Ryan McCormack

NFU Combinable Crops Board appointee, East

Ryan is the Farm Manager at Dennington Hall Farms based in Suffolk.

Dennington Hall Farms is a 1,600ha combinable crops and sugar beet operation.

Since joining the business in May 2022, Ryan has developed a diverse cropping rotation, set a new machinery strategy to suit a regenerative approach and is creating a forward-thinking team culture.

With a key focus on soil, air and water health, Ryan now operates a 12-year cropping rotation, integrating grazing livestock across arable land, moving to variable rate liquid
fertiliser, reduced tillage and a block of Wildfarmed Bi-cropping.

Ryan is BASIS and FACTS qualified and has a continued passion for data, innovation and technology.

Ryan achieved silver in the British Farming Awards, ‘Arable Innovation’ award in 2019.

A member of the 68th Worshipful Company of Farmers, Ryan completed his Advanced Business Management Course in 2018.