New Farm Manager Bishop Burton College

James Richardson studied agriculture at the college from 2008 to 2010, before returning home to work on his family’s beef and sheep hill farm in Derbyshire.

He joined Dyson Farming as a herdsperson two years ago, working in Gloucestershire.

Now James has taken over the running of our farm, overseeing the nearly 900 acres split between arable and grassland, with units for pigs, beef and sheep.

The college is working to ensure that the benefits of new technologies such as precision farming, robotics and automation are maximised to support sustainable farm businesses post-Brexit and James will work with students and tutors to ensure the farm utilises all these resources.