1. GREAT Farmers – Growing Really Exceptional And Talented Farmers
Chris Padfield
Start – 3 questions –
How many of you have a written business strategy
How many of you have a financial plan
How many of you have a formal people strategy

2. "Leading positive change in agriculture"
Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust
Awarding life changing Scholarships that unlock individual potential and broaden horizons through study and travel overseas, with a view to developing farming and agricultural industries.   

3. What is my background?

4. My motivation for the study
Fewer employees in UK agriculture receive training over the last 12 months than in any other industry / sector
“Training is a waste of time”
“Farming is common sense, you can’t teach that”
My background – Family farm - arable -plenty of spare time, taught in local college, run NVQ, IV, EV for awarding bodies -
“I’m only doing the course to get a ticket for the compliance scheme”
source: UKCES July 2014

5. Methodology
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Small farmily farms, large agri business, no related to farming business, industry frameworks
Europe,
USA, Canada – inc international farm manager conferncee in quebec, support for agric – Ireland
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6. Methodology
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Small farmily farms, large agri business, no related to farming business, industry frameworks
Europe,
USA, Canada – inc international farm manager conferncee in quebec, support for agric – Ireland
Use photos

7. 3 key messages
Vision – Good businesses have a clear vision and inspire their staff
Training is an investment not a cost
UK Agricultural Industry needs a professional career and CPD structure.

8. The Vision Thing – Do we really live it?
Senior vice president of Walgreens overseeing logistic chain growing from 1500 to 8000 stores
In the two most modern distribution centres between % of the workforce is made up of people with disabilities
It’s not about me, it’s about us
Behaviours - how and why you do it
Randy lewis
Relentless concentration on vision
Doing good
Results 50% retention rates and 50% fewer sick days
Behaviours -

9. Training is an investment not a cost
Compared to a national average of 4.2 days per year, agricultural employers provide 2.5 days of training per employee per year

10. if you don’t train them, they might stay !
If you train staff they might leave -
if you don’t train them, they might stay !

11. Professional Career Structure and CPD
In UK agriculture, 88% of farm businesses employ four or less people, most of whom do not have HR departments or formal training plans.
Source: LMI factsheet England

12. Professional Career Structure and CPD
UK Skills Assessment
Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable Action Plan
UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies
Professionalism in Agriculture
Future of Farming Review
Food 4.0
National college
AgriSkills Forum
Bright Crop
Landex
Lantra
NFU
AHDB
AIC
Landbridge Network
BBSRC
Agritech
NCUB
Careers and Enterprise Company
Dept. For Education
Dept. for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Dept. for Business Innovation and Skills
Profit
Retaining good staff
Bank loans
Potential earned recognition
Reduction in losses
IPPC
Leaf
RSPCA Assured Foods
Red Tractor
Organic Standards
Retailer schemes
Government Departments
Organisations
Initiatives
& Reports
Business Drivers
Supply Chain/ Assurance Schemes
Environmental Schemes
Levy boards
Supply chains
Industry groups/experts
Technical sales advisors
Manufacturers & suppliers
In house training
Vets
Producer groups
Agronomists
Local training groups
Institute of Agriculture Management
Advanced Training Partnerships
Colleges/Universities
City and Guilds Land Based
Lantra Awards
ILM
Variety of others
Market Drivers
Non Accredited
Skills
Development
Influencing factors
Provision
Accredited
Other factors
Professional Recognition
Funding
Rural Development Programme
Local Enterprise Partnerships
Learning and Skills Councils
Grant and Innovation
Farm Advisory Service
AgriFood Charities Partnership
Pig industry professional register
BASIS/FACTS
Dairy Pro
NRoSO
BSAS
Feed advisors register
Awarding bodies
source: Tess Howe AHDB

13. Professional Career Structure and CPD
Training needs to move away from compliance with regulations and avoidance of penalties, to developing capacity and resilience skills
CPD is not giving someone a certificate – it is growing them as a person

14. Professional Career Structure and CPD
A minimum skill level to produce food - a certificate to farm – needs to be set
New entrants to farming may well be put off by the lack of professional recognition of the agricultural industry.
We need to pay – “does subsidy limit the development of human capital?”

15. What do I now do differently?
Confidence – to go and find out
Confidence – to talk to others
Confidence – to take a break

16. AIM HIGH