Poppy Smith
York East county adviserPoppy joined the NFU in 2016 as a bovine TB adviser in the South West. Taking up a secondment with the North team as county adviser in 2019, she took on the position permanently five months later.
In her county adviser role, she supports NFU members and manages activity across the county. This includes managing the NFU’s lobbying activities with MPs and a range of external organisations from local authorities, the police and government agencies to non-governmental organisations and relevant commercial bodies.
She also actively supports NFU group secretaries to drive NFU membership and works closely with elected farmer representatives including county officeholders and members of regional and national commodity boards.
Before joining the NFU, she graduated from Harper Adams in 2008 and held various positions with agricultural businesses including Shearwell Data, Cogent Breeding and Mole Valley Farmers.