Rhonda Thompson

LINCOLNSHIRE COUNTY ADVISER

Rhonda joined the National Farmers’ Union in November 2019 and is the County Adviser for the Lincolnshire. The role involves looking after NFU members’ concerns and supporting them with some of the challenges they face in their businesses.

Rhonda’s passion is to engage with members and the next generation and encourage them to make the most of the significant benefits they get from being a member of the NFU.

Prior to joining the NFU, she worked as business development manager at Bishop Burton and Riseholme colleges from 2015 to 2018. Here she worked with industry partners including Asda to conduct on-farm practical trials with students. She also secured funding of £75,000 from the Prince's Countryside Fund to help deliver and develop the Farm Management Development Programme brought with her from her previous role at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU). The programme focus was to help develop young people in management roles either on the family farm or in employment, to instil confidence and to create groups of like-minded individuals who would become lifelong friends.

Previous to working at the colleges she worked at the RAU co-ordinating Business Management and Leadership Development training programmes for the Worshipful Company of Farmers, John Edgar Trust and Institute of Agricultural Management from 2005 to 2015.