Professor John Alliston
School of Agriculture
John is currently Professor in Agriculture at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester and has recently taken on the role of Director of Development for the College. He is a Course Director for the Institute of Agricultural Management Leadership Course and for the John Edgar Trust Management Development Scheme. He is a fellow of the Institute of Agricultural Management of the Royal Agricultural Societies, and of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers.
He has travelled widely and is a Nuffield Jubilee Scholar and a New Zealand Waitangi Foundation Fellow. He is a past Council Member of the British Society of Animal Science and a past Chairman of the Institute of Agricultural Management. John was formerly Farms Manager at the Institute for Grassland & Animal Production, Hurley and Shinfield, and previously Head of Experiments Division, at the Animal Breeding Research Organisation, Edinburgh.
In November 2005 he was presented with the AKC Farm Management Award for outstanding contribution to Farm Management at the UK National Farm Management Conference. A frequent attendee at IFMA Congresses, in 2007, he was elected to IFMA Council as President.
His research interests include global trade, maize production, beef, sheep and dairying.
