The Business of Farming
58,000 hectares of UK farmland is managed by just one company - Velcourt Ltd. Charlotte Smith meets the people in charge and finds out about land management on a grand scale.
58,000 hectares of UK farmland is managed by just one company. Velcourt Ltd provides farm managers for over 120 holdings, working on the principle that land management and land ownership can be separated.
The company's management training scheme attracts people from agricultural college as well as those with no farming experience. Managing Director, Nick Shorter, says farm management can be a way into the industry for those without access to their own land.
Charlotte Smith visits two farms run by Velcourt - one an arable farm in Wiltshire and the other a large dairy operation in Somerset.
Presented by Charlotte Smith
Produced for 大象传媒 Audio in Bristol by Heather Simons
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- Sun 31 Jul 2022 06:35大象传媒 Radio 4