Opening Address - Lessons in Diversifying Kelsall Equestrian Centre, Phil Latham

Phil Latham, owner of Kelsall Hill Equestrian Centre in Cheshire, opens this year’s Farm Business Innovation Show with a candid look at diversification in action. Having taken his family’s former dairy farm and built it into a 400-hectare enterprise with state-of-the-art arenas, gallops, cross-country facilities, livery stables, holiday cottages, a café, and a haylage business, Phil has faced both opportunity and challenge head-on. In this straight-talking session, he shares the setbacks, the lessons learned, and the practical realities of growing multiple income streams while keeping a rural business sustainable.