Matt Ford

NFU Dairy Board member, East

Matt is a member of the NFU Dairy Board, representing the East.

Matt lives with his wife and two children on their farm in East Sussex where they have a herd of 650 Holstein and Fleckvieh cows.

They run an autumn block calving system and supply into Arla through their Arla Care programme. 

Following the announcement of the Fair Dealing Obligations (Milk) Regulations, Matt is passionate about ensuring the regulation is utilised to drive meaningful change between milk buyers and dairy farmers.

Matt is also interested in ensuring farmers are supported in the increasing pressure to adopt environmentally friendly practices while ensuring their businesses are profitable and efficient through the use of data and benchmarking.