Ben meets Leicestershire arable and beef farmer Joe Stanley. Joe is also a trustee of the Henry Plumb Foundation. He’s on the steering committee for the East of England Farming Conference. He’s the NFU branch chair for North West Leicestershire and the NFU county Vice-Chair for Leicestershire, Northamptonshire & Rutland. You might also know him as a regular columnist for Farmer’s Weekly, Farm Business, Farmers Guardian, Agronomist & Arable Farmer and NFU Countryside. In 2020 he was awarded the NFU’s Meurig Raymond Award.