Our Tenants' Market
New for this year is the ‘Tenants’ Market’. Here you’ll get the opportunity to meet NFU advisers and land agents, ask questions and learn more about the benefits of NFU membership and the services on offer for tenant farmers.
Delegates can visit in the morning prior to the conference starting and during the breaks throughout the day.
Who's going to market?
- NFU Tenants’ Service - Jonathan Evans
- NFU BPS Team - Richard Wordsworth, Anna Logan
- Agri-Environment - Claire Robinson
- Planning Issues - Suzanne Clear
- Legal Assistance Scheme -Regina Owusu
- NFU Regional Representation
This year’s conference takes place at the impressive Newbury Racecourse venue.
This bi-annual event organised by the NFU has built up a fantastic reputation as an unmissable day for anyone involved in the tenant farming sector.
The theme this time out is ‘Winning and Progressing in Tenant Farming’.
Speakers already confirmed include two of the NFU’s top team, Meurig Raymond and Minette Batters; the director of rural and coastal for the Crown Estate, Ken Jones; Andrew Troughton of Carver Knowles and Sam Stables, a tenant farmer on the Duchy Estate.
More NFU expertise comes from our rural surveyor, Louise Staples, and head of taxation Michael Parker.
New for this year is our Tenants' Market, giving you the chance to put your individual questions to our specialist staff.
- Members wishing to attend should contact their regional office.
The programme:
*agenda is subject to change
9am – Registration open with coffee and breakfast rolls – Delegates have the opportunity to visit the ‘Tenants’ Market’
Welcome
10am – Minette Batters, NFU Deputy President (Chair)
Session 1 – Setting the new agenda
10.10am – Meurig Raymond, NFU President
10.30am – George Eustice, Minister of State for Food, Farming and the Marine Environment (invited)
10.50am – Q & A
11.10am – Coffee
Session 2 – Tendering for land in a business environment
11.40am – Louise Staples, NFU Rural Surveyor
11.50am – Michael Parker, NFU Head of Tax
12.00 – Andrew Troughton, Carver Knowles
12.20pm – Ken Jones, Director of Rural and Coastal, Crown Estate
12.40pm – Q & A
1.00pm – Lunch
Session 3 – Progressive steps in a competitive market
2.15pm – Sam Stables, Duchy Estate, Herefordshire
2.35pm – Paul Harris, Ernest Cook Trust Estate, Dorset
2.55pm – Paul Westaway, County Farms Estate, Gloucestershire
3.15pm – Q & A
3.30pm – Summary – Minette Batters, NFU Deputy President
3.40pm – Depart