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HRH The Prince of Wales meets next generation of farming at Newton Rigg College
HRH The Prince of Wales , Patron , The Prince ’ s Countryside Fund , attended the National Centre for the Uplands at Newton Rigg College to meet with staff , students , and beneficiaries of the Fund .
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RH visited the College ’ s state-ofthe-art Sheep Husbandry Centre its hill farm , Low Beckside , Mungrisdale , to see how Cumbrian farmers are preparing themselves for the future .
Students demonstrated how they use the latest technology , such as how handheld scanners can record animal data , from the sheep ’ s ear tag number , to its weight and any health issues the animal may have . They also
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displayed more traditional skills , such as tagging lambs and sheepdog training .
HRH then joined in with a discussion as part of the Fund ’ s ‘ Preparing for Transition ’ activity . Cumbrian farmers who have been supported by the Fund were brought together to share how they planned to create businesses that were fit for future generations .
Claire Saunders , Director of The Prince ’ s Countryside Fund said : “ Today has demonstrated the many diverse and important ways that farmers are preparing for the
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future . It was heartening to hear the conversation between local farmers on their aspirations and plans for their businesses .
“ The Fund is committed to help bring farming families together in local networks to encourage these discussions , to create a thriving and resilient farming sector .” Catherine Dixon , Chief Executive of Askham Bryan College said : “ We were delighted to show The Prince of Wales the important work we are doing to inspire and equip agriculture ' s future leaders and custodians of
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the countryside . For generations farmers have played a crucial role in providing the nation ' s food , but also in caring for our landscapes and our College has played a key role in that . We are passionate about continuing that tradition and particularly to ensure our uplands remain a vibrant workplace as well as a picturesque asset .”
Newton Rigg College became part of Askham Bryan College in 2011 and is the only college in the country to own a hill farm .
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This year at Harper Adams £ 418,000 has been handed out in scholarships to students
Some of these scholar ' s have amazing stories to tell , so we ' re currently producing a series of articles to highlight them . The ones that have been released in the first month of this project are below with brief summaries . If you require high res versions of the photos on the web pages , please do let me know .
K ym Smith started to study BSc ( Hons ) Food Nutrition and Wellbeing at Harper Adams University as a mature student , after deciding she wanted a career change . However , it was while on her placement year that she realised where her true passion lies ; in agronomy : https :// www . harperadams . ac . uk / news / 203219 / maturefood-scholar-discoveries-passionfor-agronomy-on-placement
Despite only being in the second year of his agricultural engineering degree at Harper Adams University , David Kelso has already designed and built what he describes a ‘ 6.5m trailed aeration machine ’: https :// www . harperadams . ac . uk / news / 203215 / studentto-use-scholarships-to-advance-hispersonal-engineering-project
The CLA Charitable Trust has launched a second scholarship at Harper Adams University – adding to their well-established annual undergraduate scholarship they have been awarding for several years : https :// www . harperadams . ac . uk / news / 203199 / clacharitable-trust-doublesscholarship-award
Aimee Ash doesn ’ t come from an agricultural background , but yet her passion to enter the industry led to her turning down an offer to study nursing and instead she travelled halfway across the world to start working in the dairy industry : https :// www . harperadams . ac . uk / news / 203200 / aimeefinds-love-for-dairy-in-nz
Harper Adams University BSc ( Hons ) Product Support Engineering student Will Flittner has recently been awarded a Douglas Bomford Trust Scholarship . With some of the funding , he plans to renovate his classic tractor which was left to him by his grandfather : https :// www . harperadams . ac . uk / news / 203204 / scholars hip-to-help-student-repair-lategrandfathers-classic-tractor
The first Paul Wilson scholarship has been awarded to Harper
Adams University BSc ( Hons ) Countryside and Environmental Management student Ellen Humphrey : https :// www . harperadams . ac . uk / news / 203210 / firstpaul-wilson-scholarship-awardedto-ellen
Despite not coming from a family farm , Dan Jones has worked hard to gain experience in the agricultural sector ; from running his own egg and turkey business through his teenage years , taking a gap year to work on various farms in the UK , to working in Kansas on a 15,000-acre beef and arable farm : https :// www . harperadams . ac . uk / news / 203214 / dansjourney-to-accomplish-dream-ofworking-in-agriculture www . farmingmonthly . co . uk April 2018 | Farming Monthly | 41