A key goal of the Company is to develop the skills
of everyone involved in the farming industry especially the
development of leadership and management skills. The Company,
through its Charitable efforts, provides substantial financial
support to students to attend specialised educational courses to
help to develop these skills.
The two flagship courses supported and promoted by the
Company are the three week long
Advanced Course in
Agricultural Business Management run at the Royal Agricultural
College in Cirencester and the two week
Challenge of
Rural Leadership course run at the Duchy College in
Cornwall. Since their inception in 1963 more than 1500 delegates
have completed these courses and some of their testimonials can be
read under the individual couse details. Many of these individuals
now hold very senior postions in the farming world.
In addition to the two flagship courses above the Company
manages the
Henman
Trust which awards an annual scholarship to an outstanding
student to help with the cost of travel and studies to obtain
a significant period of work experience outside the UK. Another
student support activity of the company is the annual
award of cash prizes to some ten outstanding agricultural students
at various colleges around the UK recommended by their own college
Principals.