The final Banff & Buchan Open Meeting, The Past, The Present & Farming’s AI Future, will be on Friday 30th October from 1pm to 5pm at Aberdour Parish Hall. Sign up here

Jim Wilson is our keynote speaker on the Future of Artificial Intelligence in farming.

• An Angus farmer and the owner and Managing Director of SoilEssentials, Jim’s company has been at the forefront of agritech for over 25 years
• He’ll describe what AI is (and is not) and discuss the risks and opportunities for Scottish agriculture and Bruce’s business.

Bruce Irvine has been the Banff & Buchan Monitor Farmer at Sauchentree for four years.

• His business has gone through several transitions since he took full charge in late 2022.
• This included a move to conventional farming from organic and the building and management of a 32,000 laying unit.
• Bruce will summarise the greatest changes in his livestock and arable farm and explain his decisions.

Kirsten Williams, Williams Rural Services, carried out Bruce’s land management plan in 2023 and revisits the business, three years later, to highlight Bruce’s aspirations and achievements.

• Kirsten will be probing both Bruce and the audience to consider what comes next at Sauchentree.

Lunch on arrival is provided by local caterer, Ian J. McIntosh, Butchers

Contact pbeattie@qmscotland.co.uk for more information.