Sam Burton

 

Sam is married to Nicola and has two sons Henry and Billy who are currently studying at Harper Adams and Hartpury College.

 

Sam farms 1,300 acres as a tenant of the Althorp Estate at Wormleighton on the Warwickshire/Oxfordshire border. His family has farmed at Hall Farm, Wormleighton since 1970, and have been members of Ouse and Cherwell since 1992.

 

The Farm is mixed with arable and 900 breeding ewes. Prior to 2007 the farm was also dairy with 130 pedigree Holstein Friesians. It was not unknown for Sam to do the milking on a Sunday morning still in his dinner shirt on his way home from a former job he had as a party DJ.

 

Since the cows left, Nicola along with Sam has grown a successful Sport Horse Stud livery business, caring for a herd of 110 broodmares and youngstock and delivering some 40 foals in a typical season.

 

Sam completed an HND at Shuttleworth College and is a recent graduate of Dr Elain Ingham’s Soil Food Web School. He is a past Chairman of Wormleighton Young Farmers and also of Banbury Agricultural Association.

 

Sam has been a regular partaker in all things country sports and more recently enjoys off-road cycling and supporting sons at Southam Rugby Club.