Paul steps up with Hereford Cattle Society New director of operations and manager of the Hereford Cattle Society is Paul Sneyd who has worked for a number of agricultural and horticultural businesses. Paul has spent the last two years working for Jupiter Group managing their grower portfolio and running a project in India. Prior to that, he was employed for eight years in a senior management role in Haygrove Growing Systems within Haygrove Ltd – a farming business supplying retailers with all year round berries in the UK, Europe, South Africa and China. Originally from Staffordshire, Paul spent most of his childhood growing up and working on a dairy farm. On leaving home, he joined the Fleet Air Arm in the Royal Navy, where he trained and worked as an air engineer for five years. Following this, he studied agricultural marketing and business studies at Harper Adams University where he met his wife, Sarah, and together they live with their two children in rural Herefordshir
Laura Brewer has seen her new business thrive in lockdown with the help of the farming community THE FARMING community has helped boost a new businesses which was founded weeks before the Covid-19 pandemic began. While on maternity leave from her job in January last year Laura Brewer, from Ross-on-Wye, decided to turn her love for painted nails into her own business. She retrained as a nail technician before founding Pink Wellies Nails not knowing the challenges her first year is business would bring. I enjoyed my job for a farm and food software company but I wanted to see if I could work so I didn t have to go back, said Mrs Brewer.
Harper Adams vice chancellor to retire after 23 years at institution
1 February 2021 |
Dr David Llewellyn has been Harper Adam s vice chancellor since 2009
The vice chancellor of Harper Adams University has announced he will retire at the end of July 2021 after 23 years of working at the agricultural institution.
Dr David Llewellyn has been vice chancellor since 2009 and has led the institution through a successful period in its history.
During his tenure, Harper Adams gained full university title and is widely regarded as the leading provider of higher education for the land-based sector in the UK.
Amongst many other achievements, the university was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher & Further Education in 2017.
Study looks at ways to reduce milk s environmental impact
1 February 2021 |
One area of interest is the reduction in nitrogen output by feeding low protein diets
Improving the sustainability of UK dairy farming can be achieved by focussing on areas such as nitrogen, carbon and phosphorus reduction, new research shows.
There is considerable public and government interest in lowering the environmental cost and improving the sustainability of milk production.
The recent Defra Clean Air Strategy identified that 88% of ammonia emissions in the UK were from agriculture, with 28% of these due to dairy cattle.
One area of interest is the reduction in nitrogen output by feeding low protein diets.