Weekly look ahead
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
- The NFU Farm Assurance Meetings continue this week. Find a meeting near you.
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
- Farm Assurance review meetings start. Join a meeting near you
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