Weekly look ahead – previous weeks

Week commencing 19 August

NFU in the field – Mon 19 August – Fri 23 August

  • NFU county advisers will host MPs on members' farms. This week, Patrick Hurley MP (Lab, Southport), Claire Young MP (LD, Thornbury and Yate) and Chris Vance MP (Lab, Harlow) will all be on farm. 

NFU working for you – Tues 20 August

  • Chief poultry adviser Aimee Mahony will attend a Defra poultry meat policy stakeholder meeting, representing NFU poultry members and highlighting current challenges facing producers.

NFU in the field – Weds 21 August

  • NFU Deputy President David Exwood, along with representatives from the Uplands North group, Uplands South group and the Uplands Forum will be hosting Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner and programme director of the FFCP (Future Farming and Countryside Programme) Janet Hughes on farm in Lancashire. The purpose of the day is to discuss where policy changes can be made to ensure the uplands are productive and profitable. 

NFU working for you – Thurs 22 August

  • NFU senior support schemes adviser Richard Wordsworth and NFU senior countryside adviser Claire Robinson will meet with senior RPA officials leading on SFI delivery to discuss the current rollout and issues raised by members. 
  • NFU Horticulture and Potatoes chairman Martin Emmett and NFU senior policy specialist Christine McDowell will meet with members, as part of an industry-wide discussion forum held by the protected edibles sector, to discuss the current border control challenges the sector is facing. 

NFU working for you – Fri 23 August

  • NFU rural economy adviser Amy Cobbett will attend the Rural Insights Forum with Defra to discuss the rural economy and the Rural England Prosperity Fund. 

Week commencing 12 August

NFU in the field – Mon 12 August – Fri 16 August

  • NFU county advisers will host MPs on members’ farms. This week Caroline Voaden MP (LD, South Devon), Charlotte Nichols MP (Lab, Warrington North) and Rachel Gilmour MP (LD, Tiverton and Minehead) will all be on farm. 

NFU working for you – Tues 13 August

  • NFU Livestock Board chair David Barton along with the livestock and economics teams, will host NatWest on farm. The purpose of this visit will be to discuss how best the livestock sector and banks can work together, particularly in the context of net zero and sustainability. NatWest will send representatives from their commercial mid market team, agriculture team, climate team, carbon trading team and the digital banking team. 

NFU working for you – Wed 14 August

  • NFU food business team and the poultry team will meet with Lidl’s agricultural manager to discuss a range of topics affecting the sector such as commitments around stocking rates and sourcing of sustainable soy.  

NFU in the field – Wed 14 August

  • NFU county advisers will attend the Ashover show to engage with local members.

NFU working for you – Thurs 15 August

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw will meet with Defra minister Daniel Zeichner MP. 

Week commencing 5 August

NFU in the field – Mon 5 August – Fri 9 August

  • NFU county advisers will host MPs on members' farms. This week Dan Aldridge MP (Lab, Weston-super-mare), Sadik Al-Hassan MP (Lab, North Somerset), Sally Jameson MP (Lab, Doncaster Central) and Ellie Chowns MP (Green, North Herefordshire) will all be on farm. 

NFU working for you – Tues 6 August – Fri 9 August

  • NFU Poultry Board chair James Mottershead and chief poultry adviser Aimee Mahony will host a delegation from New Zealand throughout the week who are here to learn about how the UK responded to highly pathogenic avian influenza. 

NFU events – Wed 7 August 

  • NFU county advisers will meet members at the North Devon Show. 

NFU events – Thurs 8 August

NFU events – Fri 9 August

  • NFU chief poultry adviser Aimee Mahony will chair a member webinar to help provide feedback on the new and revised RSPCA Assured laying hen standards' impact on their business and bird welfare. Register your interest in attending this event.

Week commencing 29 July

NFU events – Mon 29 July

  • NFU Livestock Board chair David Barton and NFU chief livestock adviser John Royle will attend the NSA sheep event at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern. 

NFU in the field – Tue 30 July – Thurs 1 August

  • NFU Deputy President David Exwood will attend the New Forest & Hampshire County Show to meet with local members. 

NFU working for you – Wed 31 July

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw will attend the Defra summer reception to engage with the newly-elected team. 
  • Members from the NFU Commodity Boards are attending a virtual round table with the Low Pay Commission on 31 July discussing the impacts on business of the 2024 minimum wage rate increases and factors to take into account when setting rates for 2025.

NFU events – Wed 31 July

  • NFU County Adviser (Cheshire) Helen Wainright will attend the Nantwich show to engage with local members. 

NFU working for you – Thurs 1 August

  • NFU Horticulture and Potatoes Board Chair Martin Emmett, NFU skills and employment adviser Tom Price and NFU chief crop and plant production adviser Lee Abbey will meet with Sedex to give feedback on Sedex guidance to the new Sedex/SMETA audit 'credible wage' requirements and voice the concerns of members on the changes to the audit.

NFU in the field – Thurs 1 August

  • NFU poultry adviser Tom Glen will join the NFU Cymru Poultry Group meeting and tour an egg packing centre.

Week commencing 22 July

Farm Safety – Mon 22 – Fri 26 July

  • Farm Safety Week runs from 22-26 July. Keep an eye on our social channels and online as we’ll be sharing the different ways to stay safe on farm.

NFU working for you – Mon 22 July

  • Chief poultry adviser Aimee Mahony is attending an Avian Influenza Vaccination Taskforce meeting, alongside poultry sector stakeholders and government officials to discuss the development of a potential UK vaccination strategy.

NFU in the field – Wed 24 July

  • NFU chief sustainable supply chains adviser Alex Stevens is attending the Royal Welsh Show for the launch of the Sustainable Farming Network and to meet retailer representatives.
  • National Poultry Board chair James Mottershead and chief poultry adviser Aimee Mahony are attending the Royal Welsh Show where they will be meeting with members and supply chain stakeholders.

NFU events – Thurs 25 July

  • The National Livestock and Dairy BTV3 group will be meeting to discuss bluetongue strategy.

NFU working for you – Thurs 25 July

  • Chief poultry adviser Aimee Mahony is attending a Laying Hen Welfare Forum meeting alongside egg sector stakeholders.

NFU in the field – Sun 28 July

  • NFU member Luke Abblitt will appear on Countryfile for a piece on potato production.

Week commencing 15 July

BAB (British Agriculture Bureau) – Tues 16 July

  • NFU Dairy Board vice chair Ian Harvey, NFU chief dairy adviser Verity Richards, NFU legal adviser Rosie Throup and BAB senior european policy adviser Kate Adams will meet with the European Commission’s Agriculture and Rural Development department to present the new Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations 2024.

NFU working for you – Wed 17 July

  • NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos will give evidence to the Low Pay Commission committee.

NFU events – Thurs 18 July

  • NFU MP reception will be held in the House of Lords. We'll be presenting our key asks to new MPs. NFU President Tom Bradshaw, NFU Deputy President David Exwood, NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos, NFU Cymru President Aled Jones and NFU Cymru Deputy President Abi Reader will all be in attendance.

BAB (British Agriculture Bureau) – Thurs 18 July

  • BAB senior european policy advisers Kate Adams and Jenny Brunton will meet with the Brussels-based UK Government agriculture teams.

Student & Young Farmer Ambassadors – Friday 20 July

  • NFU Student & Young Farmer Ambassadors will visit the Elveden Estate for a farm tour to meet with former ambassador Anna Hunt who is now the assistant farm manager.

Week commencing 8 July

NFU working for you – Mon 8 July

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw is meeting with new Defra Secretary of State Steve Reed to discuss the challenges farmers and growers have been facing. 

NFU working for you – Tues 9 July

  • NFU chief sustainable supply chains adviser Alex Stevens is speaking at the Devon Food Hub farm to fork event on key policy asks post-election and public sector procurement.
  • NFU poultry adviser Tom Glen will be attending a Broiler Innovation Network meeting in Solihull to discuss the latest research and on-farm practices to promote bird health, welfare and sustainability.

NFU in the field – Tues 9 – Fri 12 July

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw and NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos will attend the Great Yorkshire Show to meet with local NFU members.

NFU events – Wed 10 July

  • NFU Horticulture and Potatoes Board chair Martin Emmett and various NFU policy advisers will be speaking at the Fruit Focus event taking place in Kent. 
  • The NFU Turkey Group (open to any NFU member who rears seasonal poultry) will meet virtually to discuss the latest policy issues for seasonal poultry producers, including access to labour, avian influenza and the NFU’s autumn turkey marketing campaign. You can register to join on NFUonline. 

NFU working for you – Wed 10 July

  • NFU chief sustainable supply chains adviser Alex Stevens is attending the Food & Drink Federation parliamentary reception in Westminster. 
  • NFU chief poultry adviser Aimee Mahony will be meeting with Defra’s Pigs, Eggs & Poultry team to highlight the latest issues and opportunities facing egg producers.

NFU in the field – Wed 10 July

  • NFU chief renewable energy adviser Jonathan Scurlock is speaking at the ADBA World Biogas Expo at the NEC Birmingham, in a Farmers’ Breakfast event as well as a session on ‘The Importance of Small-Scale AD in Emerging Markets’.

NFU working for you – Thurs 11 July

  • NFU chief renewable energy adviser Jonathan Scurlock is participating at a roundtable meeting at RICS headquarters in London on 'Delivering a National Land Use Framework'.

NFU in the field – Sun 14 July

  • NFU Deputy President David Exwood will attend the Isle of Wight Show to meet with local NFU members.

Week commencing 1 July

General election 2024

  • Our network of county advisers is reaching out to prospective parliamentary candidates from all parties across England and Wales. So far, we’ve already contacted 904 and met with 378. We will continue to highlight the needs of British farmers to all prospective candidates at agricultural shows and member farm visits.

NFU working for you – Tues 2 July

  • NFU Poultry Board chair James Mottershead and co-opted board member Jonty Hay will be attending the Red Tractor poultry board meeting in London as the NFU’s representatives, ensuring the views of poultry producers are heard at the meeting.
  • NFU poultry adviser Tom Glen is attending an egg sector meeting on activism.
  • NFU Deputy President David Exwood is meeting with Natural England for their quarterly catch-up.

British Agriculture Bureau – Tues 2 July

  • NFU Combinable Crops Board chair Jamie Burrows and senior advisor Luke Cox will be in Brussels on Tuesday to attend the Copa Cogeca Working Party on Cereals and Oilseeds.

NFU working for you – Wed 3 July

  • NFU Deputy President David Exwood will be attending a National Trust liaison meeting regarding tenant farmers at their national office in Heelis.

British Agriculture Bureau – Wed 3 July 

  • NFU european policy adviser Kate Adams is attending a Copa Cogeca technical meeting to discuss how below-cost selling provisions have been implemented in some member states and how this measure may be used in the future. 

General election 2024 – Thurs 4 July

NFU in the field – Fri 2 July 

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw will attend the Kent Show to meet with local NFU members.

Week commencing 24 June

General Election 2024

  • Our network of county advisers is reaching out to prospective parliamentary candidates from all parties across England and Wales. So far, we’ve already contacted 845 and met with 320. We will continue to highlight the needs of British farmers to all prospective candidates at agricultural shows and member farm visits.

NFU working for you – Mon 24 June 

  • NFU chief sustainable supply chains adviser Alex Stevens is attending the Institute of Grocery Distribution Food Systems Change Forum.

NFU working for you – Mon 24 June – Tues 25 June

  • NFU Council will meet at our Stoneleigh headquarters in Warwickshire to discuss the future direction of NFU work.

NFU working for you – Tues 25 June

  • NFU Livestock Board chair David Barton and the NFU Livestock team will attend The Worshipful Company of Butchers’ dinner in celebration of Eid-al-Adha 2024.

NFU working for you – Tues 25 June

  • NFU chief sustainable supply chains adviser Alex Stevens is attending the British Nutrition Foundation.

NFU working for you – Wed 26 June – Thurs 27 June

  • NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos and NFU Sugar Board chair Michael Sly will attend the Royal Norfolk Show to meet with local NFU members. 

NFU working for you – Wed 26 June – Thurs 27 June

  • NFU Deputy President David Exwood and NFU Combinable Crops Board chair Jamie Burrows will attend on Day 1 of Groundswell 2024 – The Regenerative Agricultural Festival. Chief renewable energy and climate change adviser Jonathan Scurlock will be in attendance on Day 2.

NFU in the field – Fri 28 June

  • NFU chief sustainable supply chains adviser Alex Stevens is meeting with Tesco agriculture managers.

Week commencing 17 June

General Election 2024

  • Our network of county advisers is reaching out to prospective parliamentary candidates from all parties across England and Wales. So far, we've already contacted 845 and met with 320. We will continue to highlight the needs of British farmers to all prospective candidates at agricultural shows and member farm visits.

NFU Council – Mon 24 - Tue 25 June

  • NFU Council meet in Stoneleigh NFU headquarters in Warwickshire to discuss the future direction of our organisation’s work.

NFU working for you – Tues 25 June

  • Director of the British Agriculture Bureau Robin Manning, NFU Deputy President David Exwood, director of strategy Nick von Westenholz and senior adviser for international trade and global affairs Lucia Zitti will attend the World Farmers Organisation (WFO) General Assembly. 

Westminster – Tues 18 June

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw will be speaking with Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidates in three separate calls. 

Westminster – Tues 18 June

  • NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos will attend the Royal Cheshire Show to meet with local NFU members.

NFU in the field – Wed 19 June

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw will attend the Lincolnshire Show to meet with local NFU members.

NFU in the field – Thur 20 June

  • NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos, NFU Dairy Board chair Paul Tompkins and NFU Livestock Board chair David Barton will be at an organic farm walk in Devon. 

NFU working for you – Thur 20 June

  • NFU chief poultry adviser Aimee Mahony and NFU Poultry Board members Phill Crawley and Will Lea will be attending a virtual meeting of the Laying Hen Welfare Forum as the NFU’s representatives.

  • NFU chief poultry adviser Aimee Mahony is attending the GB Avian Influenza Core Group online meeting alongside poultry sector representatives and officials from Defra and APHA to hear the latest updates on Avian Influenza activity.

  • NFU chief poultry adviser Aimee Mahony is attending an egg sector meeting on protecting the sector from activism alongside representatives across the egg supply chain.

NFU working for you – Fri 21 June

  • NFU poultry adviser Tom Glen attend an online AIC briefing for the UK farming unions on the new EU Deforestation Regulations and how this might affect soya sourcing in the UK from 2025.

Week commencing 10 June

General Election 2024

  • Our network of county advisers is reaching out to prospective parliamentary candidates from all parties across England and Wales. So far, we've already contacted 641 and met with 233. We will continue to highlight the needs of British farmers to all prospective candidates at agricultural shows and member farm visits.

British Agriculture Bureau – Mon 10 June

  • British Agriculture Bureau Director Robin Manning is meeting French farmers from the French Union (FNSEA) in London to discuss farming in the UK post-Brexit.

NFU working for you – Tues 11 June

  • NFU chief sustainable supply chains adviser Alex Stevens will meet the Waitrose Agriculture Team to discuss latest trends and particularly focussing on their beef procurement. 

NFU in the field – Tues 11 June

  • NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos will be interviewed on her farm by ITV as a part of a national news piece on weather. 

NFU Events – Tues 11 – Wed 12 June

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw and NFU Deputy President David Exwood will be at Cereals 2024. Visit the NFU’s stand where you can meet NFU Combinable Crops Board chair Jamie Burrows and Sugar Board chair Michael Sly as well as NFU advisers who can help with any questions you might have.

NFU working for you – Wed 12 June

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw will host the Irish Farmers Association, who are visiting Stoneleigh on Tuesday and Wednesday as part of a study trip. They will visit two local farms, and hear from NFU staff about the SFI, trade and how Brexit has impacted British farmers.

NFU in the field – Fri 14 – Sun 16 June

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw will attend the Three Counties Show to meet with local NFU members.

Week commencing 3 June

General Election 2024

  • Our network of county advisers is reaching out to prospective parliamentary candidates from all parties across England and Wales. So far we've already met with 202 candidates and we will continue to highlight the needs of British farmers to them at agricultural shows and farm visits.

British Agriculture Bureau – Mon 3 June

  • NFU european policy adviser Kate Adams will meet with the UK Farming Unions to discuss rural crime. 

NFU in the field – Tues 4 June

  • NFU chief renewable energy and climate change adviser Jonathan Scurlock will speak at the UK Solar Summit in London. 

British Agriculture Bureau – Tues 4 – Thurs 6 June

  • NFU senior climate change adviser Ceris Jones and european policy adviser Jenny Brunton will attend a United Nations Climate Conference where they will represent the Farmers' Constituency to ensure the voices of farmers are heard.

NFU in the field – Wed 5 June

  • NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos will be interviewed by a major national broadcaster as a part of a rural crime news piece. 

NFU events – Wed 5 June

  • The NFU Membership team has arranged a series of events to help members prepare for the potential of an EA (Environment Agency) inspection on their farm. Details of the events can be found on our member event page. 
  • NFU Deputy President David Exwood will be hosting the first Farm Safety Partnership meeting. 

NFU in the field – Thurs 6 – Sat 8 June

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw will attend the Royal Cornwall Show to meet with local NFU members.

NFU events – Sun 9 June

  • NFU members will be opening their gates to the public as part of LEAF's Open Farm Sunday initiative to spread awareness of the vital role farmers play in society. If you aren't hosting this year, there are 7 reasons why you should next year.

Week commencing 27 May

NFU working for you – Wed 29 May

  • NFU Poultry Board chair James Mottershead and NFU poultry adviser Aimee Mahony are attending a meeting with the UK farming unions to discuss poultry matters. There will also be representatives from NFU Cymru, UFU, NFUS and BAB. 

NFU in the field – Wed 29 – Thurs 30 May

  • NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos will attend the Staffordshire County Show to meet with local NFU members.
  • NFU Deputy President David Exwood will attend the Suffolk county show to meet with local NFU members.

NFU working for you – Thurs 30 May

  • NFU chief sustainable supply chains adviser Alex Stevens will meet the New Zealand High Commission in London along with NFU international trade adviser Rachael Speed to discuss sustainability in supply chains. 
  • NFU poultry adviser Aimee Mahony will attend Animal Health and Welfare Board for England sector council chair meeting in her capacity as the Poultry Health and Welfare Group chair.

NFU in the field – Thurs 30 May – Sat 1 June

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw will attend the Royal Bath and West county show to meet with local NFU members. NFU members can save 10% when booking tickets in advance. 

Week commencing 20 May

NFU working for you – Mon 20 May

  • NFU Livestock advisers and chairs from the four UK farming unions are meeting in Scotland to discuss bovine EID (electrical identification) and a range of key policy issues.

Westminster – Tues 21 May

  • NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos is meeting with Minister for Employment Jo Churchill MP and Minister for Legal Migration Tom Pursglove MP. 

Westminster – Wed 22 May

  • NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos is meeting with the Minister for Water and Rural Growth Robbie Moore MP.

NFU events – Thurs 23 May

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw will host a national member webinar on bluetongue featuring the UK's Chief Veterinary Officer, Christine Middlemiss. The session will cover the recent risk assessment, the current situation, and what future Defra policy will look like.

NFU working for you – Sat 25 May

  • NFU chief renewable energy and climate change adviser Jonathan Scurlock is speaking in a panel discussion at the Everything Electric event at the Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate. 

Week commencing May 13

Westminster – Mon 13 May

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw and NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos are meeting with the Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper MP to discuss rural crime. 

NFU working for you – Mon 13 May

  • NFU Deputy President David Exwood will be hosting the NFU's bi-annual banking roundtable with banking agri-leaders.

Westminster – Tues 14 May

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw and NFU Director General Terry Jones will be attending the second Farm to Fork Summit at 10 Downing Street. Hosted by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The annual Farm to Fork Summit was a key ask from the NFU general election manifesto – Farming for Britain's Future – and marks a significant step in the NFU's campaign for recognition of the strategic importance of British food and farming. 

NFU working for you – Tues 14 May

  • NFU chief renewable energy and climate change adviser Jonathan Scurlock is speaking to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Community Energy chaired by Selaine Saxby MP at Portcullis House, Westminster.
  • NFU flooding adviser Zoe Moore will be attending a meeting with the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Flood Prevention. 

NFU events – Wed 15 May

  • NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos is attending a roundtable at the Pig and Poultry show with Janet Hughes, Programme Director for the Future Farming and Countryside Programme, NFU Poultry Board chair James Mottershead and grassroots members to talk about SFI in the poultry sector. 
  • Hear from NFU specialists at the British Pig and Poultry show in Birmingham. The NFU stand will be running from 9am to 3pm in Hall 12. 

British Agricultural Bureau – Wed 15 May

  • NFU food business relationship adviser Annabel Bagshaw is in Brussels to discuss welfare labelling and other topics with the European Commission. 

Westminster – Fri 17 May

  • NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos is attending a Water Sector Summit in the House of Lords. 

NFU working for you – Fri 17 May

  • NFU chief sustainable supply chains adviser Alex Stevens is meeting with the Institute of Grocery Distribution to discuss supply chain efficiency.

Week commencing May 6

Westminster – Tues 7 May

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw is meeting with Shadow Minister for Nature and Rural Affairs, Toby Perkins MP

British Agriculture Bureau – Tues 7 May

  • NFU Dairy Board advisers and chairs are meeting with the advisors and chairs from NFU Cymru, NFU Scotland and Ulster Farmers’ Union to discuss their priorities for the next 2 years.

British Agriculture Bureau – Wed 8 May

  • Director of the British Agriculture Bureau Robin Manning is joining an EU-UK relations meeting with Zoe Compston, Counsellor for Goods, Health & Environment at the UK Mission to the EU.

NFU in the field – Thurs 9 May

  • NFU chief renewable energy & climate change adviser Jonathan Scurlock is speaking and chairing a panel session at the Farmers Weekly Transition Live event near Cambridge, on “Making renewable energy work on your farm."

British Agriculture Bureau – Fri 10 May

  • NFU Poultry Board advisers and chairs are meeting with the advisors and chairs from NFU Cymru, NFU Scotland and Ulster Farmers’ Union to discuss their priorities for the next 2 years.

Week commencing April 29

NFU Education – Mon 29 April

  • NFU Education team is running Farmers for Schools training at Harper Adams University.

NFU working for you – Mon 29 April

  • NFU chief sustainable supply chains adviser Alex Stevens is attending the School of Sustainable Food & Farming Steering Group meeting.

NFU working for you – Tues 30 April

  • NFU Environment Forum chair Richard Bramley is speaking on a panel about water quality at an Innovation Zero event in London.

NFU Education – Tues 30 April

  • NFU Education team is running Farmers for Schools training in Leeds.

NFU working for you – Wed 1 May

  • NFU Environment Forum chair Richard Bramley is speaking at a Gresham College event in London about water quality.

Westminster – Wed 1 May

  • Agricultural attachés are being hosted for an event in the Westminster office, this has been organised to try and deliver more export opportunities for our members. 

NFU working for you – Thurs 2 May

  • NFU Dairy Board chair Paul Tompkins is speaking at a Rivers Forum event about agriculture and water quality.

Westminster – Thurs 2 May

  • Westminster Hall debate on pylons and upgrades to the National Grid has been secured by Matt Warman MP (Cons, Boston and Skegness).

Week commencing April 22

British Agricultural Bureau – Mon 22 April

  • NFU Next Generation Forum member Eveey Hunter will be in Brussels to meet with CEJA (European Council of Young Farmers) to discuss future European farmer support and policies.

British Agricultural Bureau – Tues 23 April

  • NFU chief livestock adviser John Royle will be in Brussels for meetings with European colleagues about the deforestation regulation and for the Copa Cogeca working party on sheep and goats.

British Agricultural Bureau – Wed 24 April

  • The NFU trade team will be in Brussels to meet with European stakeholders including DG AGRI, CropLife International, and AnimalHealth Europe. 

Westminster – Wed 24 April

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw is giving oral evidence to the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee as part of the inquiry into methane emissions.

NFU in the field – Thurs 25 April

  • NFU chief sustainable supply chains adviser Alex Stevens is on farm with Promar in Wales for a net zero strategy workshop with food supply chain stakeholders. 

Week commencing April 15

Westminster – Mon 15 April

  • NFU chief sustainable supply chains adviser’ Alex Stevens is meeting with Wil Quince MP to discuss public procurement. 

Westminster – Tues 16 April

  • NFU President Tom Bradshaw to meet with Farming minister Sir Mark Spencer MP
  • NFU Deputy President David Exwood is meeting with Shadow Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner to discuss tenants

NFU events – Wed 17 April

  • Farm assurance meetings are taking place in Maidstone and Pevensey.

NFU events – Thurs 18 April

  • Farm assurance meetings are taking place in Harpenden and Chelmsford.

For members – Fri 19 April

  • The IGD (Institute of Grocery Distribution) is holding their Food Systems Change Leaders Forum

Week commencing 8 April

NFU working for you – Mon 8 April

  • Landlord and Tenant Code of Practice for England is launched. The NFU helped draft the code of practice and NFU Deputy President David Exwood sits on the Farm Tenancy Forum.

NFU in the field – Mon 8 April

  • Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP (Cons, The Cotswolds) on farm.

British Agriculture Bureau – Tues 9 April

  • Copa Cogeca working party on ornamentals.

NFU in the field – Wed 10 April

  • The Attorney General, Victoria Prentis MP (Cons, Banbury) is on farm with the NFU.

British Agriculture Bureau – Wed 10 April

  • European Dairy Association Conference. This is titled ‘European Dairy and Next Generation EU 2024 – 2019’ and brings together European representatives of the dairy sector and EU officials.

British Agriculture Bureau – Thurs 11 April

  • BAB team regular catch-up with the UK Government agriculture team in Brussels. This is with UK Mission to the UK, Scotland House, Welsh House and the Northern Ireland Executive.
  • Copa Cogeca working party on fruit and vegetables.

Westminster – Friday 12 April

  • The NFU has organised two separate meetings between The Rural Payments Agency, MPs and local farmers.

NFU events

Week commencing 25 March

Westminster – Mon 25 March

  • Poultry broiler roundtable with NFU representatives, farming ministers and relevant processors and retailers

NFU in the field – Mon 25 March

  • Boston barrier event, attended by NFU President Tom Bradshaw and NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos who will meet with Environment Agency chairman Alan Lovell and Minister for Water, Robbie Moore MP at the Boston barrier in Lincolnshire

NFU events – Mon 25 March

NFU events – Tue 26 March

  • NFU/AHDB dairy and beef event following on from GB Calf Strategy; this will take place in the NFU conference centre
  • Farm Safety Partnership Board meeting – NFU Deputy President David Exwood representing NFU members

NFU in the field – Wed 27 March

  • Minister for Water Robbie Moore MP is on farm with John Stevenson MP and NFU North colleagues

NFU Board election – Wed 27 March

  • Poultry Board meeting to set new policy priorities and elect new chair and vice chair

NFU in the field – Thurs 28 March

  • Minister for Water Robbie Moore MP is out on farm with Northumberland County Council Leader Glen Sanderson and NFU North colleagues

Week commencing 18 March

Westminster – Mon 18 March

  • Bluetongue roundtable with NFU President Tom Bradshaw, Chief Animal Health and Welfare Adviser Cat McLaughlin, Farming Minister Mark Spencer MP and Minister for Biosecurity, Animal Health and Welfare Lord Douglas-Miller
  • Digital connectivity roundtable in Parliament attended by NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos

Westminster – Tue 19 March

  • Westminster Hall Debate on UK Food Security
  • Ministerial Parallel Imports Roundtable, attended by Deputy President David Exwood and the NFU plant health team to attend

NFU Board elections – Tue 19 March

  • Livestock Board

Westminster – Wed 20 March

  • Meet the producer breakfast event with the APPG for Eggs, Pigs and Poultry in Parliament

NFU Board elections – Wed 20 March

  • Combinable Crops Board
  • Horticulture and Potatoes Board

NFU Board elections – Thurs 21 March

  • Dairy Board
  • Horticulture and Potatoes Board

NFU Board elections – Friday 22 March

  • Farm Tenancy Forum, Deputy President David Exwood to attend

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