2021 Nuffield Farming Scholars

2021 SCHOLARS

RANALD ANGUS

“Bridging the carbon divide” - Marketing soil sequestered carbon for economic, agronomic & climatic regeneration

MacRobert Trust IAN BAGGS

Sustainable forage cropping for dairy cattle in the face of climate change challenges

The Trehane Trust

RICHARD COPAS The mechanization of cherry production and harvest Malcom Isaac NSch

GEOFF GUY Deer Farming and Landscape Scale Management of Wild Deer to Combat Habitat Degradation and Produce Sustainable Venison in the UK John Oldacre Foundation

DAN DE BAERDEMAECKER Influences affecting management and productivity of deer as a semidomesticated species in an intensive farming system The Studley College Trust

CAMILLA HAYSELDEN-ASHBY Hemp: how can UK farmers take advantage of this profitable, sustainable crop? NFU Mutual Charitable Trust

MATTHEW BLYTH Evaluating the potential cost benefits of electronic data recording for UK sheep and beef farms John Oldacre Foundation

JOHN GRAY Fresh produce supply chain excellence - Growing our share of the value chain Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland and Worshipful Company of Fruiterers

ROBERT HOWE

Exploring & defining the role of Farm Vets within Regenerative Agriculture

AHDB ANNA BOWEN

Can the UK improve the ethics of its dairy calf management while retaining profitability?

Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust (a Clyde Higgs Scholarship) and a Young Nuffield Award

KEITH GUE Could Dairy be the Pig and Poultry of the future? East Sussex NFU

AISLA JONES How can retail and supply chains create demand for more sustainable aquaculture feed? Richard Lawes Foundation

2021 SCHOLARS

JAMES MACCARTNEY UK red meat production: How to win the battle for environmental sustainability in the mind of the consumer Worshipful Company of Butchers

CHRIS MANLEY Taking Agriculture to the Leading Edge: What can we learn from the best leaders inside and outside Agriculture? Worshipful Company of Farmers with Savills

NAVARATNAM (THEEB) PARTHEEBAN Encouraging and supporting an ethnically diverse workforce in the agricultural, farming and veterinary sector McDonald’s UK & Ireland

GARY THOMPSON Breaking dairy farming’s addiction to inorganic fertilizer: The road to rehabilitation Thomas Henry Foundation

ADRIAN MARSHALL Can welfare expectations of consumers be met by the UK commercial egg sector in the short and long term? BEMB Trust

EDWARD TOWERS

Atmospheric carbon to organic matter to crypto/ecurrency

John Oldacre Foundation EMILY MCVEIGH

Farm to glass: Assessing how farms can benefit from future trends in the drinks industry

Alan and Anne Beckett NSchs

CLAIRE WHITTLE Do regenerative agriculture principles improve the health and welfare of livestock? McDonald’s UK & Ireland