2024
Jim Egan is a sustainable farming adviser for Frontier Agriculture’s specialist crops and environmental land management business, Kings Crops.
Jim joined Kings in 2019 and works across the whole agricultural supply chain while also providing farm-gate support. He shares technical advice and recommendations across a range of both government and private funding schemes and helps with the practical delivery of environmental options on farms and estates, supporting growers to incorporate good environmental management alongside commercial farming to meet a range of biodiversity and business objectives.
For over 20 years, Jim has also worked closely with Defra on the development and delivery of agri-environment schemes in England.
Before Kings, he worked with the Game and Wildlife Trust’s Allerton Project as head of training and development, where he also helped to establish the Big Farmland Bird Count. Prior to that, Jim worked as technical director for the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group.
Months of rainfall, the transition between agricultural policies and ongoing economic volatility are impacting farming’s finances. Public funding offers business opportunities for farms whilst protecting and improving the environment, but to safeguard food production and ensure continuity of supply and overall food security, a balanced approach is needed. In this session, Jim Egan will cover […]
When it comes to soil health and regenerative management, one technique seems to stand out above all others: the establishment and use of cover crops. Join us for a session talking all things cover crops and intercrops, with 400ha farmer Tom Jewers, 2022 Nuffield Scholar Toby Simpson and Technical Manager Jim Egan from Kings. As […]