Episode 3

DOUGLAS BOMFORD TRUST 50TH ANNIVERSARY

On the 7 September 2022, around 80 guests gathered at Springhill Barn near Pershore in Worcestershire to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Trust set up in the memory of Douglas Bomford, the driving force behind the invention of many well-known agricultural products still in common use today.

The Trust’s aim is to support the future education, training and research in the design, production and application of agricultural machinery and equipment.

The Trust also used the occasion to announce that its first patron is to be Dr David Llewellyn CBE, the former Vice-Chancellor of Harper Adams University.

This podcast contains edited extracts from the speakers at the event. They were:

(01:13) Jonathan Bomford (Trustee)

(08:35) Nick August (Trustee/Chair)

(17:02) Dr Paul Miller (Trustee)

(27:42) Dr Nick Tillet (Tillet and Hague Technology Ltd)

(31:44) Professor Jane Rickson (Cranfield University)

(35:02) Dr Paula Misiewicz (Harper Adams University)

(37:46) Dr David Llewellyn (Patron)

Full details of the event, the programme, presentations and testimonials are available on the DBT 50th Anniversary website

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Podcast host Chris Biddle has over 50 years industry experience having worked for a major tractor manufacturer, run a multi-branch dealership, launched two trade magazines (Service Dealer and Turf Pro), was Editor of Landwards (the professional journal of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers IAgrE) from 2012 to 2019, has spoken at many industry conferences and written countless features and articles for specialist publications.
He received an industry Lifetime Achievement in 2012 and an Award for Contribution to the Landbased Sector in 2020.
He is a Fellow of the UK Institution of Agricultural Engineers and a member of the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists.
Chris lives in Salisbury, Wiltshire with his wife Trish, and has three children and four grand-children