ForFarmers bids farewell to the 2019/20 Pig placement student, and welcomes the next!

This week ForFarmers says goodbye to current Harper Adams Placement Student, Emily Morgan, and welcomes Holly Fletcher-Smith as the 2020/21 student.

Emily has been working within the ForFarmers Pig Team for the last 13 months as part of her Industrial Placement year from Harper Adams University. As part of a varied placement she has gained experience in all aspects of the business and industry as well as driving a number of major projects for the business, producing excellent results.

8 months into her placement Corona Virus hit and like many Emily found herself working from home and in a role different to the one originally planned- establishing herself as a key member of the marketing team.

“Emily has made an outstanding contribution to the business during her placement year and has impressed everyone with her initiative, enthusiasm and excellent people skills” comments Craig Saunders, Pig Sales Director. “We are delighted to announce that after a successful placement Emily will return after her University education as a permanent member of the ForFarmers team. I’d like to thank Emily for her hard work and wish her luck as she enters her final year at Harper Adams.”

Emily will be succeeded by Holly Fletcher-Smith, who joins ForFarmers as the 2020/21 Harper Adams Placement student. Holly, who studies Agriculture with Animal Science at Harper Adams University joins this week where after a 2 week induction she will spend 3 weeks on a pig farm gaining practical on farm skills before returning to ForFarmers to spend time within marketing, technical and with the young animal feed team.

Craig comments: “We’ve had some exceptional students from Harper Adams University so we look forward to welcoming Holly to the business.”

Every year ForFarmers recruits a student from Harper Adams University, and through the AHDB Pig Industry Scholarship scheme provides them with a £4,500 scholarship as well as a paid 12 month placement within the pig team allowing students to gain valuable industry knowledge. For more information about this opportunity visit https://ahdb.org.uk/pig-industry-scholarship or talk to us at the Virtual Harper Adams Scholarship Fair on the 22^nd of October 2020.