Who should attend?
Shropshire NFU members.
Why attend?
The meeting is an opportunity to hear the latest county updates and the NFU's response to the SFI26.
Our guest speaker: Richard Wordsworth, Senior Adviser (Support Schemes)
What will be covered?
Members will hear from Richard Wordsworth, following on from the major problems with SFI26.
Also in attendance will be Georgie Hyde, Environment and Land Use adviser.
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Richard Wordsworth
Senior Adviser (Support Schemes)
Richard’s work falls into four key themes: 1) development of grant scheme policy; 2) implementation of scheme policy; 3) assisting NFU members with scheme issues and; 4) educating and raising awareness of scheme issues with members.
Richard’s work includes a range of schemes including the Sustainable Farming Incentive, Countryside Stewardship and various grants and competitions within the Farming Investment Fund including the Slurry Infrastructure Grant, Farming Equipment and Technology Fund and Improving Farm Productivity grants.
We also work on a number of wider issues including Delinked Payments, Hedgerow Regulations, advice and represent members across a wide number of stakeholder forums.