Agronomy firm ProCam has appointed Simon Francis as its new UK technical and services manager.
In his new role, Francis will work alongside ProCam’s UK-wide team of agronomists to enable them to work closely with their growers.
Key to this will be the development and delivery of added value agronomy services including ProCam’s SoilSense and FieldSense precision farming services, ProCam said.
Francis, who is based in Skipton and has a family background in farming, has worked in the agricultural sector for the entirety of his career.
He studied botany in university and, since graduating, has held a variety of roles within the arable seed industry and crop input manufacturing sector.
Simon Francis
Francis’ first job was as a trials manager for New Farm Crops and his most recent role was a commercial technical manager for FMC Agro Ltd.
ProCam said his previous experience has always had crop agronomy as the focus, including a time as a BASIS and FACTS qualified agronomist.
More recently, Francis has held a number of commercially focused roles.
On his appointment to the role of UK technical and services manager, Francis said:
“I’m excited to start a new chapter in my agricultural career, especially as I’m joining such a well established and highly regarded company as ProCam.
“During my career I’ve enjoyed several opportunities to work with ProCam and have always found the teams to be very focussed, positive and fun to work with.
“ProCam’s vision of providing real-world advice and services to help farmers and farm businesses prosper is closely aligned with my own outlook, and I look forward to playing an integral role in helping the company’s agronomists and farming customers to work more efficiently and effectively together.”
