Landwards Spring 2021
People:
Oliver Wood
A day in the life of Oliver Wood Working with software engineers, bridging the gaps between tractor and machinery manufacturers, advocating technology to farmers and being within an agronomy business might seem a tall order to some, but to Oliver Wood, it’s all in a day’s work. His grandfather ran a council farm in Nottinghamshire and retired when Oliver was young, but not before he had passed on the farming bug. At 13 this led to weekend working on a 18
local mixed dairy and arable farm. At 16, Oliver went to Brackenhurst College, Nottinghamshire to study for a BTEC national diploma in agriculture and then went on to work
on a farm in Grantham for two years. Oliver felt that he wanted to do more, but couldn’t because he didn’t have a degree. This led him to Harper Adams in 2001 to study for a BSc
