Foreign travel helps broaden the horizons for farmer entrepreneurs

摘要

Three very different farmers have used the learning experiences from Nuffield scholarships to develop their businesses and innovate. Jane King reports on the three finalists vying for the 2014 Steven and Gill Bullock AwardWelsh sheep producer Neil Perkins used his Nuffield scholarship to New Zealand to transform his thinking on sheep production.During a 4,660-mile road trip the length and breadth of the country, he discovered the advantages of sheep enterprises run simply on low-cost grazing systems using quality pasture.