Speakers

David Cotton

Managing Partner

David Cotton. FRAgS, FSAg.

David is Chair of the Standing Committee on Farm Management in IDF. He is a Trustee of the Bath and West Show Society and Chair of The Dairy Show at Shepton Mallet in the United Kingdom. He chairs the UK Dairy Roadmap Carbon Footprint Working Group, working with carbon tool providers to calculate and track a representative emissions intensity for UK milk whilst improving confidence in reporting accuracy.

David Cotton is a dairy farmer based in central Somerset, United Kingdom with over 40 years experience in the dairy sector. He farms 240 hectares in a family partnership, milking 300 pedigree Holstein Friesian cows which all calve in the autumn months. He is the third generation to farm at Bridge Farm, which has seen many changes over that period and is currently transitioning the business across to his daughter and partner as the next generation.