Andrew McCornick
President, National Farmers Union of Scotland
Andrew, who is married with three sons and a daughter, was born and brought up on a dairy farm in Wigtown. Andrew and wife Janice farm their 230+ ha unit with 160 suckler cows and 600 breeding ewes with a small herd of pedigree Charolais cattle. Andrew’s sons farm a tenanted unit in East Ayrshire which provides replacement breeding stock for Barnbackle.
For as long as Andrew can remember, he has been a member of NFU Scotland, and got more involved when discussions on Nitrate Vulnerable Zones started.
From there he went onto become vice chairman of the Dumfries branch, and then Regional Board Chairman for Dumfries and Galloway. Andrew was elected NFUS Vice President in February 2015 and President in 2017.