About Us in the Yorkshire Dales

The Yorkshire Dales branch of the Farmer Network is a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee, with a maximum liability on each member of £1.The Head Office is at Penrith, where finance, admin and management functions are performed. The company is organised a follows:

Company Structure Diagram

The Yorkshire Dales Farmer Network is a membership organisation, open to farmers and farmer controlled businesses in the Yorkskhire Dales.The annual subscription is £40 plus VAT. Anyone can join as an Associate for the same annual fee, this membership excludes voting rights but includes full benefits.The fee is reviewed each year at the AGM in January.

The Yorkshire Dales Farmer Network was formed in January 2010, and started operating in August 2010. Our philosophy is that local farmers benefit by working together, but need to take some responsibility to realise the benefits, especially when facing changes in input prices, regulations, environment and the market place, which affects changes to management practices.

The work of the Network is driven by its members and not from Head Office. We use local farmer Coordinators to carry out most of the work of the company with back-up support on project management, finance etc. - hence the strap line "organised by farmers for farmers."

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Yorkshire Dales Elected Management Council

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Farmer Network Board of Directors