinternet.com Interests: Freelance.

STEPHEN HOWE (Fellow, BGAJ) Chairman, BGAJ Charitable Trust Springfield Cottage, Byers Lane, South Godstone, Surrey RH9 8JH Tel: 01342 893018 Mob: 07802 548552 Email: stephen_howe@btinternet.com Interests: Rural communications and publishing consultant.

IAN HOWIE Freelance Journalist Ryefield, Wormbridge, Hereford, Herefordshire HR2 9DB Tel: 01981 570251 Email: ianhowie1@btinternet.com Interests: R&D, rural sustainability, farm management, new techniques.

BARBARA HUDDART PR Consultant, Glendale PR The Old Manse, 5 Cheviot View, Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland TD15 2TY Tel: 07980 850394 Email: barbara@glendalepr.co.uk Interests: Freelance agricultural, food, rural tourism consultant/journalist. Skills inc PR, digital, strategy, event management, in North EnglandScotland. Clients Harrison & Hetherington, BEDMAX, NSA North Sheep.

TOM HUNT Director, Agribusiness Communications Ltd Mosterley Farm, Cound, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5 6BH Tel: 01694 731777 Mob: 07494 018 326 Email: tom@abccomms.co.uk Twitter: @ABC_Comms Interests: PR, communications and marketing support - including planning, strategy and delivery of quality content - for agri-food sector businesses.

WAYNE HUTCHINSON Freelance, Hutchinson Photography The Coach House, Ings Drive, Hawes, North Yorkshire DL8 3QT Tel: 01969 667591 Mob: 07855 416060 Email: info@farm-images.co.uk Interests: Specialist in livestock photography with an extensive photo library of countryside images and scenes.

LOUISE IMPEY (Fellow, BGAJ) Freelance Isle of Wight Farm, Isle of Wight Lane, Kensworth, Bedfordshire LU6 2PP Tel: 01582 872271 Mob: 07767 788979 Email: louiseimpey1@gmail.com Twitter: @louisearable Interests: East of England correspondent for Farmers Weekly with up-to-date expert knowledge on arable farming, crop production and environmental issues.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS AMY JACKSON Owner/Director, Oxtale Ltd Cherwell Cottage, The Green, Freeland, Witney, Oxfordshire OX29 8AP Tel: 01993 880360 Mob: 07917 773756 Email: amy@oxtale.co.uk Twitter: @oxtale Interests: Issues and crisis management, largescale farming, public perceptions of farming, community relations, planning and consultation, contentious farming systems, livestock, food chain, environment.

PETRA JACOB Freelance 2 Chattisham Close, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 2RE Tel: 01449 258537 Mob: 07388 412223 Email: petrolgereng@yahoo.co.uk Interests: Writing mostly for German agricultural magazines. International farming, sheep, extensive farming, diversification, conservation, people, history, social issues, rural affairs.

DEBBIE JAMES Freelance Journalist, Photographer and PR Consultant Sampson Farm, Stackpole, Pembroke, Pembrokeshire SA71 5DL Tel: 01646 661395 Mob: 07775 760896 Email: info@debbiejamesmedia.com Interests: Freelance journalist, photographer and public relations consultant based in Wales. Special areas of interest include farming, rural affairs and countryside issues.

KATIE JAMES Communications Officer, National Sheep Association National Sheep Association, The Sheep Centre, Blackmore Park Road, Malvern, Worcestershire WR13 6PH Tel: 01684 892661 Mob: 07748 151235 Email: katie@nationalsheep.org.uk Twitter: @natsheep Interests: Communications Officer leading press activity and delivery of the NSA Next Generation programme. Involvement in NSA event organisation and editorial contribution in Sheep Farmer magazine.

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JOHN JARRETT Publisher, ACT Publishing 21 Church Street, Maidstone, Kent ME14 1EN Tel: 01622 695656 Email: john@actpub.co.uk Interests: Publisher of The Fruit Grower, The Vegetable Farmer and The Commercial Greenhouse Grower.

JENNY JEFFERIES Author, For The Love Of The Land Ash Tree Cottage, Fullers Hill, Little Gransden, Sandy, Cambridgeshire SG19 3BP Tel: 07840 137775 Email: jenniferlouisejefferies@yahoo.com Twitter: @j_l_jefferies Interests: Author of For The Love Of The Land and For The Love Of The Sea, published by Meze Publishing. Member, Guild of Food Writers.

MELANIE JENKINS Arable Technical Journalist, Crop Production Magazine 15 Hawkins Road, Exeter, Devon EX1 3UW Tel: 07771 347447 Email: mjenkins31@hotmail.co.uk Twitter: @MelJenkins12 Interests: Staff arable technical journalist at CPM. Covering all things arable, in and out of the field.

PAUL JENNINGS Client Director, AgriBusiness Communications Mosterley Farm, Cound Moor, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5 6BH Tel: 01694 731914 Mob: 07515 260331 Email: paul@abccomms.co.uk Twitter: @PaulJennings73 Interests: PR consultancy: press relations, technical copywriting, video and photography. Specialising in arable, livestock, dairy, renewables and machinery.

BRUCE JOBSON Owner, Bernicia Media Hazon Mill, Acklington, Guyzance, Morpeth, Northumberland NE65 9AT Tel: 01665 581555 Email: brucejobson@aol.com Interests: PR, photographic services, press releases, marketing, technical copywriting, environment, cattle breeding and genetics.

JENNIFER JOHN Friend Director, Ceres PR The Long Barn, Kiln Road, Dunsden, Berkshire RG4 9PB Tel: 01189 475956 Email: jennifer.john@ceres-pr.co.uk Interests: A PR, social, content, experiential, creative marketing agency specialising in food, health and wellbeing.

JOSIAH JONES Friend Farmer Harvel House, Harvel Lane, Meopham, Gravesend, Kent DA13 0DH Tel: 07967 637016 Email: josiahjones@hotmail.co.uk Interests: Contributing to management of the home farm.

ANNA JONES Freelance Journalist, Writer & Broadcaster, Just Farmers 10 Stephen Street, Redfield, Bristol, Somerset BS5 9DY Tel: 07967 995643 Email: anna@justfarmers.org Twitter: @JonestheJourno Interests: Freelance radio producer and TV producer/director, also providing media consultancy to farmers. Author of ‘Divide: the relationship crisis between town and country’.

GWENDOLYN JONES Freelance Journalist, Aponi2b Muehlhofstrasse 18/18, Krems, Austria 000 000 Tel: 0043 690 40 111 004 Email: writing@aponi2b.com Interests: Write content on a freelance basis for web and print (English and German). technical articles, marketing communications, digital marketing, start-ups, animal nutrition, animal health, international.

ALED RHYS JONES Radio Presenter, Broadcaster and Chartered Surveyor, Ar Y Tir | On The Land Talfan, 7 Alan Road, Llandeilo, Sir Gaerfyrddin SA19 6HU Tel: 07506 164478 Email: aled@ontheland.co.uk Twitter: @AledTyllwyd Interests: Director of Ar Y Tire | On The Land, freelance radio presenter, broadcaster, podcaster, Nuffield Farming scholar, professional afterdinner speaker and Chartered Surveyor.

GARETH JONES Producer Communications Manager, British Wool Marketing Board Sidings Close, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD2 1AZ Tel: 01274 688666 Mob: 07590 355885 Email: garethjones@britishwool.org.uk Interests: Responsible for developing and maintaining the British Wool Marketing Board’s producer relations and communications - working closely with farming unions and other agricultural bodies.

KATIE JONES Farmers Guardian - Livestock Editor / Dairy Farmer - Editor, AgriConect Paddock View, Horton Green, Tilston, Malpas, Cheshire SY14 7EX Tel: 07786 856439 Email: katie.jones@agriconnect.com Interests: Livestock editor for Farmers Guardian and Editor of Dairy Farmer magazine.

HANDEL JONES Freelance Journalist /Translator Pant-llech-ddu, Rhandir-mwyn, Llanymddyfri, Sir Gaerfyrddin SA20 0NG Tel: 01550 760261 Email: sgriblwr2@gmail.com Interests: Freelance writer and English/Welsh translator.

DAVID JONES Freelance Journalist 1 The Heighways, Cound, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5 6AR Tel: 01743 761076 Mob: 07522 760141 Email: davidjoneswriter@gmail.com Interests: Specialist in arable, machinery, environment and conservation issues.

JANE JORDAN Freelance 117 Chapel Hill, Framsden, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 4LN Tel: 01728 860710 Mob: 07985 029421 Email: janejordanjournalism@gmail.com Twitter: @wordsandpiglets Interests: Freelance journalist specialising in the pig sector: production, business strategy, trade/ marketing, meat quality, genetics and veterinary health. Also livestock farming and rural issues.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS STEFANIE KAISER Editor and Communications Manager, Confor Confederation of Forest Industries (UK) Ltd, 59/3 George Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH2 2JG Tel: 07538 918834 Email: stef.sputnik@gmail.com Twitter: @forestsandwood Interests: Editor of Forestry & Timber News, communications manager rural sector, events management, branding. Can offer communications services in German, Spanish and English.

ABI KAY Chief Reporter, Farmers Guardian Farmers Guardian, Unit 4 Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9NZ Tel: 01772 799511 Mob: 07929 331516 Email: abi.kay@farmersguardian.com Twitter: @FGAbiKay Interests: Covering agri-politics with a heavy emphasis on Brexit.

ZOE KAY Freelance, Cuckoo Consulting Westcott House, Bakers Lane, Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan CF61 1SW Tel: 07968 754252 Email: cuckooconsulting@gmail.com Interests: Agricultural PR and marketing communications, trials management and livestock nutritional advice.

BILL KELSEY Honorary Member Proprietor, Kelsey’s Farm Shop Woollett Hall Farm, Water Lane, Sidcup, Kent DA14 5ET Tel: 020 8300 2103 Email: bill@kelsey-farm.co.uk Interests: Fresh produce grown on the farm, sold in the farm shop and displayed at the Guild’s annual Harvest Service and Lunch in October.

MAUREEN KELSEY Honorary Member Woolletts, Rectory Rise, Petrockstowe, Okehampton, Devon EX20 3HQ Tel: 01837 810796 Email: davidindevon@btinternet.com

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ANDREW KENDALL Managing Director, Kendalls PR & Marketing Henstead Old Rectory, Hulver Road, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 7LA Tel: 01502 475110 Mob: 07833 777518 Email: andrew.kendall@kendallscom.co.uk Twitter: @KendallsPR Interests: Kendalls is a PR and marketing agency specialising in agriculture, rural affairs and associated industries, ranging from environment and energy to animal health and welfare.

SHEILA KENNEDY Senior Marketing Communications Manager, AHDB Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2TL Tel: 0131 557 0434 Mob: 07391 408808 Email: sheila.kennedy@ahdb.org.uk Twitter: @AHDB_Scot Interests: Providing innovative, thoughtprovoking and effective communications on behalf of the AHDB in Scotland to inspire farmers and growers to succeed in a rapidly changing world.

SHARON KENNETT Friend Freelance Marketing and Communciations Consultant 58 Pennymoor Drive, Middlewich, Cheshire CW10 9QQ Tel: 01606 252636 Mob: 07775 777744 Email: sharon@sharonkennett.co.uk Twitter: @sharonkennett Interests: Freelance branding, marketing and communications consultant with many years’ experience in agriculture. Services also include copywriting, editing, speechwriting, development of presentation content and presenter coaching.

MARION KING Owner, The PR-Desk 57 Balintore Rise, Orton Southgate, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE2 6SP Tel: 01733 239659 Mob: 07843 382362 Email: marion.king@sky.com Interests: Freelance writer and PR consultant.

Activities: PR for Institution of Agricultural Engineers; editorial for Tillage magazine and web site.

REBECCA KIRK Marketing Consultant, Way2Grow Dalby Lodge Farm, Great Dalby Road, Thorpe Satchville, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire LE14 2TW Tel: 07538 935386 Email: rebecca@way2grow.co.uk Interests: Combining a lifetime of farming with a decade of marketing experience and a mission of helping rural businesses find a way to grow.

BRUCE KNIGHT Deputy Editor and Consultant, Innovation Management 25 Isaacson Road, Burwell, Cambridgeshire CB25 0AF Tel: 01638 741920 Email: innovationmanagement25@outlook.com Interests: Deputy editor - Crop Protection Monthly, Independent business consultant.

DEBORAH LAIRD Account Manager, RDP Advertising & Marketing Highnam Business Centre, Newent Road, Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL2 8DN Tel: 07939 367491 Email: dlaird@rdp.co.uk Interests: Managing client accounts at RDP, a full service communications agency specialising in the agribusiness and animal health sectors, involved in all aspects of marketing.

PAUL LAY Consultant 7 Butchers Lane, Coventry, West Midlands CV5 9GW Tel: 07920 805993 Email: paul.lay@ntlworld.com Interests: PR and communications consultancy.

ELLIE LAYTON Livestock Specialist Farmers Guardian, Unit 4 Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9NZ. Mob: 07841 771391 Email: ellie.layton@agriconnect.com ALISON LEA Freelance Sundial Cottage, Ingham Road, West Stow, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk IP28 6EX Tel: 01284 728625 Mob: 07512 447388 Email: leaajl@gmail.com Interests: Sustainable agriculture. Nature conservation. Developing agriculture in southern Africa.

JO LEARMONTH Freelance Journalist, JL Farming Ltd Greens of Savoch, Auchnagatt, Ellon, Aberdeenshire AB41 8YH Tel: 01358 701202 Mob: 07824 375573 Email: jo.learmonth@icloud.com Twitter: @jo_learmonth Interests: Freelance journalist specialising in crop production systems and agronomy.

TOM LEVITT Journalist/Editor, Guardian Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, Middlesex N1 9AG Tel: 07815 904253 Email: tommylevitt@gmail.com Twitter: @tom_levitt Interests: Freelance journalist and editor for the Guardian and farming press. Also voluntary director at the Oxford Farming Conference.

COLIN LEY Owner, Colin Ley Consultants 5 MacIntyre Park, North Berwick, Scotland EH39 5FG Tel: 07703 469458 Email: leycj@aol.com Interests: Editor/Appropriate Technology, special interests in business, energy and freelance journalism.

CATHERINE LINCH (Fellow, BGAJ) Communications and PR Consultant, Pinstone Unit 3, Owen Way, Leominster Enterprise Park, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0LA Tel: 07850 802799 Email: catherine@pinstone.co.uk Twitter: @CatherineLinch Interests: Integrated PR and communications consultancy that brings together a strategic approach, innovative thinking and a sound knowledge of agri-business and the rural environment.

JACKIE LINDEN Freelance Journalist 1 Summersfield Terrace, Liss, Hampshire GU33 7LF Tel: 01730 890066 Mob: 07801 800 708 Email: jackie.linden87@gmail.com Interests: Freelance specialising in pig and poultry production and marketing building on experience as former Editor of Poultry International, ThePoultrySite.com and ThePigSite.com

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A-Z OF MEMBERS BARRY LIVESEY Retired Freelance, Environment Focus Associates 75 Shefford Road, Clifton, Shefford, Bedfordshire SG17 5RQ Tel: 01462 811385 Email: liveseys@yorwerth.com HANNAH LLOYD Communications and PR Consultant, Pinstone The Business Plaza, Enterprise Park, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0LA Tel: 01568 617627 Mob: 07855 059803 Email: hannah@pinstone.co.uk Twitter: @hannah___L Interests: Integrated PR and communications consultancy that brings together a strategic approach, innovative thinking and a sound knowledge of agri-business and the rural environment.

ROSALINDE LLOYD Head of Communications, NIAB Lawrence Weaver Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB3 0LE Tel: 01223 342313 Mob: 07711 568164 Email: ros.lloyd@niab.com Twitter: @niabgroup Interests: Responsible for NIAB’s PR and communications through various channels including events, web, social media, publications and press.

CHRISTOPHER LOCKWOOD Director, Anglian Agri Media Ltd Blackthorn House, Blacksmith Road, Cotton, Stowmarket, Suffolk IP14 4QN Tel: 07845 701127 Email: chris@anglianagrimedia.co.uk Interests: Freelance journalist and specialist in producing and publishing agricultural documentary films, particularly focusing on modern and classic machinery as well as arable farming.

MARTIN LOOKER PR / Media Consulant, BHR Communications Middle Orchard, Layham Road, Layham, Ipswich, Suffolk IP7 5NB Tel: 01473 823842 Email: mlookerbhr@aol.com Interests: pigs, poultry, livestock production, animal health and welfare, housing.

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SAM LUCKIN Retired Managing Director, Sam Luckin Associates Flat 8 Down The Quad, Morden College, 19 St German’s Place, Blackheath, London, SE3 0PW Tel: 0208 0625 759 Mob: 07427 333 901 Email: samluckin@hotmail.com STUART LUMB Owner, Stuart Lumb Associates 12 Rawdale Close, South Cave, Brough, East Yorkshire HU15 2BT Tel: 01430 422063 Email: stuart@lumb.karoo.co.uk Interests: Special interests in pig production and management and photography.

CHRIS LYDDON Freelance Mas de Marot, Chemin du Mas des Pères au Mas de Marot, 34130 Mauguio, H’rault, France 34130 Tel: 0033 6 14 85 27 71 Email: cajlyddon@gmail.com Interests: European Correspondent, World Grain magazine. Deputy Editor Agra Facts. Contributor to Agritrade News.

GEORGE LYON Freelance Journalist/Public Affairs Consultant, GLCP 9 Scaur O’Doon Road, Ayr, South Ayrshire KA7 4EW Tel: 07714 711043 Email: george.lyon@humebrophy.com Twitter: @georgelyonuk Interests: Press & Journal columnist; Agri-Food Consultancy.

DAPHNE MACCARTHY Retired 18 The Birches, Charlton, London, SE7 7PB CHARLES MACDOWELL PR and Marketing Consultant, Land Communication Unit 3 Brightwell Barns, Ipswich, Suffolk IP10 0BJ Tel: 01473 353613 Mob: 07788 755300 Email: charles@landcom.co.uk Twitter: @c_macdowell Interests: Land Communication is an integrated agency providing PR, advertising, design, digital and strategic communications services to clients in agriculture and other B2B sectors.

OLIVIA MACGARVIE Friend Trainee Rural Business Advisor, SRH Agribusiness Danallt Y Gog, Cynwyl Elfed, Carmarthen, Sir Gaerfyrddin SA33 6TP Tel: 07399 584991 Email: omacgarvie@outlook.com Interests: Agriculture, Agribusiness and Rural Business, Rural/Agri Marketing CATHERINE MACGREGOR Owner, MacGregor Photography West Rossburnlane Farm, Rossburn Lane, Stirling, Stirlingshire FK9 4AH Tel: 07703 533605 Mob: 07703 533605 Email: catherine@macgregorphotography.com Interests: Livestock photography, marketing, journalism.

JENNIFER MACKENZIE Freelance Journalist and Photographer, Jennifer MacKenzie Rose Farm, Ruckcroft, Armathwaite, Carlisle, Cumbria CA4 9QR Tel: 07977 397258 Email: mail@jennifermackenzie.co.uk Interests: Special interest in livestock features and photography.

GEMMA MACKIE Farming Editor, Press & Journal Aberdeen Journals Ltd, 5th Floor, 1 Marischal Square, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB10 1BL Tel: 01224 343051 Mob: 07977 558217 Email: gemma.mackie@pressandjournal.co.uk Interests: Reporting on all aspects of farming for the Press & Journal.

EILIDH MACPHERSON Publisher/ Editor, Journalist, Photographer & Author, farmingscotland.com, Farming Country Magazine Marbrack Farm, Carsphairn, Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway DG7 3TE Tel: 01644 460644 Mob: 0797 7897867 Email: editor@farmingscotland.com Twitter: @farmingscotland Interests: Publisher and Editor of bi-monthly magazine Farming Country. Books 300 Farmers of Scotland, 200 Farmers of Scotland and From Thistle to Fern.

GEORGE A MACPHERSON Freelance Journalist, Editor and Author Treetops, 31 Hollam Drive, Dulverton, Somerset TA22 9EL Tel: 01398 322962 Mob: 07525 811534 Email: gmcraigmore@outlook.com Interests: Consultant editor of Appropriate Technology; author eight novels, three nonfiction. Book reviews, newspaper articles.

Interests: world development and sustainability; avoiding population migration; Quaker policy.

HELEN MAIDEN Communications and PR Consultant, Pinstone Unit 3, The Business Plaza, Enterprise Park, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0LA Tel: 01568 617623 Mob: 07890 097906 Email: helen@pinstone.co.uk Interests: Integrated PR and communications consultancy that brings together a strategic approach, innovative thinking and a sound knowledge of agri-business and the rural environment.

THE COUNTESS OF MAR Honorary Member Guild President 2007-2010 House of Lords, Westminster, London, SW1A 0PW Tel: 0207 2193000 Email: MARM@parliament.uk OLIVER MARK Machinery Editor, Farmers Weekly Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS Tel: 07717 660034 Email: oliver.mark@markallengroup.com Interests: Machinery editor, Farmers Weekly.

CLIVE MARLOW Retired Director, Clive Marlow Marketing Ltd 14 Millers Croft, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 3QH Tel: 01684 576427 Email: clive@clivemarlowmarketing.co.uk JAMES MARSHALL Account Executive, Reverberate PR Ltd Halfstone, Smeatharpe, Honiton, Devon EX14 9RF Tel: 01823 602806 Email: james@reverberate-pr.co.uk Interests: PR for agricultural businesses.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS PAT MARSTON Retired Clovers, 33 Otago Close, Whittlesey, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE7 1YL Tel: 01733 203152 Email: dempat@talktalk.net JULIE MATE PR Consultant, Freelance Journalist Dearnford Hall, Tilstock, Whitchurch, Shropshire SY13 3JJ Tel: 07775 847123 Email: julie@ukagriculture.com Interests: Corporate PR and communication consultancy services, with special interest in agribusiness, farming organisations and politics.

DEBBIE MATHER Head of Communications, Frontier Agriculture Witham St Hughs, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN6 9TN Tel: 01522 860027 Mob: 07875 355637 Email: debbie.mather@frontierag.co.uk Interests: Communications, press liaison and publications for Frontier Agriculture, the UK’s crop production and grain marketing business with successful management of the arable supply chain.

CHRIS MCCULLOUGH Freelance Journalist, Photographer, PR Consultant 47 Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, County Antrim BT38 8BY Tel: 07732 486481 Email: belfastjourno@gmail.com Twitter: @journo_chris Interests: Award winning freelance journalist & photographer based in Northern Ireland and working internationally for all types of media.

Covering farm features, events, politics and news.

TONY MCDOUGAL Freelance Journalist and PR Consultant 15 Treves Road, Dorchester, Dorset DT1 2HD Tel: 07766 133788 Email: tonymcdougal@icloud.com Twitter: @Tonymcdougal1 Interests: Freelancing on agricultural topics including poultry; media and public relations for the Dorset Care Record.

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DIANA MCGOWAN Senior Communications & Publications Manager, National Farmers Union Scotland National Farmers Union, West Mains, Ingliston, Newbridge, Midlothian EH28 8LT Tel: 0131 472 4108 Mob: 07920 018619 Email: diana.mcgowan@nfus.org.uk Twitter: @NFUSDiana Interests: Communications activities for Scotland’s farming Union representing farmers, crofters and others within the Scottish rural sector, promoting and protecting their interests. Editor of monthly magazine.

FRANCES MCKIM Freelance Journalist and PR Consultant, ActiveSolutions Foxhill, Normanton Lane, Stanford on Soar, Loughborough, Nottinghamshire LE12 5PZ Tel: 01509 233219 Mob: 07957 316705 Email: frances@activesolutions.uk.com Interests: Freelance journalist, photographer and PR consultant specialising in the UK and international professional pest control and equestrian sectors.

ANGUS MCKIRDY Commercial Director, Crop Production Magazine 1 Canonbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY3 7AG Tel: 01743 369707 Email: angus@cpm-magazine.co.uk Interests: Commercial Director at Crop Production Magazine.

ALISTAIR MCLAREN Senior Marcomms Manager, Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Unit 201, 5th Street, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwicks CV8 2TL Tel: 024 7647 8970 Email: alistair.mclaren@ahdb.org.uk Interests: Responsible for the development and delivery of an effective communication plan to farmers in the dairy sector.

CAROL MCLAREN Chief Executive, RSABI The Rural Centre, West Mains of Ingliston, Newbridge, Midlothian EH28 8LT Tel: 031 278 3419 Mob: 07894 738607 Twitter: @RSABI Proud to lead the small dedicated team at RSABI, the charity supporting people in Scottish agriculture.

ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN Community Editor, Farmers Weekly Reed Business Information Ltd, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Brighton Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS Tel: 07872 502517 Email: lizzie.mclaughlin@markallengroup.com Twitter: @LizzieMFW Interests: All aspects of communication from writing editorial to managing social media.

NEALE MCQUISTIN Freelance Journalist, N&J McQuistin High Arrioland, New Luce, Newton Stewart, Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway DG8 0AU Tel: 01581 600223 Mob: 07944 850823 Email: nealemcq@gmail.com Interests: Writer on farming topics for The Herald, one of the World’s oldest newspapers, published

by Glasgow-based Newsquest.

MATTHEW MELLOR Managing Director, Agribusiness Communications Handless Farm, Asterton, Lydbury North, Shropshire SY7 8BH Tel: 01694 731777 Email: matt@abccomms.co.uk Interests: Market communications for businesses in the agricultural, animal health, environmental and food chain sectors, from strategy to delivery with the client central at all times.

ROBERT MEREDITH Retired Barnside, Nairdwood Way, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire HP16 0QW Email: octo.bob@btinternet.com ANDREW MEREDITH Editor, Farmers Weekly Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS Tel: 02086 524924 Mob: 07814 455255 Email: andrew.meredith@markallengroup.com Twitter: @Merry_Meredith Interests: I welcome any comments, queries or complaints relating to any aspect of Farmers Weekly.

REBECCA MILLER Head of Communications, Red Tractor Food Assurance Assured Food Standards, Europoint House, 5 Lavington Street, London, Middlesex SE1 0NZ Tel: 07721 128181 Email: rebecca.miller@redtractor.org.uk Twitter: @redtractorfood Interests: Head of communications for the UK’s largest farm and food assurance scheme - Red Tractor Food Standards.

KEVIN MILNER Freelance Farming, Videos, Time-lapse and Drone Photographer, Kevin Milner Photography Lane End Cottage, Ovington, Hampshire SO24 0RB Tel: 01962 732585 Mob: 07719 570370 Email: info@kevinmilnercountryside.co.uk Interests: Professional farming and countryside photographer, CAA qualified to fly drones for photography and videos. Events photography a speciality and countryside greeting cards for shops.

ADRIENNE MITCHELL Retired 3 Odingsell Drive, Long Itchington, Southam, Warwickshire CV47 9PD Tel: 07717 213183 Email: adrienne@asmpr.co.uk HARRY MITCHELL Strategic Engagement Manager, British Sugar plc 1 Samson Place, London Road, Hampton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE7 8QJ Tel: 07912 978738 Email: harry.mitchell@britishsugar.com Twitter: @harryjamesmitch Interests: Engagement and marketing communications for British Sugar Agriculture.

Editor of Sugar Beet Review.

STEVE MITCHELL (Fellow, BGAJ) Retiired 3 Odingsell Drive, Long Itchington, Southam, Warwickshire CV47 9PD Tel: 07717 213182 Email: mitchellasm@hotmail.co.uk Twitter: @misterdeere

OLIVIA MIDGLEY News and Business Editor, Farmers Guardian AgriBriefing, 8 Leake Street, London, SE1 7NN Tel: 07787 240750 Email: olivia.midgley@agriconnect.com Twitter: @FGoliviamidgley Interests: Covering industry news and business issues on Farmers Guardian.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS LINDSAY MONAGHAN UK Marketing Manager, Keenan Alltech House, Ryhall Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 1TZ Tel: 07713 230286 Email: lindsay.monaghan@alltech.com Twitter: @linsmonaghan Interests: Handling all UK marketing communications at Keenan, the manufacturer of precision diet feeding technology for maximum livestock performance.

DIANE MONTAGUE OBE (Fellow, BGAJ) Treasurer, BGAJ Charitable Trust Chatham House, 115 Widmore Road, Bromley, Kent BR1 3AH Tel: 0208 2901212 Email: diane.montague@btconnect.com Interests: Treasurer, BGAJ Charitable Trust, which provides practical and financial support to Members and former Members of the Guild, their partners, families and dependants.

ROGER MOORE Managing Director, Ahead Ltd Elcock House, 39 Hospital Fields Road, York, North Yorks YO10 4DZ Tel: 01904 634040 Mob: 07833 630296 Email: mail@aheadltd.com Interests: Specialist writing, editing and PR for the agricultural, agribusiness and food processing sectors.

REBECCA MORGAN Agricultural PR Specialist, Pinstone The Business Plaza, Enterprise Park, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0LA Tel: 01568 617663 Mob: 07815 732803 Email: rebecca@pinstone.co.uk Twitter: @PinstoneComms Interests: Full-service agricultural PR and communications consultancy dedicated to working with the agri-business sector to bring together a strategic approach and a sound knowledge of agriculture.

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GAINA MORGAN Freelance Journalist / PR Consultant / Copywriter, Gaina Morgan Media Marlas House, Pyle, Mid Glamorgan CF33 4PE Tel: 07872 823366 Email: gaina@gainamorganmedia.co.uk Twitter: @GainaMorgan Interests: Happy to deliver at short notice, quick turnaround features, articles, PR projects, training across the UK. Livestock, innovation and rural life are special subjects.

ANTHONY MOSLEY Owner, Anthony Mosley Photographer 16 Edgecombe Way, St Ann’s Chapel, Gunnislake, Cornwall PL18 9HJ Tel: 01822 833204 Email: info@anthonymosley-photographer.co.uk Interests: Special interest in livestock, food, rural affairs, photography and library.

EDD MOWBRAY Account Manager, Agribusiness Communications Mosterley Farm, Cound, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5 6BH Tel: 07534 650401 Email: edd@abccomms.co.uk Twitter: @EddMowbray Interests: Experienced machinery journalist turned PR account manager.

IAN MUNNERY Friend General Manager, Sesvanderhave UK Ltd The Farm Office, Heath Farm, Pottergate Road, Wellingore, Lincoln LN5 0DW Tel: 01522 813862 Mob: 07775 775338 Email: ian.munnery@sesvanderhave.com Interests: Sesvanderhave UK Ltd is the global market leader in sugar beet seed and breeding.

DUNCAN MURRAY-CLARKE Publisher, The Ad Plain Ltd Dooneen House, Queensway, North Moreton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 9AY Tel: 01491 837117 Email: duncan@theadplain.com Twitter: @ServiceDealer Interests: Owner and publisher of Service Dealer, the leading agriculture and groundcare machinery trade publication, and Turfpro which reaches the professional groundcare industry.

LAURA MUSHRUSH Client Executive, Agribusiness Communications Mosterley Farm, Cound, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5 6BH Tel: 01694 731917 Email: laura@abccomms.co.uk Twitter: @mushrushlaura Interests: Bring the research and benefits of client products/services directly to farmers through press relations. Specialise in beef production, genetics, animal health, forage production and nutrition.

NANCY NICOLSON Farming Editor, The Courier; Reporter, BBC Farming Today The Courier, 80 Kingsway East, Dundee, Angus DD4 8SL Tel: 01382 575296 Mob: 07554 667859 Email: nnicolson@thecourier.co.uk Twitter: @C_NancyNicolson Interests: Farming Editor at The Courier, reporter for BBC Radio 4 Farming Today and On Your Farm.

GARY NAYLOR Freelance Photographer 8 Market Rasen Way, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire PE12 7QX Tel: 01406 424180 Mob: 07860 671162 Email: gary@f8gnp.com Twitter: @GNP_Gary Interests: Freelance photographer.

SARAH NIGHTINGALE Freelance Wyck Lodge, Alton, Hampshire GU34 3AH Tel: 01420 542299 Email: sarahwyck@yahoo.com Interests: Experienced policy analyst and lobbyist with a demonstrated history of working in the agri-food industry. Experienced editor of trade publications.

ANDREW NEWBOLD Director, FarmSmart Events and FarmSmart Publishing Killigton Hall Farm, Killington, Kirkby Lonsdale, Carnforth, Lancashire LA16 2HA Tel: 01539 620255 Mob: 07753 612294 Email: andy@farm-smart.co.uk Interests: Technical event delivery experts - Tillage-Live, Self-Propelled Sprayer Demonstration, Scotgrass and Forestry Harvesting Demonstration. Publish/edit Tillage & Soils and Precise; AgriMachineryNews.com and AgriMachinery.Trade ANN NEWBOLD Event Manager and Designer, FarmSmart Events and FarmSmart Publishing Killington Hall Farm, Killington, Carnforth, Cumbria LA6 2HA Tel: 01539 620255 Email: ann@farm-smart.co.uk Interests: Organiser of the Cumbria Farm Business Awards, and creative lead for the specialist magazines Tillage & Soils, Precise and Agrimachinery.trade, and Cumbria Farm Business Magazine.

SUE NIX Honorary Member Wife of the late Prof John Nix, Guild President, 2000-2002 Rhode Farm, Doddington, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 0NN Tel: 01795 886861 Email: suemnix@btinternet.com NATALIE NOBLE Editorial and PR Assistant, Agri-hub Lily Vale, Huxham, Exeter, Devon EX5 4EW Tel: 07776 234994 Email: natalie@agri-hub.co.uk Twitter: @Natalie_Agri Interests: Working as part of the Agri-hub team, contributing to a broad range of editorial and PR commitments.

HANNAH NOBLE Creative Content Marketing Executive, Cogent Breeding Cogent Breeding Ltd, Chowley Oak Lane, Tattenhall, Chester, Cheshire CH3 9GA Tel: 07706 316526 Email: hannah.noble@cogentuk.com Interests: Delivering creative content for all of Cogent’s media channels including social media, sales literature and website.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS GILL NORRISS Marketing and Communications, Sequitur Cloverfield, Horsebridge Road, King’s Somborne, Hampshire SO20 6PT Tel: 01794 388831 Mob: 07974 951947 Email: gillnorriss@sequitur.eu.com Interests: Special interest in European agrifood business, horticulture and marketing.

JUDITH O’LEARY Managing Director, Represent 57 Calton Road, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 8FJ Tel: 0131 526 3190 Email: judith@representcomms.co.uk Twitter: @representcomms Interests: Heading a team of agricultural specialists in a PR and digital agency working in the agri-business sector.

SIMON ORPWOOD Friend Honorary Press Secretary, Royal Agricultural Society of the Commonwealth Royal Norfolk Agricultural Association Showground, Dereham Road, New Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk NR5 0TT Tel: 01890 850266 Mob: 07836 513155 Email: simon@orpwoodfarms.co.uk Twitter: @Orpwoods @The_RASC Interests: RASC is a confederation of more than 50 national and regional agricultural show societies, associations and research bodies in 20 Commonwealth countries.

DANUSIA OSIOWY-WILKINSON Commercial Content Producer / Events Producer British Farming Awards, Farmers Guardian Unit 4, Fulwood Business Park, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9NZ Tel: 01772 799413 Email: danusia.osiowy@farmersguardian.com Interests: Managing bespoke commercial editorial projects for Farmers Guardian, covering business and topical issues across multi platforms; Event management of the British Farming Awards.

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EMILY PADFIELD Freelance Hill Farm, Watergall, Southam, Warwickshire CV47 2XP Tel: 07748 494909 Email: emily@emilypadfield.co.uk Twitter: @EmilyFarmers Interests: Farmer, freelance writer, 2022 Nuffield Scholar with a special interest in regenerative livestock farming.

GEOFF PAGOTTO Freelance Photographer, Fototek Shiloh, Worthy Lane, Creech St Michael, Taunton, Somerset TA3 5EF Tel: 07778 389739 Email: fototek@talktalk.net Interests: Undertaking food and farming commissions since 1983 for News / PR and Corporate uses across all sectors.

CATHERINE PAICE Proprietor / Director & Editor, Paicepress / Eden Publishing 22 Mereworth Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9PL Tel: 01892 523295 Mob: 07990 595723 Email: catherine@paicepress.co.uk Interests: Special interests: dairy industry, land use, farmland market, business. Freelance writing.

SARAH PALMER Agriculture, Rural Issues and PR Manager, National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) YFC Centre, 10th Street, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LG Tel: 07827 816342 Mob: 07827 816342 Email: sarah.palmer@nfyfc.org.uk Twitter: @NFYFC Interests: Promoting the voice of rural young people and next generation farmers. Providing a varied programme of training, events, personal development opportunities and resources.

ANNABEL PALMER Head of Group Marketing, Buitelaar Group Buitelaar Productions UK Ltd, Springfield Farm, Marford Hill, Marford, Wrexham, Wrecsam LL12 8TD Tel: 07908 109283 Email: annabel@buitelaar.co.uk Interests: Heads up Buitelaar Group Marketing, which incorporates the beef supply chain; working to connect farmer and consumer.

HANNAH PARK Livestock Specialist, Farmers Guardian Farmers Guardian, Unit 4, Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9NZ Tel: 01772 799450 Mob: 07824 498702 Email: hannah.park@farmersguardian.com Twitter: @FGHannahPark Interests: Writing for AgriBriefing brands including Farmers Guardian and Dairy Farmer magazines. Particular interest in sheep, beef and dairy.

ALI PARKER Consultancy Team, Pinstone Pinstone Communications Ltd, Unit 3 The Business Plaza, Owen Way, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 OLA Tel: 01568 617664 Email: ali@pinstone.co.uk Interests: Working for Pinstone as an agricultural PR specialist across a number of different sectors including dairy, poultry, aquaculture and food businesses.

MARY-VERE PARR Freelance Journalist Fosgate House, Upper Chute, Andover, Hampshire SP11 9EW Tel: 01264 730870 Email: parr100@btinternet.com Twitter: @Mary_vere Interests: Special interests: profiles, conservation, rural community, arts and crafts.

HAYLEY PARROTT Deputy Livestock Editor, Farmers Weekly Groveway Farm Bungalow, Aston Abbots Rd, Weedon, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP22 4NH Tel: 07943 808699 Email: hayley.parrott@markallengroup.com Twitter: @hayley_parrott Interests: Writing about beef, sheep, dairy and pig farming for the Livestock pages of Farmers Weekly and FWi.co.uk as well as Dairy Update.

SUSANNAH PATE Freelance PR Consultant The Farmhouse, South Powrie, Dundee, Angus DD4 0QG Tel: 07841 194897 Email: susannah@janecraigie.com Interests: PR, marketing communications, digital content and social media for agricultural, rural and land-based businesses and organisations. B2B and B2C.

EWAN PATE Arable Editor, Farm North East and Freelance Journalist Craigend Farmhouse, Craigton of Monikie, Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Angus DD5 3QN Tel: 01382 370566 Mob: 07398 986751 Email: ewan.pate@btinternet.com Interests: Special interests: agricultural politics, all aspects of farming especially arable and land tenure.

SARAH PEACOCKE Director, Spade British Charolais Cattle Society, Avenue M, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV22 7PD Tel: 07984 090560 Email: sarah.peacocke@gmail.com Interests: Freelance marketing and PR consultant working at strategic level within the food and farming industry.

ANDREW PEARCE Freelance The Croft, Mill Lane, Barcombe, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 5TH Tel: 01273 401474 Email: aap@farmpix.net Interests: Farm machinery.

CHRISTINE PEDERSEN Friend Principal Dairy Business Consultant, The Dairy Group Ltd New Agriculture House, Blackbrook Park Avenue, Taunton, Somerset TA1 2PX Tel: 07831 172940 Email: christine.pedersen@thedairygroup.co.uk Interests: Dairy herd and business management consultant, editor of The Dairy Group newsletter, authors articles for other dairy publications.

EMMA PENNY Coach/Mentor/Consultant/Freelance 36 Higher Road, Longridge, Preston, Lancashire PR3 3SX Tel: 07769 912472 Email: emmapenny000@gmail.com Interests: Coaching and mentoring, particularly for individuals and teams in content/editorial/ analyst roles. Consulting/project work. Freelance journalism with focus on agriculture and equestrianism.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS TONY PEXTON Honorary Member Guild President 2002-2004 Watton Grange, Watton, Driffield, East Yorkshire YO25 9AP Email: tonypexton@pextonfarms.co.uk ALEX PHILLIMORE Marketing and Communications Manager, The Farming Community Network Manor Farm, Guilsborough Road, West Haddon, Northampton, Northamptonshire NN6 7AQ Tel: 07788 974281 Email: alex@fcn.org.uk Twitter: @fcncharity Interests: Leading on FCN’s marketing and communications activity, including oversight of FCN’s brand, marketing materials, social media, internal communications, research comms, media relations, PR and advertising.

BEN PIKE Director, Eve Communications 9 Clock Meadow, Byfield, Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11 6LP Tel: 01327 438617 Mob: 07832 168560 Email: ben@evecommunications.co.uk Twitter: @benpikecomms Interests: Freelance agricultural journalist and PR consultant to businesses rooted in farming and the countryside. Specialises in PR, journalism, video, social media and copywriting.

JASON POLE AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds - Technical Communications Executive, Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2TL Tel: 02476 478719 Email: jason.pole@ahdb.org.uk Interests: Communicating a wide variety of cereals and oilseeds research findings to growers and other stakeholders.

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DR KENNETH POLLOCK Managing Partner, Ambrose Associates 49 Gratton Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL50 2BZ Tel: 07899 794858 Email: ambrose.assoc@btinternet.com Twitter: @DrKenPollock Interests: Special interests: television and video production on all countryside issues. Local authority policies.

RACHAEL PORTER Editor & Publisher, CowManagement; Freelance Journalist., Davies Porter Media Ltd 52 Brook Lane, Felixstowe, Suffolk IP11 7LG Tel: 01394 270587 Email: rachael@reporterjournalism.co.uk Twitter: @cowmanagement Interests: Special interests: all aspects of dairy production and marketing. Also other livestock, crops, and other rural and environmental related topics.

CEDRIC PORTER Proprietor, Supply Intelligence and World Potato Markets 30 Culverden Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN4 9QR Tel: 01892 543444 Mob: 07881 956446 Email: cedric@supplyintelligence.co.uk Twitter: @CedricP Interests: Special interests: international supply chains, potatoes and agricultural governance.

ANNIE POTTER Retired Freelance 10 Conningsby Drive, Pershore, Worcestershire WR10 1QX Tel: 01386 561792 Email: anniepotter849@gmail.com CLAIRE POWELL Freelance Broadcaster, Journalist, Photographer Forteviot Farmhouse, Forteviot, Perth, Perth & Kinross PH2 9BT Tel: 01764 684785 Mob: 07761 630614 Email: yokelclaire@gmail.com Interests: Special interests: people, livestock, business, food production and new enterprises.

RHIAN PRICE Livestock Channel Editor, Farmers Weekly Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS Tel: 0208 652 4922 Email: rhian.price@markallengroup.com Interests: Livestock channel editor, Farmers Weekly and FWi. TIM PRICE PR Consultant and Rural Communicator, Pricewrite Communications Wild Goose, 40 Chapel Meadow, Buckland Monachorum, Devon PL20 7LR Tel: 01822 854340 Mob: 07388 086848 Email: timpricewrite@gmail.com Twitter: @Ruralriskman Interests: PR consultancy and freelance journalism on rural issues. Special interests: rural life, farm business, rural economy, farm safety, rural crime, succession planning, diversification, education, sustainability.

MICHAEL PRIESTLEY Livestock Reporter, Farmers Weekly Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Brighton Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5AS Tel: 0208 652 4916 Email: michael.priestley@markallengroup.com Twitter: @PriestleyFW Interests: Livestock production, antibiotics, uplands, sustainability.

RACHEL QUEENBOROUGH Marketing Manager, IceRobotics Ltd 22 Albert Road North, Malvern, Worcestershire WR14 2TP Tel: 07779 277668 Email: r.queenborough@icerobotics.com Interests: Marketing automated behaviour monitoring system: CowAlert.

CLIVE RAINBIRD 6 Cavendish Close, Middleton, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE32 1YD Tel: 07971 119950 Email: clemanal@yahoo.com Interests: Guild Treasurer and Council member.

NICK RAINSLEY Head of Marketing, H L Hutchinson Ltd Weasenham Lane, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire PE13 2RN Tel: 01945 461177 Mob: 07909 686866 Email: nick.rainsley@hlhltd.co.uk Twitter: @NickRainsley Interests: agronomy, crop protection, precision farming, nutrition, soils, arable crops, top and soft fruit, vegetables, specialist horticulture and protected crops.

ROGER RANSON Partner, BHR Communications Old Hall Farm, Low Road, Forncett St Mary, Norwich, Norfolk NR16 1JJ Tel: 01508 536041 / 489389 Mob: 07803 086462 Email: roger@bhrcommunications.co.uk Twitter: @bhrcoms Interests: PR / video / marketing communications for agricultural, food and business sectors.

PETER READ Freelance Cocum Farm, Barton Stacey, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 3NR Tel: 01962 760239 Email: peter.cocum@googlemail.com Interests: all aspects of agriculture and rural land use. Member of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.

STEPHEN RECKLESS Managing Director, Tasty Media 52-54B Regent Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire CV32 5EG Tel: 0800 170 7572 Mob: 07778 635566 Email: steve@tastymedia.co.uk Twitter: @TastyMediaUK Interests: Video production services to the farming and agriculture sectors. We produce both marketing & promotional videos and issue based coverage for agricultural organisations.

MARTIN REDBOND Editor, Crop Protection Monthly Blacksmiths Cottage, Ashbocking Road, Henley, Ipswich, Suffolk IP6 0QX Tel: 01473 831645 Email: mredbond@aol.com Interests: Specialist interests: products and technology for protecting crops from pest and disease attack.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS RUTH REES Photographer, Ruth Rees Photography Upper Bwlch, Rhayader, Powys LD6 5NT Tel: 01597 811851 Mob: 07927 614163 Email: upperbwlch@btinternet.com Interests: Photography - livestock, farming, agricultural shows, agricultural conferences, all agricultural events, agricultural portraits, livestyle.

Young Farmers events, prize/presentation awards events.

TIM RELF Freelance Journalist 2 Mulberry Court, Main Street, Drayton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire LE16 8RG Tel: 07974 265456 Email: timrelf@hotmail.co.uk Interests: Editorial and PR services to the rural sector; special interests: farm diversifications, food and young people’s issues.

GORDON RENNIE Friend Farmer and Freelance Journalist Stenton Farm, St. Monans, Anstruther, Fife KY10 2DF Tel: 01333 730213 Mob: 07977 468358 Email: gordi.rennie@gmail.com Interests: Arable farmer and freelance journalist writing opinion pieces on topical matters.

PETER REYNOLDS Retired 7 Redlynch House, Redlynch Park, Bruton, Somerset BA10 0NH Tel: 01749 812940 Mob: 07775 951506 Email: reynoldsmlc@aol.com HELEN RIBY Retired 5 Fal Paddock, Mansfield Woodhouse, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG19 9RW Tel: 01623 656958 Mob: 07939 205519 Email: helen@activesolutions.uk.com DAVID RICHARDSON, OBE, FRAGS Freelance Brittons Farm, Wramplingham Road, Wymondham, Norfolk NR18 0SB Tel: 01603 812869 Mob: 07831 102420 Email: whiterails@paston.co.uk Interests: Freelance columnist for Farmers Weekly and East Anglian Farming World. Special Interests: the practice, politics and economics of managing land based businesses.

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MARTIN RICKATSON Freelance, JMR Agriculture Tall Trees House, Church Road, Garboldisham, Diss, Norfolk IP22 2SE Tel: 07595 031217 Email: jmr.agriculture@gmail.com Interests: farm machinery and arable crop production.

JONATHAN RILEY Freelance Journalist, Jon Riley Media 1 Melton Close, Brighton Road, Storrington, Pulborough, West Sussex RH20 4QA Tel: 01903 740433 Mob: 07870 628087 Email: jon@jonrileymedia.com Twitter: @JonFW Interests: News, rural affairs, livestock production, farming business, legal and policy issues.

SARAH RILEY Account Director, RDP Advertising & Marketing The Old Dairy, Highnam Business Centre, Newent Road, Highnam, Gloucestershire GL2 8DN Tel: 01452 429175 Mob: 07498 309114 Email: sriley@rdp.co.uk Twitter: @Sarah_Riley_ Interests: CIPR Chartered practitioner. Results lead PR & Marketing specialist at RDP focusing on Agribusiness and Animal Health globally.

MICK ROBERTS Freelance Journalist/Independent Publisher, MWR Media Waterside House, Falmouth Road, Penryn, Cornwall TR10 8BE Tel: 01326 373704 Mob: 07813 046879 Email: mick@mwrmedia.co.uk Interests: Editor - Pro Operator, the official magazine for all NRoSO registered sprayer operators. Consultant Editor Farm Machinery Journal. Special interests: farm machinery and mechanisation.

NIKKI ROBERTSON Honorary Member Secretary, British Guild of Agricultural Journalists 444 Westwood Heath Road, Coventry, West Midlands CV4 8AA Tel: 07584 022909 Email: secretary@gaj.org.uk Interests: For any enquiries related to the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists (office hours 9.15am to 3pm Monday to Thursday).

VICKIE ROBINSON Head of Content Solutions, InsightFul Communications Unit 4, Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9NZ Tel: 01772 799411 Email: vickie.robinson@agriconnect.com Interests: Responsible for editorial content related to projects involving sponsors or external clients, including numerous industry event media partnerships.

TERESA RUSH Group Editor - Arable, Agriconnect Unit 4, Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9NZ Tel: 01787 282822 Mob: 07917 271989 Email: teresa.rush@agriconnect.com Twitter: @arablefarming Interests: Editor, Arable Farming; Arable Editor, Farmers Guardian; Seminar Content Manager, The CropTec Show. Special interests: arable farming, agronomy, crop science, farm management.

HANNAH ROSE Communications Manager, International Egg Commission International Egg Commission, Eaton Manor, Eaton-under-Heywood, Church Stretton, Shropshire SY6 7DH Tel: 07506 974234 Email: hannah@internationalegg.com Interests: The International Egg Commission links people across the globe and is the only organisation representing the global egg industry.

WENDY RYDER Honorary Member Trustee, BGAJ Charitable Trust Tudor Croft, 26 Kingsfield Avenue, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 3TA Tel: 01473 251991 Mob: 07776 408414 Email: wendy.ryder347@btinternet.com

ROBERT ROSS Retired 57 Oatlands Park, Linlithgow, West Lothian EH49 6AS Email: robertfross@blueyonder.co.uk BRUCE ROSS Owner, Ross Gordon Consultants SPRL 17 Rue Dekens, Brussels, Belgium 1040 Tel: 00 32 2736 5094 Mob: 00 32 476 423942 Email: bruce.ross@skynet.be Interests: Common Agricultural Policy, rural development, animal health and welfare, environment, food safety, trade.

KEN RUNDLE Freelance Journalist/Consultant 136, Blenheim Place, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire AB25 2DN Tel: 01224 645094 Mob: 0771007 9401 Email: krundle009@gmail.com Interests: Interests include agri broadcasting, agri and agri environment policy (especially Scottish), farming and rural issues.

MARK SANDERSON Director, TOP PR The Barn, Spring Lane, Burghclere, Newbury, Hampshire RG20 9NE Tel: 01635 278236 Mob: 07775 681818 Email: mark.s@toppr.co.uk Twitter: @toppr2 Interests: PR and marketing communications for agricultural, environmental and amenity businesses.

EMILY SCAIFE Freelance Journalist / Editor, Scaife Communications 21 Prestbury Close, Redditch, Worcestershire B98 0QL Tel: 07738 089257 Email: emilyscaife@outlook.com Twitter: @EmilyJayne1985 Interests: Freelance journalist, magazine editor and social media consultant.

JULIE SCANLON Freelance PR Consultancy Moreton Hall Cottage, Moreton Say, Market Drayton, Shropshire TF9 3RS Tel: 07580 378080 Email: newpasturescomms@gmail.com Twitter: @JulieScanlon7 Interests: Agricultural PR and communications advice, specialising in livestock.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS BRUCE SCHOLTEN Freelance Journalist and Dairy Geographer (PhD 2007 Durham) 2 Mayorswell Street, Durham City, Durham DH1 1LQ Tel: 0191 386 5130 Mob: 0786 6546373 Email: bruce.scholten@btopenworld.com Twitter: @BruceScholten Interests: Food Durham UK news; Hoard’s Dairyman USA. Books: India’s White Rev (2010 Tauris); US Organic Dairy Politics (2014 Palgrave); Dairy Farming in 21C (2022 Bloomsbury).

MELANIE SCOTT Freelance Birtlebog Farm, Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire KA25 7LJ Tel: 07392 325998 Email: melaniescott2002@gmail.com Interests: Freelance equestrian, countryside and agricultural journalist/editor and feature writer.

All topics covered. Also offers communication, marketing, project management, PR and social media consultancy services.

SIR JAMES SCOTT, BT Owner 10 Ramshill, Petersfield, Hampshire GU31 4AP Tel: 01420 588207 Mob: 07770 902870 Email: jjscott@rotherfieldpark.co.uk Interests: Former editor (1984-88) Big Farm Weekly (closed 1993).

TIM SCRIVENER Freelance Photographer, Tim Scrivener Agricultural Photography Manthorpe Road Farm, Wilsthorpe, Lincolnshire PE9 4PD Tel: 07850 303986 Email: scrivphoto@btinternet.com Interests: Online picture library www.agriphoto. com with over 55,000 images of all aspects of UK farming. Editorial, PR, advertising commissions undertaken in both stills and video.

BARBARA SEGALL Freelance Primrose Cottage, Edgworth Road, Sudbury, Suffolk CO10 2TG Tel: 01787 312046 Email: barbara@bsegall.com Interests: Editor - The Horticulturalist; Herbs.

Special interests: horticulture (professional), garden consumer products, new plants.

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PHILIPPA SELLWOOD Freelance Journalist and PR Consultant Stable Views, Alderton, Montford Bridge, Shropshire SY4 1AW Tel: 01743 741689 Mob: 07767 387503 Email: psellwood@aol.com Interests: Special interests: Sheep and beef production. Shropshire sheep and Red Ruby Devon cattle, with a particular interest in traditional, native breeds. Newsletter and leaflet production - writing and design.

CLAIRE SHADDICK Freelance, Shaddick & Gunn The Hurdles, Water Street, Mere, Wiltshire BA12 6DZ Tel: 01747 861245 Email: cshaddick@aol.com Interests: all aspects of horticulture worldwide, including ornamentals, and particularly production, research and technology. Business email: shaddickandgunn@btinternet.com JOANNE SHARPE Marketing & Communications Lead - West Europe, Cargill Animal Nutrition & Health Oak Lea Farm, Roanhead, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA14 4QW Tel: 07717 361147 Email: joanne_sharpe@cargill.com Interests: Strategic marketing and communications and event management.

Experience in agriculture markets across Europe.

RICHARD SHEPHERD-BARRON Freelance 5 Red Rose Close, Alderton, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3DG Tel: 01394 410375 Mob: 07802 182876 Email: r.shepherdbarron@gmail.com Interests: Freelance specialising in field-scale vegetable crops, horticulture, robot technology and sustainable farming.

WENDY SHORT Freelance, Shorts Associates Tel: 07803 372279 Email: info@shortsassociates.co.uk Interests: Agricultural/rural technical and feature writing (livestock and arable); public relations; photography; promotional copywriting for print and web.

NÈLIA SILVA Spain/Portugal Correspondent, Supply Intelligence Ltd The Wing, Ferndale House, 3 Ferndale, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3RL Tel: 00351 966921904 Email: neliamgs@gmail.com Interests: A full-time journalist specialising in the horticultural sector in Spain and Portugal.

HEATHER SIMONS Radio Producer, Farming Today, BBC Radio 4 British Broadcasting Corporation, 23 Whiteladies Road, Bristol, Somerset BS8 2LR Tel: 07814 780987 Email: heather.simons@bbc.co.uk Twitter: @BBCFarmingToday Interests: Producer and reporter on BBC Radio 4’s Farming Today.

BEN SKIPPER Freelance Visual and Written Communication Services, McClelland & Chase Communications Bureau 6 Willow Rundle Drive, Elston, Newark On Trent, Nottinghamshire NG23 5QA Tel: 07762 125303 Email: ben@mcclellandandchase.co.uk Interests: Freelance illustration, photography, writing services for agriculture, horticulture, equitation and country sports, including short/ long features, bookazines and books. Full NUJ and presscard holder.

JOHN SLEIGH Journalist 18 Tylers Acre Road, Corstorphine, Edinburgh, EH12 7HZ Tel: 0131 472 4107 Mob: 07921 863682 Email: jsleigh@farmersjournal.ie Interests: Writing news and articles for the Farmers Journal Scotland.

DREW SLOAN, OBE, FRAGS Honorary Member Guild President 1996-199, 5 Monument Road, Ayr, Ayrshire KA7 2RL Tel: 01292 263530 Email: no-email@gaj.org.uk

JANE SMERNICKI Agri-EPI Press & Media Officer / Freelance Communications Consultant, Agri-EPI Centre and JMS Communications Ltd Agri EPI Centre Ltd, 4 Bush House Cottages, Edinburgh Technopole, Milton Bridge, Penicuik, Midlothian EH26 0BA Tel: 0131 239 7073 Mob: 07985 691765 Email: jane.smernicki@agri-epicentre.com Twitter: @agri_epi Interests: Managing Agri-EPI’s PR and communications activity. JMS Communications provides PR and communications services within the agri-rural sector.

ROGER SMITH Retired Publisher Cumbria Suite, Dencora Business Centre, 36 White House Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 5LT Tel: 01473 238200 Email: r.smith45@virgin.net NATASHA SMITH Communications and PR Consultant, Pinstone Pinstone Communications Ltd, Unit 3 The Business Plaza, Owen Way, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0LA Tel: 01568 617620 Email: natasha@pinstone.co.uk Interests: Integrated PR and communications consultancy that brings together a strategic approach, innovative thinking and a sound knowledge of agri-business and the rural environment.

ROBERT SMITH UK Market Director, Danish Crown UK Ltd 57 Stanley Road, Whitefield, Manchester, Greater Manchester M45 8GZ Tel: 07785 502976 Email: rosmi@danishcrown.com Interests: Public affairs and corporate communications for Danish Crown, a farmerowned business, supporting the organisation’s interests in the UK and Denmark.

PETER SMALL Freelance 3 Falfield Steadings, Peat Inn, Cupar, Fife KY15 5LJ Tel: 01334 840547 Email: peterjsmall@btinternet.com Interests: Special interests: agricultural history, especially machinery, and the agricultural revolution relating to Scotland.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS EMMA SMITH Editor & Founder of The YoungStock, Smokey Cow Publishing 31 Malmesbury Road, Leigh, Swindon, Wiltshire SN6 6RH Tel: 07772 495913 Email: theyoungstock@gmail.com Twitter: @emmlous82 Interests: The YoungStock is a magazine for 7-11 children. Youth Coordinator - Hereford Cattle Society; pedigree Hereford, Red Ruby Devon, Beef Shorthorn breeder.

LIZ SNAITH (Fellow, BGAJ) PR Consultant, Liz Snaith Consultants 42 Oak Street, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY3 7RQ Tel: 01743 344986 Mob: 07974 678833 Email: liz@lizsnaithconsultants.com Interests: Communications and marketing consultant. Special interests: agri-business, livestock and food sector developments.

PAUL SPACKMAN Freelance Journalist Brick Kiln Cottage, Brick Kiln Green, Blackmore End, Braintree, Essex CM7 4DT Tel: 07733 165228 Email: pmspackman@gmail.com Twitter: @pmspackman Interests: Freelance agricultural journalist specialising in arable farming, agronomy, agribusiness and renewable energy. Other interests include woodland management and farm conservation.

ADAM SPEED Director of Public Affairs, Crop Protection Association Stuart House, St. Johns Street, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE1 5DD Tel: 07884 586400 Email: adam.s@cropprotection.org.uk Twitter: @CropProtect Interests: Responsible for CPA communications including PR, public affairs, digital and social media.

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MARTIN STANHOPE Editor, NFU Countryside Agriculture House, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2LZ Tel: 024 7685 8674 Email: martin.stanhope@nfu.org.uk Interests: Editing the membership magazine of NFU Countryside.

ALAN STENNETT, BEM Freelance Woodhall Junction, Kirkstead Bridge, Woodhall Spa, Lincs LN10 6QX Tel: 01526 352703 Mob: 07976 548157 Email: alan.stennett@btinternet.com Twitter: @AlanStennett Interests: Farming producer, BBC Radio Lincs and Primetime Video Productions. Freelance writer, special interests: Eastern Counties arable, rare breeds, agricultural history and vintage machinery.

CRAIG STEPHEN Photographer, Craig Stephen Photographers 17A Hospital Street, Perth, Perth and Kinross PH2 8HN Tel: 07905 483532 Email: info@craig-stephen.co.uk Twitter: @cstephenphoto Interests: Scottish commercial and editorial photographer creating engaging content for the agri-food sector throughout the UK. KEITH STEVENS Retired Freelance Journalist and Broadcaster Coton Wood Farm, Radmore Lane, Gnosall, Staffordshire ST20 0EG Tel: 01785 824174 Email: keithstevens10@yahoo.com POLLY STEVENSON Freelance Marketing and PR Ashdown, 2 Devizes Road, Upavon, Pewsey, Wiltshire SN9 6ED Tel: 01980 630888 Mob: 07789 188062 Email: polly@pollystevenson.co.uk Twitter: @PollyMktgPR Interests: Marketing communications specialist providing marketing, public relations, media relations, social media and marketing project management expertise on a freelance basis to agricultural and rural businesses.

AMY STINTON Communications and PR Consultant, Pinstone Unit 3 The Business Plaza, Owen Way, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0LA Tel: 01568 313121 Email: amy@pinstone.co.uk Twitter: @amystint Interests: Integrated PR and communications consultancy that brings together a strategic approach, innovative thinking and a sound knowledge of agri-business and the rural environment.

CAROLINE STOCKS Freelance Journalist, Caroline Stocks Communications 3 Larkspur Close, Stenson Fields, Derby, Derbyshire DE24 3FN Tel: 07792 726487 Email: caroline@carolinestocks.co.uk Twitter: @Caroline_Stocks Interests: Freelance agricultural journalist and communications consultant, specialising in agricultural policy, technical livestock production, sustainability, and social media strategy and training.

MICHAEL STONES Group Editor, Specialist Insight Ltd Hermitage House, 45 Church Street, Reigate, Surrey RH2 0AD Tel: 01737 844383 Mob: 07964 706627 Email: mike.stones@icloud.com Interests: food, farming and aviation.

LAURA STRANG Corporate Communications Executive, Quality Meat Scotland Rural Centre, West Mains, Newbridge, Midlothian EH28 8NZ Tel: 0131 510 8476 Mob: 07876 797018 Email: lstrang@qmscotland.co.uk Interests: Communicating Quality Meat Scotland’s industry work to our key stakeholders and to both develop our red meat industry and protect our industry from misinformation.

JOHN SWIRE Deputy Editor - Agronomist and Arable Farmer Glaswell House, Coxley, Wells, Somerset BA5 1RQ Tel: 01749 595759 Mob: 07432 596510 Email: john.swire@lewisbusinesmedia.co.uk Interests: Editor - Agronomist and Arable Farmer magazine/website; Editor - Farm Business website; Agronomy Reporter - Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer.

HUGH SYMINGTON PR Consultant, Symingtons PR & Marketing Hill Farm, Station Road, Little Massingham, King’s Lynn, Norfolk PE32 2JS Tel: 01485 520133 Mob: 07979 866957 Email: hsymington@btinternet.com Interests: arable PR (agrochemical/fertiliser) and machinery PR. JOHANN TASKER Projects & Podcasts Editor, Farmers Weekly Hillside Cottage, Polstead Hill, Polstead, Colchester, Essex CO6 5AH Tel: 01206 263807 Mob: 07967 634971 Email: johann@ruralcity.co.uk Twitter: @johanntasker Interests: Agri-politics, food and farming. EU farm policy, Social Media. Editor: Anglia Farmer and Midland Farmer.

CLAIRE TAYLOR PR Consultant, Jane Craigie Marketing Smithy Croft, Netherdale, Turriff, Aberdeenshire AB53 4GT Tel: 01466 780078 Email: claire@janecraigie.com Twitter: @cjtaylor92 Interests: Covering all things agriculture in Scotland with a particular focus on political stories.

JONATHAN THEOBALD Proprietor, JT Country Films Mostylea Farm, Kibblestone Road, Oulton, Stone, Staffordshire ST15 8TE Tel: 01785 749984 Mob: 07973 521144 Email: jt@countryfilms.co.uk Interests: Documentary and farming interest and films. Machinery writing.

MATTHEW TILT Machinery Editor - Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer, Lewis Business Media Whitehouse Farm, Hockley Brook Lane, Belbroughton, Stourbridge, Worcestershire DY9 0AH Tel: 07892 691737 Email: matt@lewisbusinessmedia.co.uk Interests: Handle all editorial requirements for Farm Contractor & Large Scale Farmer, including reporting on industry events, writing detailed machinery articles and working closely with freelancers.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS SARAH TODD Freelance journalist, PR Consultant Greets Farm, Welburn, York, North Yorkshire YO60 7EP Tel: 01653 619453 Mob: 0791 8070716 Email: sarah.todd@greetsfarm.co.uk Twitter: @Sar4hTodd Interests: An award-winning writer specialising in features about farming, the countryside and rural life. Popular Yorkshire Post columnist, northernbased but happy to travel. PR opportunities considered.

DEI TOMOS FRAGS Freelance Ty’n Twll, Nantperis, Caernarfon, Gwynedd LL5 4UL Tel: 01286 871250 Mob: 07831 426649 Email: deitomos@btopenworld.com Twitter: @DeiTomos Interests: agri-politics, farming in Wales and the EU, conservation, rural planning and the rural economy.

JULIETTE TOMPKINS Account & Client Services Director, Kendalls PR & Marketing Henstead Old Rectory, Hulver Road, Beccles, Suffolk NR34 7LA Tel: 07833 777518 Email: juliette.tompkins@kendallscom.co.uk Twitter: @KendallsPR Interests: PR management and content creation across all agricultural sectors, specifically livestock breeding, health and hygiene, rural land and property, professional services. Specialist in digital marketing.

JUDITH TOOTH Acting Livestock Editor, Farmers Weekly Fen Field House, Fen Street, Redgrave, Diss, Suffolk IP22 1SE Tel: 01379 890622 Mob: 07825 702673 Email: judith.tooth@markallengroup.com Twitter: @judithtooth Interests: Livestock farming, biodiversity, soils, climate, food.

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LEO TOWNSEND Account Manager, Whisper PR The Farmhouse, Fernhill Court, 4 Balsall Street East, Coventry, West Midlands CV7 7FR Tel: 01608 637805 Email: leo.townsend@whisperconsultancy.com Interests: PR manager specialising in arable and other agricultural industry topics.

FIONA TURNBULL Friend Freelance Fruix Farm, Fruix, Kinross, Perth and Kinross KY13 0LA Tel: 01577 850316 Mob: 07835 719251 Email: andrew@fruixstorage.co.uk Interests: Sheep farmer in Kinross-shire and occasional feature writer for Quality Meat Scotland.

CAROL TWINCH Freelance Hill Farm, Rendham, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 2AL Tel: 01728 663482 Email: caroltwinch@hotmail.com Interests: Diary Editor for Ipswich Arts Association, book reviewer, agricultural history, women in farming.

NIAMH TYE PR Consultant, Siafu PR Ltd Park House, 28 High Street, Little Bytham, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG33 4QX Tel: 07704 631836 Email: niamh@siafu.biz Twitter: @siafucomms Interests: Independent marketing communications specialising in arable cropping.

Outsource resource for technical writing. BASIS qualified.

RAYMOND VALE Retired 16 Danns Lane, Wateringbury, Maidstone, Kent ME18 5LL Tel: 01622 812700 Email: raymondvale@tiscali.co.uk STEVEN VALE Freelance Marten Michielshof 20, De Rijp, The Netherlands Tel: 00 31 299 674744 Email: svale@quicknet.nl Interests: Machinery specialist.

ANDREW VENABLES Friend PR Consultant, Hillsgreen 14 John Bradshaw Court, Alexandria Way, Congleton, Cheshire CW12 1LB Tel: 01260 541400 Mob: 07956 421094 Email: andy@hillsgreen.co.uk Twitter: @HillsgreenHQ Interests: Hillsgreen is an agency dedicated to helping rural and agricultural businesses. We offer services from strategy to digital marketing and PR. HOWARD VENTERS Managing Director, Shepherd Publishing Ltd Burnt House Garden Cottage, Haywards Heath Road, North Chailey, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 4DJ Tel: 01684 565533 Email: info@shepherdpublishing.co.uk Interests: agricultural, forage and livestock production.

MICHAEL WALE Freelance Journalist and Performer 2 Clifton Avenue, London, Middlesex W12 9DR Tel: 020 8743 8211 Mob: 07947 552106 Email: michaeljwale@gmail.com Interests: Features writer Farm Business and Natural Products International. Presenter at Natural Products Show annually Excel Centre, London. Interviews personalities publicly. TV and radio performer.

ANTONIA WALKER Friend National Campaign Manager; Independent Agronomist; Freelance Journalist, Bayer CropScience UK Kennel Cottage, Kennel Drive, Barnby Moor, Nottinghamshire DN22 8QU Tel: 07927 428561 Email: awagronomy@btinternet.com Twitter: @forensicAg Interests: Managing campaigns at Bayer CropScience UK covering potatoes, sugar beet and oilseeds. Technical writer providing content for webinars, articles and events.

CHRISTOPHER WALKLAND Director, The Walkland Partnership 148 Windy Arbour, Kenilworth, Warwickshire CV8 2BH Tel: 07801 388996 Email: chriswalkland@gmail.com Twitter: @chriswalkland Interests: Writer, podcaster and commentator on all aspects of the dairy industry. Market analyst for Provision Trade Federation, among others.

HOWARD WALSH Freelance Jenkinsons Barn, Thornley, Longridge, Lancashire PR3 2TA Tel: 07823 552030 Email: j.walsh49@btinternet.com Interests: Food chain, dairy, beef, sheep.

ANNETTE WARD Corporate & Marketing Communications Manager, Perkins Engines Company Ltd Frank Perkins Way, Eastfield, Peterborough, Cambs PE1 5NA Tel: 01733 582185 Email: ward_annette@perkins.com Interests: Marketing communications for one of the world’s largest diesel engine manufacturers.

JONATHAN WARD Photographer & Film Maker, Ginger Horticulture Ltd 8 Finisterre Way, Littlehampton, West Sussex BN17 6RA Tel: 07896 015460 Email: jonathan@gingerhorticulture.co.uk Twitter: @gingerhort Interests: Photography, film making and writing. With a special interest in both edible and ornamental crops. Covering the story from development to harvest onto the plate.

MARTIN WARD PR Account Manager, Eve Communications 9 Clock Meadow, Byfield, Daventry, Northamptonshire NN11 6LP Tel: 01327 438617 Mob: 07375 226038 Email: martin@evecommunications.co.uk Twitter: @MartinWard23 Interests: Managing PR activity and producing engaging copy, social media, press releases and articles on behalf of clients in the agriculture and rural sectors.

ANDREW WATTS PR Consultant, Andrew Watts Limited Rosemary House, Lanwades Business Park, Kennett, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 7PN Tel: 07966 028734 Email: andrew@andrewwatts.uk Interests: Technical and market copy on the roots and horticulture sectors.

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A-Z OF MEMBERS STEVE WELLBELOVED Director, Conference & Event Management Services Ltd / British Potato Event 9 Perkins Beach Dingle, Snailbeach, Shrewsbury, Shropshire SY5 0PE Tel: 07710 660276 Email: steve@wellbeloveds.co.uk Interests: Event management and PR services.

TOBY WHATLEY Head of Machinery and Farm Technology Farmers Guardian, Unit 4 Fulwood Park, Caxton Road, Preston, Lancashire PR2 9NZ. Tel: 01772 799496 Mob: 07583 054831 Email: toby.whatley@agriconnect.com JONATHAN WHEELER Proprietor, Wheeler Woodhouse 21 Elmfield Avenue, Birstall, Leicester, Leicestershire LE4 3DG Tel: 0116 220 9318 Mob: 07879 428540 Email: wheelerwoodhouse@outlook.com Interests: Experienced journalist/photographer covering all aspects of farming, environment and industry.

RICHARD WHISKARD Managing Partner, Four Seasons Publicity Bury Barn Farm, Bury Barn Farm Lane, Bourtonon-the-Water, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL54 2HB Tel: 01451 822709 Email: richard@four-seas.co.uk Interests: PR services for agricultural businesses.

CHRIS WHITE Managing Director, Market Intelligence Ltd 132 Wandsworth Road, London, SW8 2LB Tel: 020 7501 3710 Email: chris@fruitnet.com Interests: Publishing the fruitnet.com website and Fresh Produce Journal (FPJ), Eurofruit, Asiafruit, Americafruit, Produce Plus and Fresh Convenience magazines.

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MIKE WHITING Friend Technical Writer and Health & Safety Consultant, Farm Smart Publishing Ltd The Reading House, 11 Alexandra Road, Clevedon, Clevedon, Somerset BS21 7QH Tel: 07751 315580 Email: mike.whiting@farm-smart.co.uk Twitter: @newmaccemarks Interests: Technical writing covering optimal use of machinery and examples from case study farmers. Attend press visits with leading manufacturers. Event health and safety support management.

SALLY WHITTALL Freelance Journalist Ivingtonbury, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0JH Tel: 01568 720233 Email: ivingtonbury@googlemail.com Interests: Freelance.

RUTH WIDÉN Freelance Batsford House, Baptish Hill, St Mary Bourne, Andover, Hampshire SP11 6BQ Tel: 01264 738250 Email: ruth.widen@btinternet.com Interests: Journalist and rural publicist. Special interests: rural economy; agricultural property and land management.

SOPHIE WILESMITH PR Consultant and Journalist, Wilesmith Bavenhill Cottage, Bromsberrow Heath, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 1PB Tel: 07837 852673 Email: sophie@wilesmith.co.uk Interests: Strategic PR consultant specialising in agriculture, horticulture and renewable energy.

Key skills include editorial, copywriting, events and social media management.

DAVID WILLIAMS Machinery Editor, Farmers Guide Parkside, London Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP2 0SS Tel: 01473 691888 Email: david@farmersguide.co.uk Interests: Coverage of new machinery and applications, machinery dealers and farmers’ use of machines.

MICHAEL WILLIAMS Freelance Beechen Green, Drinkstone Road, Woolpit, Suffolk IP30 9QL Tel: 01359 241429 Email: michael.r.williams@btinternet.com Interests: news and features on agricultural machinery and mechanisation topics; books about tractors and power farming history.

JAC WILLIAMS Freelance Photographer, Jac Williams Photography 5 St Johns Road, Coton, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB23 7PU Tel: 07435 604490 Email: jacwilliamsphotography@gmail.com Interests: Portrait and documentary photography including commercial and product photography focusing in the agricultural sectors.

RUTH WILLS PR & Editorial Assistant, Agri-Hub Lily Vale, Huxham, Exeter, Devon EX5 4EW Tel: 01392 840009 Email: ruth@agri-hub.co.uk Interests: Editorial and PR assistant with special interests in the livestock sector, Young Farmers, social media and other agricultural subjects.

HANNAH WILSON Communications and PR Consultant, Pinstone Unit 3, The Business Plaza, Owen Way, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0LA Tel: 01568 617661 Mob: 07581 654248 Email: h.wilson@pinstone.co.uk Interests: Integrated PR and communications consultancy that brings together a strategic approach, innovative thinking and a sound knowledge of agri-business and the rural environment.

MARTIN WOODHEAD Friend Chairman, Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Ltd 82 High Street, Sawston, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire CB22 3HJ Tel: 01223 839365 Mob: 07710 381600 Email: martin.woodhead@bdspublishing.com Twitter: @bdspublishing Interests: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited is a book publisher specialising in the latest agricultural science and technology from around the world.

AMY WOOLLISCROFT PR, Marketing and Communications Consultant, Arthey Associates 51 Benefield Road, Oundle, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE8 4EU Tel: 07858 656444 Email: amy@artheyassociates.co.uk Twitter: @ArtheyAssociate Interests: Providing PR, communications, marketing and event support to clients varying from farm diversifications through to agricultural charities. Interested in cattle breeding and international agricultural aid.

LIZ WRIGHT Editor -The Smallholder Magazine and Poultry, Kelsey Media Hook House, Hook Road, Wimblington, March, Cambridgeshire PE15 0QL Tel: 01354 741538 Email: ewright757@btinternet.com Interests: Special interests: Smallholding and small farming, small-scale poultry, native ponies, cereals and multi-national companies. Niche producers, farming and wildlife.

KAREN WRIGHT Director, Karen Wright Marketing Communications Ltd Home Farm, Little Casterton Road, Ryhall, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 4HA Tel: 07860 504047 Email: karen@karenwrightpr.com Twitter: @KarenWrightcoms Interests: Marketing, PR, freelance writing. Special interests: livestock production and nutrition, grassland and forage production, animal health.

LAURA YATES Account Executive, Pinstone Unit 3 The Business Plaza, Owen Way, Leominster, Herefordshire HR6 0LA Tel: 01568 617620 Email: laura@pinstone.co.uk Interests: PR and marketing consultancy for the rural and agri-business sectors, personally specialising in livestock farming and social media management.

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