James S. Peck Nuffield Scholar 2010

Friday, 2 December 2016

Hugh black from Scotland makes a surprise visit to look at grainstorage programs.

New JCB comes to the Grainstore and we say goodbye to the old one.

Luckily the lorry didn't fall in the ditch. Ratcliffe to the rescue to lift the lorry and trailer back onto the road.

Colour sorter and cleaner into position

New drainage going in and still dry in the profile

Only just keeping in front of sammy on the drill. Going really well after beet

Demo roper has come for a visit. 7 km I can't believe the output!

James S. Peck: James Peck is the managing director PX Farms Ltd, an Agri Business covering 5,400 acres. The business includes 11 articulated lorries specialising in combinable crops, fertiliser, seed and machinery haulage. Scotland Farm has a grain storage facility of 72,000 tonnes and has diversified into offices, Industrial units and property rental. The farm is operated under Controlled traffic farming which he learnt and adopted In 2010 on his Nuffield Scholarship. James is a past chairman of Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire CLA and currently sits on the Cla Ag and Lu committee. He received the Farmers Weekly „Young Farmer of the Year Award‟ in 2006. In 2012 became a freemen if the city of London and a Liveryman at the Worshipful company of farmers. 2014 he attended the WCF advanced farm management course. In June 2014 he was asked to go to the Royal Palace to meet the Royal Family regarding his innovation in Agriculture. In 2015 he represented the UK at the Rabobank International agricultural tour. James has two wonderful young daughters and Fiona his wife owns a successful riding school with Cambridge University riding Club based there.