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17 January 2025

Hear how your top team has been working on your behalf in the latest vlog from the President.

This week's vlog from NFU President Tom Bradshaw is filmed at LAMMA where members of allied industries to farming signed a pledge to Stop the Family Farm Tax.

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Week commencing 20 January 2025

Your NFU officeholders, board members and policy staff make sure they represent your needs every day.

Monday 20 January

  • NFU Deputy President David Exwood will be attending the Crown Estate’s Nature Reception.
  • NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos is meeting with the head of the National Rural Crime Unit Andy Huddleston.
  • Head of food, farming and environment Fayza Benlamkadem is attending a roundtable on natural flood management.

Tuesday 21 January

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw and the director general of the NFU Terry Jones are meeting with Trades Union Congress secretary-general Paul Nowak.
  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw will be attending the Lincoln & District Industry Dinner to Agriculture.
  • NFU Deputy President David Exwood will be speaking at the East Young Member Conference.
  • NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos is speaking at the Somerset Management Meeting and a Challenge of Rural Leadership event.
  • The Horticulture & Potatoes Board will be meeting. The agenda includes what future productivity funding opportunities are needed, strategies to secure the future of the EU Fruit & Veg aid scheme, and an independent farm assurance report. Applications have also opened for members to join the Horticulture & Potatoes Board.
  • The Livestock Board will be meeting.
  • NFU chief renewable energy adviser Dr Jonathan Scurlock is attending the fourth Annual Meeting of the UKRI-funded greenhouse gas demonstrator project on enhanced rock weathering, hosted by the University of Sheffield. This will take place 21-22 January.
  • Environment policy adviser Zoe Moore is speaking at the Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum on the next steps for flooding – risk mitigation and resilience in England.
  • Chief poultry adviser Aimee Mahony will be attending a Defra and poultry meat sector policy meeting to discuss current challenges facing the British poultry meat sector.

Wednesday 22 January

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw is attending the Monmouthshire Annual Conference.
  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw is addressing students at Bridgend College.
  • NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos is meeting with the Clun Forest Group.
  • The Poultry Board will be meeting.

Thursday 23 January

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw is attending the Pembrokeshire County Conference.
  • The Crops Board will be meeting.
  • NFU chief renewable energy adviser Dr Jonathan Scurlock is the opening speaker for the Innovate UK Business Connect webinar on Agrifood Innovations, focusing on energy.
  • NFU chief poultry adviser Aimee Mahony will be attending the GB Avian Influenza Core Group meeting. This will be hosted by the APHA and Defra.

Friday 24 January

  • NFU Deputy President David Exwood is attending the Assured Food Standards board meeting.

Saturday 25 January

  • The National Day of Unity to stop the family farm tax is taking place.

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