Benjamin Howard

Experience

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  Elveden Farms Ltd

  Jul 2013 - Dec 2013

  Student Farm Worker

  Carried out day to day jobs on a working arable and vegetable farm. Irrigation was the bulk of the work along with various trailer haulage.

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  South Pickenham Estate

  Jan 2014 - Oct 2014

  Irrigation manager

  Running an irrigation team of 5 over 2,500 acres of mixed veg using guns and booms.The acreage is tenanted land so regular meetings took place with 5 different growers throughout the year. Getting the balance between a happy grower whilst utilising all of the available machines was key.I then went on to head the team laying drip irrigation for potato beds, an idea initially developed in Israel. Using specialist equipment and having a hand in developing custom build pipe retrieving machines this job was certainly an interesting one. Show less

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  Golden Flats

  Oct 2014 - Jul 2015

  Head of Operations

  Working on 3,000 acres of arable and grass land driving the machinery and helping with livestock management. I operated the combine during harvest and drill at seeding time. Daily jobs included sheep and cattle management. I was also lucky enough to play rugby, training twice a week in the evenings and playing once every weekend.

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  Farmplan

  Dec 2015 - now

  Area Sales/Consultant manager

  Covering a large area of Central East England I regularly attend onsite meetings with the Agricultural community. Visiting small family owned mixed farms all the way through to large arable estates with a wide range of diversification. Close contact is also kept with the professionals in our sectors such as machinery dealerships, agronomists and accountants. Relationships are always being built within these areas as they also use our software.