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Scotgrain Agriculture

Scotgrain have employees throughout Scotland, based in the key Barley growing regions of the country. Our commercial office is based in Arbroath, where our administrative and research work is also supported.

Meet the Scotgrain Team

Our People are the backbone of our business and it is our vision to invest in our team to offer careers that last a working lifetime.

Many of our current team have been in the business and associated industries for over 20 years, bringing a wealth of experience that benefits our customers and to those that they work alongside.

As one of Scotland’s leading  Agricultural merchants we can offer Scotland’s growers a full service approach. We offer staff a challenging and exciting environment to work in, partnering alongside industries that are critical to the supply of Scotland’s food and drinks markets.

As a growing business, we have opportunities for employment across a wide range of skill-sets, including Admin, Farm Trading, Logistics and Grain Trading.

View our range of current opportunities here.

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Owen Southwood

General Manager Scotgrain Agriculture and Procurement Director Bairds Malt

Owen studied Agricultural business Management at Wye College and the University of London before he began his career at Dengie Crops in Essex. He also has experience working with Allied Grain, Grampian Country Food Group, Dewing Grain and Frederic Smart and Sons before taking the role as General Manager with Scotgrain.

Using his experience of technical analysis and fundamental trading techniques Owen runs the grain trading for Scotgrain as well as overseeing the business across Scotland.  Owen lives in Angus with his wife and two daughters where they run a smallholding where he and his wife keep pigs and dairy goats whose milk is used for cheese making.

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Gary Catto

Head of Merchanting

Gary joined Scotgrain in Feb 2024, before which he was General Manager for Highland Grain, a cooperative based on the Black Isle where Gary is from.

He has almost 30 years’ experience in leadership, management and project management, having served for 22 years in the RAF. Gary lives on the Black Isle and if not at work you will find him spending time with his two daughters, friends, or on his motorbike. 

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Amy Mackaskill

Grain Trading

Amy is from a farming family in Perthshire and graduated from University with a Criminology degree in 2017. After working as a groom on horse studs in Scotland and Australia she returned home and began working in the grain industry.

Amy joined Scotgrain in 2021, and after roles including Logistics Co-ordinator and Supply Chain Planner (for Bairds Malt), she took on the role of Grain Trader in 2024. This is a fast-paced role and consists of trading both physical grains and the futures markets across the wheat, feed barley and OSR book, while working closely with the Scotgrain Farm Business Managers.

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Gary Mills

Seed Manager

Gary graduated with a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from Edinburgh Napier University before beginning work in the oil and gas sector working as a field engineer with both Schlumberger and Gyrodata. 

He joined the malting industry in 2017 when he became Bairds Malt Grain co-ordinator. and joined the Scotgrain team at the end of 2022 in his current role as seed trader.

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Mark Cessford

Fertiliser Manager

Mark grew up in and around a haulage and family farming enterprise. Following further education, he joined the newly created fertiliser blender Angus Fertilisers, where he led the production teams in Montrose and Dundee.

His experience then extended to working with another fertiliser blender, J & H Bun, before venturing into business himself, in the haulage industry.  More recently Mark worked with Rix Shipping as their General Manager before joining Scotgrain in Feb 2025.

Scotgrain farm traders

In addition to providing grain marketing opportunities for growers, Scotgrain also provide a wide range of services to support the needs of the grower, including a full Agronomy service and a consultation and supply arrangement of seed and fertiliser needs specific to each crop.

With access to the whole market we are able to offer clear and impartial advice on the best solution to the needs of each crop.

As we are often also the grain trader for growers, we always have a vested interest in ensuring the quality of the final crop.

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Work with Scotgrain

We’re always on the lookout for enthusiastic individuals who want to play a part in helping support Scotland’s growers – view a list of current job opportunities here.

View our current vacancies

Contact Us

General enquries can be directed through our head office, located at the Maltings in Arbroath.

To find your local farm trader, please use the link here.

Office Hours: Mon/Fri 9am – 5pm

Tel: 01241 870431