Iain Riddell IAIN RIDDELL, the man responsible for bringing monitor farms to Scotland, is retiring after more than 40 years at SAC Consulting, part of Scotland’s Rural College. Mr Riddell, who steps down from his role as Business Development Manager this week, first explored the idea of monitor farms while on holiday in New Zealand in 1998. Two years later, he won funding for a Farmers Club Charitable Trust study tour to report on the farms with the hope of replicating the idea back home. Since then, SAC Consulting has facilitated more than 40 monitor farms throughout Scotland, showcasing innovation in dairy, sheep, beef and arable farming and, in 2006, Iain’s work was recognised with an Inverarity Prize for Business Innovation.