About us
General Information
The aims and objectives of National Fallen Stock CIC are:
- To provide a national service for the collection and disposal of fallen stock that farmers use from choice
- To create competition at local level to keep prices low
- To provide high levels of bio-security
- To assist farmers in complying with Animal by Product Regulations
- To find ways of reducing costs and improving profits of British livestock producers by investing in research into alternative methods of storage and disposal of fallen stock
The Board
Michael Seals MBE - Chairman
Farms 250 acres arable and South Devon pedigree herd in South Derbyshire. Director England NFSCo. Director East Midlands Development Agency. Chairman NROSO. Past Council Member NFU and Committee Chairman.
Ian Campbell MBE - Intensive Sector (Pigs)
Retired regional manager of the National Pig Association. Director of Unitron UK Ltd.
Nigel Joice - Director
Farms 285 acres of cereals in North Norfolk, main enterprise is 840,000 poultry unit producing meat birds for supermarkets. Vice chair of NFU Poultry Board, member of Technical Advisory Committee to the Assured Chicken Production Scheme.
Neil Leach - Government Director
Defra, Head of the Animal by–products Unit, with responsibility for advising on government policy on animal by –products including the disposal of fallen stock. Responsible for developing the National Fallen Stock Scheme and Government Director of NFSCo since its creation in 2003.
Ian Duncan Millar - Scottish Director
Farms a 300-acre mixed farm and a hill unit near Aberfeldy in Perthshire. Director of the Moredun Research Institute. Chairman of the Highland Glen Lamb marketing group. Chairman of the Beef and Sheep Farm Assurance in Scotland until 2002.
Walter Elliott OBE - Northern Irish Director
Farms 160-acres in the less favoured area near Aughnacloy, Co Tyrone. Member of the UFU Executive. Chairman of the UFU subsidiary company - Countryside Services. Fellow of the Royal Agriculture Society.
Eifion Evans - Welsh Director
Retired practising veterinary surgeon in North West Wales. Former President of the British Veterinary Association.
NFSCo Administration
Ian Potter heads the team which is responsible for the day to day running of National Fallen Stock CIC. His team offers a high quality personal service to both members and collectors from the NFSCo offices in Stanton near Ashbourne in Derbyshire. Ian and the team use their experience of the livestock industry to offer a quality service and to resolve any problems quickly and efficiently.