{"id":89503,"date":"2019-06-19T16:19:49","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T15:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/?p=89503"},"modified":"2019-06-24T11:19:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-24T10:19:26","slug":"travel-beckons-for-ambitious-agriculturists-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/travel-beckons-for-ambitious-agriculturists-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel beckons for ambitious agriculturists"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='avia-slideshow av-av_slideshow-850714b432a31055e34a1d50ec8f456b avia-slideshow-featured_large av_slideshow avia-slide-slider  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 42.112299465241%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-av_slideshow-850714b432a31055e34a1d50ec8f456b__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-89512 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-89512\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Marcus-Clinton-Rebecca-Kelsall-Sarah-Heath-Tony-Garnett-scholarships-1-1496x630.jpg\" width=\"1496\" height=\"630\" title='Marcus Clinton, Rebecca Kelsall, Sarah Heath, Tony Garnett scholarships' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-48dd840c68c34b08a701e1ed7d6a83fe\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-48dd840c68c34b08a701e1ed7d6a83fe{\nmargin-top:-50px;\nheight:1px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-48dd840c68c34b08a701e1ed7d6a83fe hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_slideshow  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-2de302bf1aa3cf4c9157dbe6f50ac7eb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h6>Sarah Heath and Rebecca Kelsall receive their John Platt Travel Scholarships from Tony Garnett and Reaseheath\u2019s Principal Marcus Clinton at the Royal Cheshire County Show<\/h6>\n<p>Two ambitious young farmers are looking forward to global travel thanks to an annual scholarship run by Reaseheath College and the Cheshire Agricultural Society.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Heath, a trainee land agent from Tarporley, and Rebecca Kelsall, a herdswoman from Sandbach, have each been awarded \u00a32,000 John Platt Travel Scholarships to fund international research which will benefit Cheshire\u2019s farming community. They received their scholarships at this week\u2019s Royal Cheshire County Show (Tuesday June 18) and will share their findings with fellow farmers, Young Farmers Clubs and agricultural students on their return.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah, 21, who is currently on a 12 month placement with rural land agents Rostons Ltd., is planning a two week visit to the USA to investigate successful intensified dairy operations. She is keen to find out whether these methods of dairy production are environmentally and economically sustainable and whether they can be replicated in Cheshire.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah, who lives on a mixed farm, explained: \u201cI\u2019m interested to find out how intensified dairy units in the USA deal with issues such as public perception, environmental management and staff management and whether their solutions could be successfully applied in the UK. I would like to thank Reaseheath College and the Cheshire Agricultural Society for giving me the opportunity to further my knowledge and interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca, 26, worked until recently for JR &amp; MC Downes at Webscott Farm, an organic and antibiotic free dairy farm in Shrewsbury. She leaves for New Zealand this week where she plans to gain an overview of extensive style dairy systems by working on an award winning \u2018profit and not production\u2019 dairy farm which runs its herd of 850 Spring block calving cows outside all year round. She will also visit other dairy businesses across the country in a trip which initially is for six months.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca said: \u201cNew Zealand style systems operating block calving and 365 day grazing are becoming increasingly popular in the UK. In a previous role as a genetic sales consultant with Semex UK I realised farmers were becoming interested in New Zealand genetics and I\u2019m intrigued to see these cows and to study their breeding to find out why they work so well. I will also look at the commercial and financial side of the business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExperiencing this way of farming first hand is going to be very beneficial for me and I will return to the UK with a much better understanding of this style of farming. The John Platt Travel Scholarship is helping me tremendously by funding my flight and other travel arrangements, and I can\u2019t thank Reaseheath College and the Cheshire Agricultural Society enough for their support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am hoping to become a dairy consultant when I return and will relay my new knowledge from New Zealand to grassland style farms in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Presenting the awards, Cheshire Agricultural Society Chairman Emeritus Tony Garnett said that both recipients had been outstanding candidates and had shown the drive, ambition and desire to seek out new information and technology which would benefit the Cheshire farming community.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/john-platt-scholarship\">John Platt scholarship<\/a> is in memory of John Platt, a former Chair of Reaseheath Governors and former Chairman, President and Honorary Life Warden of the Cheshire Agricultural Society.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_hr-4474f20d2389e2e5ecf918a02da5132e\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-av_hr-4474f20d2389e2e5ecf918a02da5132e{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-av_hr-4474f20d2389e2e5ecf918a02da5132e hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two ambitious young farmers are looking forward to global travel thanks to an annual scholarship run by Reaseheath College and the Cheshire Agricultural Society.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":89504,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[468],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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