Dr Chris Hartfield
NFU Senior Regulatory Affairs adviserChris’ career in the farming industry started in research, with six years spent working on the biocontrol of pest insects.
Chris four years working with farmers to deliver the UK government agri-environment schemes, before joining the National Farmers’ Union nearly eighteen years ago.
Most of his NFU career has been spent on horticultural policy, heading-up that team for two years. In 2017, Chris moved to join a new NFU plant health unit as Senior Regulatory Affairs Adviser and headed-up the NFU’s science and regulatory affairs team for a short while.
His work focuses on the regulatory process and its implications for availability and use of crop protection products as well as the relationship with UK regulatory authorities and international regimes. Chris is the NFU policy lead on the GB pesticides regime post EU-exit, bee health and pollinators.
He leads the NFU's work on the SFI IPM standard and is a driving force behind the NFU’s plant health strategy.
