Philip Le Maistre Snr

Chairman, Jersey Milk Marketing Board

Born and educated in Jersey, Philip joined his family farm in Grouville at 18 years of age.

Philip established the Westlands Jersey dairy herd with 8 cows in 1990 and slowly increased cow numbers as opportunities arose to the current herd size of 240 milking cows.

The dairy herd is an important part of Master Farms, the family run business, which is run by Philip with his son Phil jnr and his brother Peter.

Master Farms is a mixed farm growing a range of crops including Jersey Royal potatoes, Asparagus, cauliflowers, tomatoes, cabbages and daffodils for the local and export markets with about 20% of the farmed area in organic production.

Master Farms prides itself in connecting with the general public not only through its social media presence but also welcoming people to the annual ‘pick your own’ sunflower and pumpkin events.

Philip has been a member of the Jersey Milk Marketing Board for many years. He served as vice chairman and then became chairman in 2022.