Peter Riley

Biography

Peter has been Senior Partner with Prime Agriculure since Oct 2006, responsible for setting up the partnership and continuing with a personal portfolio in excess of 14000ha agronomic consultancy. He has a special interest in the planning of the Prime Agriculture cereal fungicide programmes. He was a Previous Director CEL ltd, member of barley and protocol committees and member of Niab Agronomy Strategy Group. His experience overseas include: potato production (Harta) Hungary advice on financial planning and production (two overseas meetings and continuing review meetings); keynote speaker to 3 GRDC conferences subject Fungicide use in the UK , Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales Feb 2001; and Sugar Beet consultancy 3000ha Western Ukraine 2011.

Research Interest

His presentations have included: AAB Conference 2007 – A decade of crop protection improvements – but are yields improving; John Innes 2009– Internal Staff –Current Agriculture Trends; CEL Internal confernce 2009 – How farms choose varieties; 2011 Nabim conference – Growing consistent quality; and Bayer Internal Staff 2011 – Practical Blackgrass Strategies.