IF YOU are a woman in agriculture in the Argyll and the Islands area, an event next week is sure to be of interest.
Women in Agriculture, Argyll and the Islands branch, is hosting a free one-day conference on Wednesday October 4 at Lochgilphead Community Education Centre, from 10am until around 3.30pm.
Guest speaker on the day will be Sutherland sheep farmer Joyce Campbell, winner of the inaugural AgriScot Scottish Sheep Farm of the Year Award in 2015 and currently joint chairwoman of the Scottish Government’s Women in Agriculture task force.
Joyce said: ‘I’m really looking forward to hearing from grassroots members about their thoughts and ideas for the Women in Agriculture task force. I want to know what challenges they all face, and what they feel needs to happen to make our Scottish agricultural industry more representative of everyone who’s involved in it.’
The conference will be chaired by Sarah Allison, vice-chairwoman of the National Farmers’ Union Scotland (NFUS) New Generation Group and previously chairwoman of the Scottish Association of Young Farmers’ Clubs Agri and Rural Affairs Committee. Sarah also sits on the newly created national council of rural advisers.