UK farming facing shortage of agronomists

It is not just the average age of farmers that is increasing. Their agronomists, too, are getting older the average age of AICC members is just under 50.

It means the UK is facing a shortage of agronomists to replace those who are retiring. A decade of poor returns in arable farming in the mid 1990s to 2000s together with an often negative media image of farming has combined to make agronomy a less attractive career.