On the 7 September 2022, around 80 guests gathered at Springhill Barn near Pershore in Worcestershire to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Trust set up in the memory of Douglas Bomford, the driving force behind the invention of many well-known agricultural products still in common use today.

The Trust’s aim is to support the future education, training and research in the design, production and application of agricultural machinery and equipment.

The Trust also used the occasion to announce that its first patron is to be Dr David Llewellyn CBE, the former Vice-Chancellor of Harper Adams University.

This podcast contains edited extracts from the speakers at the event. They were:

(01:13) Jonathan Bomford (Trustee)

(08:35) Nick August (Trustee/Chair)

(17:02) Dr Paul Miller (Trustee)

(27:42) Dr Nick Tillet (Tillet and Hague Technology Ltd)

(31:44) Professor Jane Rickson (Cranfield University)

(35:02) Dr Paula Misiewicz (Harper Adams University)

(37:46) Dr David Llewellyn (Patron)

Full details of the event, the programme, presentations and testimonials are available on the DBT 50th Anniversary website