Family run farming business situated in North Herefordshire, 8 miles west of Hereford city, incorporating a family partnership (D.J. & I.R. Powell) and Limited company (T.J. & C.M. Powell Ltd).Farming a total of 2,500 acres across four farms in Herefordshire, we are a diverse agricultural business incorporating 1,700 acres of combinable crops, 170 acres of processing potatoes for McCain Foods (GB) Ltd, 130 acres of cider orchards for both H. Weston & Sons Ltd. & Thatchers Cider Company Ltd. and 500 acres of actively managed Countryside Stewardship, incorporating wild flower meadows, pollen & nectar margins and wild bird seed plots.All of our farm land is managed under Contract Farming Agreements (CFAs). CFAs are a joint venture agreement between a landowner and T.J. & C.M. Powell Ltd, with the landowner retaining their farming identity, supplying the land and funding the variable costs. T.J. & C.M. Powell Ltd. supply all required machinery, labour and management expertise to establish, manage and harvest all combinable crops.As of December 2017, T.J. & C.M. Powell Ltd. have also been contract-managing a new-build 4-Shed, 180,000-bird broiler unit rearing chickens for Avara Foods – a Cargill Meats Europe / Faccenda Joint Venture. The broiler unit is fully integrated into our existing farming business, with the litter used as fertiliser under the combinable crops and a proportion of our wheat soon to be supplied directly as feed.

A Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, graduate and Commissioned Officer within the British Army. Planned and delivered multiple projects in Northern England, Cyprus, Egypt and the Middle East of politically strategic importance. Risk managed projects and business as usual activities in support of Government, NGO and charitable organisations across multiple geographies and political environments.