Celebrating Back British Farming Day
Wednesday, 9 September was our Back British Farming Day Celebrating Lincolnshire’s Finest Produce event at Campney Grange Farm, Bucknall.
Back British Farming Day is an important opportunity to champion the farmers and growers producing fantastic food, flowers and plants here in Lincolnshire, while highlighting the wider contribution agriculture makes to our rural economy and communities.
We brought together our county team with Greater Lincolnshire Mayor Andrea Jenkyns and wider stakeholders for a roundtable discussion focused on the priorities and challenges facing farming and growing businesses across Lincolnshire.
From 3pm–5pm, members and guests joined us for our social, with a complimentary hog roast and cash bar. It was an opportunity to celebrate Lincolnshire agriculture, meet others from across the industry and enjoy an afternoon on farm.
Strengthening the grower voice
On Tuesday, 20 October, we will hold our dedicated Horticulture Growers' Meeting in Spalding.
South Lincolnshire is home to some of the country’s most important horticultural businesses, from field vegetables and potatoes to protected crops, ornamentals and flowers.
We want this meeting to provide growers with direct access to NFU policy specialists, an opportunity to discuss the pressures facing individual sectors and, importantly, help strengthen the grower voice within the NFU.
We will also be opening the meeting to growers from further afield, recognising that many of the challenges facing horticulture extend beyond county boundaries.
Save the dates
Please save these dates in your diaries – we hope to see many of you there.
26 September – Joint Branch Post-Harvest Picnic – Sleaford, Boston and Bourne
20 October – Horticulture Growers' Meeting
21 October – North Sea Camp Prison Farm Visit
5 November – University of Lincoln Soil Health Event
10 November – South Lincolnshire In-Person County Meeting – The Kings Head, Kirton
18 November – Holland Combined Branch & County AGM – Ye Olde Red Lion
As always, please do get in touch with me if there is an issue affecting your business that you would like to raise. Member conversations are incredibly important in helping us understand what is happening on the ground and ensuring your experiences are heard both regionally and nationally.