Weekly look ahead – previous weeks

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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