Events & Training

IAgrM Fellows & Prossionals Lunch is being held at: Bowhill House, Buccleuch Estates, Selkirk, Scottish Borders. We will begin at 12 noon with pre-lunch drinks followed by lunch being served at 12.30pm in the Dining Room of the main house at Bowhill.  After lunch, Adrian Dolby, Head of Agriculture, Buccleuch has kindly offered to facilitate a tour of the Borders Estate by coach.  For more details about the Borders Estate, please see attached document. The Borders Estate is Located in southern Scotland, Borders Estate spans a diverse and dramatic landscape, from the Lothians to the Scottish Borders and Dumfries and Galloway. It is home to Bowhill House, historic seat of the Scotts of Buccleuch. The wider estate enables the team to work across the spectrum of Buccleuch’s main enterprises; agriculture forestry renewable energy commercial property hospitality and tourism   The day will conclude at approximately 4.45pm with tea and cake served in the Courtyard at Bowhill House. Fellow and Professional grade members of the Institute of Agricultural Management are invited to attend this event which will be an excellent opportunity to catch up with old friends and create new contacts.  Should you wish to invite a guest, please contact me to discuss as numbers are strictly limited.    

ALL SPEAKERS NOW CONFIRMED - 1st NOVEMBER 2022 NATIONAL FARM MANGEMENT CONFERENCE QEII CENTRE, LONDON The National Farm Management Conference is one of the standout events of the year for IAgrM.  Following the success of last year’s event, we are again planning to hold the event at the QEII Centre in London.  This year the conference will be on Tuesday 1st November 2022.  The theme of this year’s conference will be: Agriculture’s Defining Decade: Balancing Food and Environmental Security Following disruptions caused by Brexit, Covid and now war in the Black Sea region the food security debate rages on like never before.  But what exactly does food security mean?  Is self-sufficiency a useful proxy or is it something fundamentally more complex? And how do we balance improving our national food security with the ever-growing domestic land use competition from delivering environmental goods and services and expanding the area of biomass cropping and woodland to meet our net zero targets.  Is ‘non-traditional’ landless agriculture part of the solution?  What role might vertical farming, alternative proteins and cultured food play in the food security mix? Join us on 1 November for a stellar line up of speakers, including: Minette Batters, President, National Farmers Union Benjamina Bollag, Founder and CEO, HigherSteaks Limited Lord Deben, Chair of the Climate Change Committee and former Minister of Agriculture and Secretary of State for the Environment Dr Thomas Farrugia, Founder and CEO of Beta Bugs Limited Will Gemmill, Executive Partner, Ceres Rural Dr John Gilliland, Professor of Practice, Institute for Global Food Security (IGFS), Queen’s University Belfast Phil Jarvis, Chairman, Albanwise Farming Limited Professor Tim Lang, Professor Emeritus of Food Policy, Centre for Food Policy, University of London James Lloyd-Jones, CEO and Founder, Jones Food Company Limited Steve Maxwell, CEO, Worldwide Fruit Emily Norton, Head of Rural Research, Savills Abi Reader, Goldsland Farm, Glamorganshire and Farmers Weekly Farming Champion of the year Nick Swallow - Trade Commissioner to the UK & Ireland, New Zealand Trade & Enterprise Sophie Throup, Head of Agriculture, Fisheries and Sustainable Sourcing, W M Morrison Supermarkets Professor Michael Wallace, Professor of Agriculture and Food Economics, University College Dublin  

IAgrM Leadership Development Programme Alumni Dinner on Tuesday 1st November 2022 at the Farmers Club, London commencing at 6.30pm with a pre-dinner drinks reception with dinner following at 7pm. After dinner, we will hear from our President the Rt Hon Lord Taylor of Holbeach CBE.    

IAgrM Farm Mangement Skills Programme - Module 1: Developing Myself Understand who I am, what motivatesme, how to use my time effectively andremain resilient in an ever changing world. Speaker Jane Batty, Ripple Partners Ltd Being held at: Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire.

IAgrM Farm Management Skills programme - Module 2: Motivating Others Learn how to motivate others, manage expectations, delegate effectively and coach through effective listening including recruitment. Speaker: David Selway, Functional Farm Ltd Being held at Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire.      

IAgrM Farm Management Skills Programme - Module 3: Influencing For Success Understand the importance of effective infl uencing, how to negotiate for ‘winwin’ and the power of networking. Speaker: Carol James, Carol James Consultancy Being Held at: Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire.  

IAgrM Farm Management Skills Programme - Module 4: Owning Your Story Fine tune your presentation skills, learn how to handle the media and thrive in a complex political landscape Speaker: Anna Jones, Freelance Journalist Being held at: Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire.  

IAgrM Farm Management Skills Programme - Module 5: Finance & Money Learn how to understand accounts, turnover ‘v’ profi t, taxation and investment appraisals. Speaker James O'Mahony, Harper Adams Being held at: Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire.  

IAgrM Farm Management Skills Programme - Module 6: Managing Risk Learn how to prepare a business case and how to exploit opportunities while managing financial, operational and marketing & brand risk. Speakers: Tom Brunt, Savills. Shaun Cooper, The Ad Plain. Gary Markham, Land Family Business Being held at: Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire.  

IAgrM Farm Management Skills Programme - Module 7: Future Farming Learn about the importance of technology in agriculture and how to make the most of opportunities to integrate technology, automation and associated future innovations into your business Speaker: Professor Karl Behrendt Being Held at: Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire.  

IAgrM Farm Management Skills Programme - Module 8: Agreements Learn about farm occupancy and operational agreements: tenancies, contract & share farming and joint ventures at various levels of the supply chain. Learn about future agrienvironmental policy and its interaction with private market agreements looking at carbon, biodiversity and natural capital monetisation. Speakers: Carl Atkin, Terravost Ltd. Jon Dearsley, Savills. Mike Holland, ALA Being held at: Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire.