Ahdb Cereals & Oilseeds

This week’s guest is Richard Longthorp. Richard is a cereals and pig farmer from Yorkshire and employees 20 people across his business.   In this episode, we delve into the topic of training and development within farming businesses – why it is important, it’s value and how to go about it.   Richard is a strong believer that providing learning and development opportunities for staff is a vital investment that all businesses, farming or otherwise, need to make.   The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People 1.      Be proactive 2.      Begin with the end in mind 3.      Put first things first 4.      Think win-win 5.      Seek first to understand, then to be understood 6.      Synergize 7.      Sharpen the saw   AgriLeader Our AgriLeader programme challenges individuals from leading farms and businesses to develop the skills they need to drive their businesses forward. To support this, we ran #AgriLeadershipWeek in May 2021. #AgriLeadershipWeek was a cross-organisation campaign which aimed to raise awareness of the