COLIN Ferguson and Zander Hughes have landed the roles of chair and vice-chair of NFU Scotland’s Next Generation Working Group.

New chair Colin Ferguson is a dairy farmer from Dumfries and Galloway and has been on the Next Generation Working Group for two years, while vice-chair Zander Hughes is an agronomist and arable tenant farmer from Cardenden, near Fife, and is new to the group.

The group are excited to build on the work which has been previously started by former chair and vice chair, Mark Donald and Sarah Allison, and will be launching their objectives in the coming months.

Mr Ferguson said: “I am delighted to be elected as chair of the Next Generation group and I look forward to taking on this role and engaging with the future leaders in Scottish agriculture.

“Having represented Dumfries and Galloway on the committee for two years the opportunity to chair the group and build on all the great work of Mark and Sarah in the last few years is really exciting.

“The coming year will hold many challenges for the industry but more importantly opportunities. I hope that the group will be at the forefront of these changes with myself, Zander Hughes as the vice chair and all of the regional representatives across Scotland giving a voice to the next generation within NFUS.

“The main goals for the Next Generation group are to increase engagement from all ages with NFUS and ensure the Next Gen voices are an integral part of building a bright agricultural industry in Scotland going forward.”

To keep up to date with everything the Next Generation are doing or to get involved directly, members are able to sign up to Next Generation newsletter on the NFUS website.