Welcome to Arable Advisor
Arable Advisor is an Independent Agricultural Consultancy company operating from Pickering, North Yorkshire. The business covers over 22,000 acres from Yorkshire to Cumbria and is involved with all aspects of ‘on farm’ advice. In addition the business has extensive experience of agricultural impact assessment work across the UK in relation to major transport routes and the utility industry. The group is made up of three fully qualified independent agronomists.
All our consultants are university graduates and are BASIS and FACTs qualified. We are also members of the Association of Independent Crop Consultants (AICC) and comply fully with their code of practice. Both Patrick and Ben are heavily involved in publications, with Patrick featuring regularly in Farmers Weekly while Ben writes a monthly column for the Arable Farming magazine. The group is continually looking to expand so if you feel there is any value we can add to your business please:
Patrick Stephenson
Farmers Weekly Arable Advisor of the year 2007
Our Services
Our Consultants
Patrick Stephenson
Patrick Stephenson Ltd
James Machin
JKM Agronomy Ltd
BSc (Hons) Env Chem MBPR (Agric)
Ben Boothman
BM Boothman Agronomy
BSc (Hons) Agriculture with Crop Management MBPR (Agric)
Crop Watch
Written by Ben who also writes a column for Arable Farming Magazine
Crop Watch October November 2023
As the favourable conditions continue for the fifth month in a row all I can think of is when will this fairy tale eventually end? With annual rainfalls in our region generally forming a similar [...]
Crop Watch August 2023
Harvest can only be described as resembling a prop forward at pre-season hill sprints….slow and steady with frequent stops! Despite the holdups, we have managed to get 7 or 8 cutting days out of the [...]
Crop Watch July 2023
With winter barley crops now ripe for cutting the first combines raced into fields to make a start to the 2023 harvest campaign. However, this soon had a ring of Liz Truss about it and [...]
Crop Watch June 2023
Well, my early morning rain dances have finally paid off, however the god of rain must have been less than impressed with my performance with a mere 15mm overnight rather than the predicted months’ worth [...]
Crop Watch May 2023
Well, the warmer weather has eventually turned up here in Yorkshire, it's not quite the Mediterranean days we dream of more floating around the mid-teens with an occasional 20 degree thrown in for good measure, [...]
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