Jennifer Costello
Yorkshire West Riding county adviserJennifer supports NFU members and manages activity across Yorkshire and West Riding.
This includes managing the NFU’s lobbying activities with MPs and a range of external organisations from local authorities, the police and government agencies to non-governmental organisations and relevant commercial bodies.
She also actively supports NFU group secretaries to drive NFU membership and works closely with elected farmer representatives including county officeholders and members of regional and national commodity boards.
Jennifer is also the regional lead for sugar beet and is joint lead for horticulture and potatoes with Liz Houghton and Aarun Naik.
Jennifer joined the NFU in 2020 from a Yorkshire based agri-food certification company, having graduated from Harper Adams University and completed a British Poultry Council Scholarship placement year at Gressingham Foods.
She currently lives in North Yorkshire and in her spare time enjoys walking her dog and riding her horse.