James Standen

James is the farms director for Newcastle University Farms.  The university has two farms, Cockle Park and Nafferton, which are farmed as one business with a dairy herd, breeder finisher pig unit and arable enterprise. He also farms in partnership with his wife on a tenanted arable and livestock farm with a holiday let and fishing lakes.  James is also an appointee on the NFU Combinable Crops Board, he previously held positions on the Farm Management Board at Plumpton College, as a council member of the Institute of Agricultural management, as a Governor of Askham Bryan College and a director of their farming company.  He has an interest in new systems and on-farm research.