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Spring 2019 Newsletter Available Now
Win a Fordson Super Dexta Tractor
This competition is now closed – The winner is being announced on the 10th November at the Newark Vintage Tractor & Heritage Show. Thank you for your interest! This is your chance to win a Fordson Super Dexta in full
Win This Tractor!
Win a MF 35 Tractor in full working order. Many of you will have seen a photograph of this Massey Ferguson 35 in a previous issue of Tractor & Machinery, when it was purchased at H J Pugh’s auction
And The Quilt Winner is…
Quilt Winner is – Anna Heddon from Exeter, 2nd prize £100 Derek Conibear of Crediton and 3rd prize £50 Sara Jane Crump of Cullompton, BOAT Trustees wish to thank everyone who bought draw tickets and Barbara Gaskell for her generosity
Grand Tractor Draw 2016 – The Winner is
The Tractor Draw took place at Newbury Tractor and Machinery Autumn Show on Sun 9th Oct. Paul Sawatzki who donated the tractor made the draw, and the winner of the Tractor was Matthew Collett from Crediton. A formal presentation will
25 years of supporting farming communities in Africa
From East Africa to South East Devon; senior managers from agricultural training institutes and rural development projects from Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi have just completed an intensive six week training programme at Bicton College. The delegates, who are supported by
2016 BOAT Institutional Management & Business Management
Eight mature students joined us for the six week accredited course which started on the 20th of April. Five were from Kenya, two from Tanzania and one from Malawi. From Kenya: • Catherine Mwangi, Executive Director, Anglican Development Services
Asante Sana BOAT
Josephine Yongo, who attended the Bicton Overseas Agricultural Trust course, Institutional Management and Business Planning (International) in 2014, took the time to send BOAT a Thank You card on behalf of Michele Ostertag, Executive Director and Founder of the Rafiki
Prince Helps Revive 30-Year Link With Remote African Village
Old friendship ties between Sidmouth and a remote community in Malawi have been rekindled in time to celebrate a 30-year link. It is thanks to one overseas student visiting Bicton College to take part in an agricultural course that Sid
BOAT Grand Draw 2015
Thank you everyone who bought Draw tickets this year to help keep BOAT afloat. The Draw was arranged by South East Devon Rotary and took place on 24th November and the £1,000 first prize winner was Natalia Michelak of Cullompton,