About Jason Rankin

Jason Rankin is Senior Industry Advisor at AgriSearch (The Northern Ireland Agricultural Research and Development Council).  He is also managing partner of the family dairy farm on the Ards Peninsula which consists of around 200 spring calving cows plus replacement heifers. Jason is a Nuffield Scholar and an Associate of the Royal Agricultural Societies.  He is a former Chairman of the Ulster Farmers’ Union Legislation Committee and currently sits on the UFU Environment and Legislation Committees.  He is also a member of Council and Works Committee of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society and a member of the Dale Farm Area Council. 

Having joined AgriSearch in 2011, Jason has extensive experience connecting farmers, researchers, industry and policy, with a strong focus on ensuring research responds to the real needs of livestock farmers. Alongside his work with AgriSearch, Jason farms 200 dairy cows on the Ards Peninsula and was awarded a Nuffield Farming Scholarship in 2008.

Jason will chair the panel discussion – “If I Could Start Over in Dairy Farming I Would…”