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Willie Budge

  • Position: Senior Consultant and Area Manager
  • Location: North West Scotland
  • Expertise:
    • Business Management and Finance
    • Agriculture, Crops and Soils
    • Livestock and Fishing

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I am an experienced consultant with over 25 years of experience in the agricultural industry. I am responsible for the management of SAC Consulting’s Thurso office. The office currently services clients in Caithness and Sutherland with a broad range of consultancy services. This includes IACS, AECS, CAGS, Carbon Audits and ILMPs.

I previously worked as an Agricultural Officer with SGRPID, before moving to SAC in 2009. I have broad industry knowledge, gained from clients as well as through personal experience growing up on a family farm and subsequently working on farms and in auction markets in Caithness and Sutherland.

I am an experienced chairman of events, open days and groups including local agricultural society and chairman of local Highland sheep event.

I also completed half of the RSABI Great Glen Challenge 2018 bike race with one pedal.

Areas of expertise and interests

  • Business Management and Finance
  • Agriculture, Crops and Soils
  • Livestock and Fishing

I'm currently working on

  • carbon audits
  • integrated land management plans
  • croft regulatory applications

My professional highlights

  • facilitating the Caithness and Sutherland Monitor Farm (CMS) in 2011-2013
  • chairman of Highland Sheep 2019

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