Will Oliver

NFU Combinable Crops Board appointee, Midlands

Farming on the Leicestershire/Warwickshire border with his family, Will is extremely passionate about crop production.

Completing BASIS/FACTS has allowed Will to carry out the agronomy in house since 2013.

Utilising all resources available to him, such as poultry manure, Will has improved the business' performance and using grain maize to further utilise these products has enhanced the rotation considerably.

Allowing cover crops and sheep grazing to be brought into the system, along with on farm trials and monitoring, has led to soil health improving.

Will wants to give something back to the industry he so enjoys, and being involved with the National Crops Board is one of his ways of doing that.

As well as arable and poultry, the family business also consists of The Dandelion Hideaway, a successful glamping business and numerous lettings (commercial and residential).

As well as this, they also rent out several fishing lakes, a livery yard and a quarry. Will and his family proudly manage all the above in house to great affect.

Arable farming has always been the mainstay of Will's business for four generations, and is where his passions lie.