John Elliot farms in partnership with his wife,Joan,and son,John Jr at Roxburgh Mains near Kelso.The farm specialises in the production of performance recorded Aberdeen Angus, Limousin and Beef Shorthorn cattle and performance recorded Suffolk and Texel sheep. The farm is tenanted from The Roxburghe Estate. It grows spring barley, spring Oats, rotational grass and permanent pasture with the objective of self sufficiency. John has won the Sir William Young Award for services to livestock breeding in Scotland, and is a FRAgs, an Nuffield Scholar and an agricultural valuer.