The Big Scottish Crops Conference

Join us at the James Hutton Institute Dundee for The Big Scottish Crops Conference 2025, a must-attend event for Scottish cereal and oilseed growers looking to stay ahead in a fast-changing industry.

Held in the heart of Scotland, this full-day conference will bring together leading experts, innovative farmers, and agri-industry professionals to explore the latest insights on markets, sustainability, cutting edge tech and economic resilience. With panel sessions, cutting-edge research, and plenty of networking opportunities, the conference is designed to support resilient, profitable, and forward-thinking arable businesses. Don’t miss this opportunity to shape the future of Scottish arable farming.

Overview

• Keynote speaker Tom Martin. Farmer Tom to his friends. Tom will tell attendees how he turned his farm in to a modern profitable arable business using sustainable practices.
• Megan Hesketh lead economist at AHDB will investigate whether history can help us plan our way out of the current financial crisis in cereal production
• Global Platform Manager at New Holland running a session on new and innovative tech.
• Conference partners Barclays bank will lead on how they are investing in modern technology to improve efficiencies for arable farmers.
• There will also be panel sessions on Sustainable systems balancing profit and environment and a Grain markets panel concentrating on Quality, traceability and assurance in the supply chain where you can hear from Scottish experts and farmers and ask direct questions.
• Lunch will be provided and the there will be plenty of time for networking. A tour of the new facilitates at the James Hutton Institute can also be arranged after the close of the conference for anyone wishing to attend this.
• Please indicate when you register if you would like to attend the tour.

This is a free to attend event but places are limited so early booking is advisable.

Basis and Nroso points will be applied for.