Tom Allen-Stevens
2025
Tom Allen-Stevens is an arable farmer, founder of the British On-Farm Innovation Network (BOFIN), and award-winning arable technical journalist and editor. He has focused on conveying technical innovations, especially in plant-breeding, to a more progressive farming audience, including early adopters. He founded BOFIN in 2020 to represent farmers who carry out on-farm trials and it has since grown to a membership of 3,500. Tom is also former director and chair of Oxford Farming Conference.
My Sessions
Beneath the surface: Innovation to unearth soil secrets
Tom Allen-Stevens
Prof Craig J Sturrock
Simon Cowell
Malcolm Barrett
William Blake
BOFIN and Innovative Farmers explore cutting-edge tech that is unlocking soil secrets. Hear from Simon Cowell, a ‘Root Ranger’ farmer in BOFIN’s TRUTH project, and Cornwall farmer Malcolm Barrett, who ran an Innovative Farmers field lab trial. Learn how insights from the soil-sniffing PES sensor and CT soil scans influence Simon’s farming practices, and how […]