Mick heads up the Pig Team, responsible for the supplement business in the UK, technical reviews and models, pig specifications and the Atlas raw material database. He has worked as a commercial nutritionist for over 35 years.

Mick started his career in research and maintains an active interest in research worldwide, supplemented and developed by Premiers own UK research.

Modelling pig growth and economics is a particular passion (but must have commercial relevance/value). Another interest is a fundamental knowledge of the raw materials we use in pig feeds. Mick is the author of the Premier Atlas ingredients database.

Stuart has worked in the livestock industry for over 35 years, gaining experience in livestock marketing, trading, sales and scheme management.

Since joining Premier Nutrition, he has developed the home mix business, providing nutritional support for customers and supplying premix, starter feeds, and straights.

With his strong customer focus and account management skills, Stuart now leads the growing on-farm home mix division, supported by a team of experienced commercial nutritionists.

Phil has worked as a commercial nutritionist for over 25 years, spending a high proportion of that time providing technical support to Premier’s clients worldwide. Originally from a pig farming background, Phil has significant experience of large scale pig production, enjoys on-farm problem solving and the challenge of practically applying (and commercially evaluating) the latest research findings. Phil is responsible for managing, supporting and coordinating all technical activities in the pig sector for Premier’s exports.

Responsible for commercial activity in Central and Eastern Europe, Roy has worked successfully in developing exports of piglet feeds and premix for over 28 years. He has travelled the world gaining experience in many different production systems, but now concentrates his time and efforts in Central / Eastern European countries. Roy started his career managing intensive pig units for 14 years and still gets a great deal of satisfaction when customers implement his advice, and that of his technical colleagues, and see the improvements this advice brings in the performance of their stock (and profits).

Sarah has worked at Premier Nutrition for nearly 15 years and recently graduated from the University of Nottingham. She has undertaken roles in customer services, IT and latterly in premix formulation and technical support. As a newly qualified nutritionist, she will provide support to the home mix team ensuring customers meet their production objectives with a recommended feeding programme. In addition, Sarah works alongside Stuart Rowley co-ordinating sales of straights and starter feeds to home mix customers.

John completed an MSc in Animal Nutrition at Sutton Bonington, University of Nottingham and has worked in a specialist piglet role since 2015.  He is now focused on commercial and technical support the home mix sector.  John is interested in all aspects of pig nutrition and production, especially performance benchmarking and on-farm trial work, assisting customers to collect and interpret the data to make informed decisions for future pig production.

Lorraine has worked in the feed industry for 20 years after graduating from Harper Adams with a degree in Agriculture with Animal Science. Following a stint in industry, she went on to complete a PhD at Newcastle University examining Behaviour and Meat Taint in Heavy Pigs.

Working as a technical nutritionist and research scientist, with a practical on-farm approach, she ensures both scientific and on-farm trial data are evaluated to confirm that concepts and new products are practically applicable and commercially correct.

Lorraine is a member of AIC’s (Allied Industries Confederation) Feed Advisors Register.

Michelle has worked as a commercial pig nutritionist for nearly 20 years. The early part of her career was spent specialising in piglet nutrition supporting the export sales team, which gave her extensive experience of pig production around the world. Since joining Premier in 2010 Michelle has worked closely with Stuart Rowley, looking after UK home mix clients providing both nutrition and production support. She especially likes working with producers using liquid co-products. Michelle also provides technical support to a compound feed customer in South Korea. On account of her interest in co-products and unusual raw materials, in 2013 & 2014 Michelle completed a Nuffield Scholarship investigating what the future holds for feed ingredients. Michelle is also a member of AIC’s (Allied Industries Confederation) Feed Advisors Register.