Joint Venture Farming Group Annual Conference 2008
5th February 2008
The third annual Joint Venture Farming Group (JVFG) conference was held on 5th February in Bury St Edmunds when the groups latest benchmarking performance results were presented alongside Grant Thornton's 2007 farm survey results .
The conference also explored the potential benefits of developing joint ventures in the sugar beet sector and looked at whether large scale arable farming can reduce its carbon footprint and benefit from doing so.
Presentations from the conference are as follows:
- Farm Business Survey 2006/7 - Results
- Gary Markham, Agricultural Partner, Grant Thornton
- Joint Venture Farming Group Benchmarking Results 2007
- Jamie Gwatkin, JGC Rural Business Consultant
- Can we reduce the arable carbon footprint and market the benefit?
- Dr Jonathan Scurlock, NFU Chief Adviser, Renewable Energy & Climate Change
- The Bury Beet Group - Sugar beet sustainability?
- Ken Rush, K & R Rush Farms
- Joint ventures - A Banker's Perspective
- Martin Coward, Agriculture Director, HSBC Agriculture
- Are you getting the most of your machine? Telematics Results 2007
- Paul Moss, Product Manager, Combines Harvesters, Claas UK
- The Share to Farm Initiative is sponsored by:
