NFU22: Meet the NFU conference speakers

Day 1: Tuesday 22 February

11:30–12:45: Is uncertainty the new normal for business? (Hall 1)

Professor Susan Jebb OBE, Chair, Food Standards Agency

Jimmy McLoughlin OBE, Jimmy’s Jobs of the Future Podcast

Jim McMahon, Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

14:00–14:45: Keynote – Political address (Hall 1)

14:45–15:45: How secure is Britain’s food supply? (Hall 1)

Karen Betts, Chief Executive, Food & Drink Federation

Olly Buston, Chief Executive, Future Advocacy

Sam Lowe, Director of Trade, Flint Global

16.00–17.30: Commodity sessions

Dairy: How British dairy can be a global leader in sustainable nutrition (Hall 9)

Michael Oakes, Dairy Board Chair, National Farmers’ Union

Ross McMahon, Founder, Kendal Nutricare

Dr Judith Bryans, Chief Executive, DairyUK

Livestock: How can the livestock sector meet the challenges of the future? (Hall 4)

Richard Findlay, Livestock Board Chair, National Farmers’ Union

Nick Allen, CEO, BMPA

Phil Bicknell, Head of Business Development at CIEL

Will Jackson, Divisional Engagement Director, AHDB

Mark Jelley, Livestock Board, National Farmers’ Union

Neil Parish, MP and Chair of the Efra Committe

Combinable crops: Nutrient cycling and managing manures for the future (Hall 5)

Max Schulman, Finnish farmer and adviser for the Finnish Farmers Organisation

Will Oliver, arable farmer from Leicestershire/Warwickshire, A H Oliver & Son

Matt Culley, Combinable Crops Board Chair, National Farmers’ Union

Allie Hesketh, Combinable Crops Adviser, National Farmers’ Union

John Williams, Head of Soils and Nutrients, ADAS

Anthony Hopkins, Chief Combinable Crops Adviser, National Farmers’ Union

Horticulture & Potatoes: Achieving fair inflation from the supply chain (Hall 7)

Ali Capper, Horticulture & Potatoes Board Chair, National Farmers’ Union

David Miles, Director, The Retail Mind

Tim Lock, dairy farmer and Chair of the M&S Milk Pool

Poultry: The consumer’s choice – poultry meat and eggs (Hall 10)

Thomas Wornham, National Poultry Board Chair, National Farmers’ Union

Philip Wilkinson OBE, Executive Director, 2Sisters Food Group

NFU Sugar: Homegrown Beet Climate Partnership: What does this supply chain partnership mean for you? (Hall 6)

Michael Sly, NFU Sugar Board Chair, National Farmers' Union

Tom Clarke, NFU Sugar Board, National Farmers' Union

Tessa Seymour, Head of Agriculture, British Sugar

19.45: Dinner

Day 2: Tuesday 23 February

9.00–10.00: Keynote: World farming (Hall 1)

10.00–10.30: Keynote: Environment

11.00–12.45: Building business resilience – member experiences (Hall 1)

Ray Brown (Bidlea Dairy) – North West

Rob Halliday – South West

Paul and Nic Renison – North West

Henry du Val de Beaulieu (Apsley Farms) – South East

Emily and Zoe Mee (Mee Farmers) – East Anglia

Llyr Jones – Cymru

12.45–13.00: Closing address