Pembrokeshire Monitor Farm meeting: Future proofing your farm business

Investing in farm infrastructure for the 21st century is tricky. Not only does it have to consider farm logistics, but also be able to meet rapidly changing environmental requirements whilst not overstretching you financially. 

Join us at the Pembrokeshire Monitor Farm meeting where we will be joined by industry experts Bill Basford (Independent Grain Storage expert) and Charles Bentley (Technical Director at ADAS) to explore big decisions that Tom Rees needs to make for his farm infrastructure.    

If you are interested in developing your farm infrastructure to drive performance and efficiently, this event will investigate how to get the most from your grain storage management as well as farm sprayer filling, storage, and servicing areas.   

BASIS and NRoSO points will be available.  

For more information about this event please contact Richard Meredith on 07717493015 or Richard.meredith@ahdb.org.uk  

Speakers:

Charles Bentley, ADAS  

Charles Bentley is Technical Director of the ADAS Agriculture and Land Management team with expertise in engineering, farm infrastructure, and agricultural planning and building design. 

Bill Basford   

Bill served for 36 years within ADAS (UK National Consultancy developed from a Government Agricultural Agency) as a Mechanisation Specialist offering advice and consultancy to UK farmers and engineering companies. In this role he was involved in particular with many assessments of arable harvesting and storage systems dealing with crops from cereals, potatoes, sugar beet to flower bulbs. Combine harvesting has been a particular interest from days spent as a student with early combines under test at NIAE, latterly Silsoe Research Institute through to field assessments throughput his career of combine harvesters in commercial practice. 

Following his career with ADAS he has continued to provide consultancy across the UK within his special interests and frequently leads training courses for farmers and operators on a wide range of arable mechanisation subjects looking to increase efficiencies, lower costs and manage soils effectively.