Before joining velcourt Sam worked as an assistant farm manager for a 1500acre farm, part of a 10,000acre farming business, assisting in making management and agronomic decisions, walking crops on a regular basis with the farms agronomist. Sam also played a part in ensuring the whole arable farm complied with assured standards
Prior to that Sam ran a contract farming business farming up to 1,000 acres of arable land making all management decisions and performing the majority of the practical faming operations himself.
Before that Sam managed his family’s 700acre arable farm again preforming the majority of the practical farming operations alongside the decision making process. Sam is BASIS trained, and has keen interests in, on farm agronomy, soil fertility, soil health, nutrient management, and precision farming technology
stugwell@velcourt.co.uk
