Agenda:
TB Update – Mike Weavers, TB adviser will give an update on future options for TB control in Derbyshire.
Minutes of previous meeting (31 March 2026)
Matters arising
County Officeholder update – hear from David Handford, County chair and Jane Bassett, Council delegate.
County Adviser update – hear from Andrew Critchlow, County adviser and Ellie Edwards, Midlands assistant County adviser.
Commodities – hear from:
- Livestock – Rachel Parker and Alice Bettney
- Dairy – Michael Oulton and Jess White
- Combinable Crops – Andrew Burton and David Burton
- Horticulture & Potatoes – Nick Spray
- Poultry – George Adsetts and Anthony Walker
- Uplands – Joe Dalton, NFU North Uplands Group delegate
Cross Sector Issues
- Health & Safety Moment - What have you done to make your farm safer (can be something minor) or what has been a 'near miss'.
- Tenants
- Agri-Environment and other grant schemes
- Organic sector
- Rural Crime
Infrastructure projects and planning reform
- Chesterfield to Willington power line
- Carsington to Tittersworth pipeline
- Hathersage to Worksop pipeline
- Peak Cluster – CO2 capture pipeline. Peak Cluster – Four major cement and lime producers have come together to create a resilient future for the industries through Peak Cluster.
YFC
RABI - hear from John Hall and Angela
Derbyshire Farmers Management Committee (DFMC)
- Burseries available to subsidies attendance of ‘young’ NFU members at Groundswell, Real Oxford Farming Conference and the NFU Conference.
- Sale of paintings of local scenes and furniture that used to be Agriculture House, Matlock – bids being sought.
For further details contact: [email protected]
AOB
Forthcoming Derbyshire County Meeting Dates: (all being held at The Duke William, 91 Church Street, Matlock, DE4 3BZ starting at 7.30pm)
- 14 October 2026
- County AGM - late November tbc
- 6 January 2027
If you cannot make this meeting in person you can request to join via Teams by emailing: [email protected] and the link will be sent to you.