Be vigilant of scam callers
The NFU has received reports from members who have been receiving calls that look like they come from NFU Headquarters. The company purports to be selling insulation.
These companies have no relation to the NFU, NFU Cymru or NFU Energy and should be ignored.
Please do not pass on any personal details to these callers.
You can contact NFU CallFirst on 0370 845 8458 to check if we are doing any calls or promotions.
Read our advice on how to deal with scam callers.
Lincolnshire County Charity Clay Shoot
Get your team together for fun and fundraising by kind permission of Martin Poucher.
The chosen charities this year are LIVES, LRSN and Lincs and Notts Air Ambulance
Date
11 May 2024
Venue & Timings
Moat House Farm, Gautby, LN3 5UP. It will be a 10am arrival for a 10.30am start.
Bookings
Teams of four, at £55 per gun. Fibre wad cartridges only please. There will be 13 traps and 100 clays, drinks (pop-up bar), refreshments and lunch.
Call Midlands Hub on 02476 939402 or email [email protected] (please provide your membership number when booking)
Horncastle & Coningsby Branch has the following event for members:
Joint Branch Meeting
This month’s meeting will be a business meeting only.
Date
16 May 2024
Venue & Timings
7.30pm at NFU Office at The Old Mill, Roughton Moor, LN10 6YQ
For more information, please contact the branch on 01507 522345
English Farmers wanted, to test agroforestry advice in ELM
Considering Implementing Agroforestry on Your Farm? Join the Woodland Trust to test different forms of advice and guidance for Defra.
The aim is to test a range of advice and guidance structures with farmers as you go through the process of designing your own bespoke agroforestry scheme. Payment available as a contribution for your time and support to apply for funding if you want to implement your scheme.
If you are interested in getting involved, please email [email protected] with subject ‘Defra Test and Trial’.
- Details of your farm size
- Location and type of farm
- A brief outline of the type of agroforestry you are interested in
- Summary of your agroforestry experience to date.
- Contact details
We will then contact you to discuss the Test in more detail. The Test is being delivered in partnership with the National Trust and the Organic Research Centre. Third party advice providers will also be commissioned.
Phase 2 activity will start from 1 September 2024.
Thank you, we look forward to hearing from you.
If you’d like to find out more on agroforestry, visit https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/trees-for-landowners-and-farmers/
Could you be a member of the Lincolnshire Joint Local Access Forum?
Are you a landowner or farmer in Lincolnshire or North-East Lincolnshire with experience of managing public access on your land?
Lincolnshire’s Joint Local Access Forum is seeking landowners and farmers to share their expertise and experience in managing public access.
The Forum is an advisory body which provides opportunities for members to be informed of and influence strategic access related matters across Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire.
The Forum comprises a wide range of people representing users of public rights of way (for example, walkers, cyclists, horse riders and carriage drivers), landowners and people with other interests in local access such as tourism, rural economy, health and wellbeing, education, nature conservation, sustainable transport, social exclusion, disability access and coastal issues.
Forum members act in a voluntary capacity, with paid expenses for the costs of mileage and any child-care provision incurred. Meetings will take place a minimum twice a year and will take place at Lincolnshire County Council County Offices, Lincoln, during the daytime. Members will be appointed to the Forum on a three-year basis.
If you think that you could represent the above area of interest, then we would like to hear from you. Please email [email protected] to obtain further details or express your interest in the role.
Please note that you will not be able to undertake the role if you are a serving District or County Councillor or appointed to a National Park Authority.
LRSN - Lincolnshire Rural Stress Network Health Screenings
LRSN regularly hold Health Screening events in your area, for more details visit the calendar section at LRSN - Lincolnshire Rural Support Network
Farming for Britain's Future: our election manifesto
Our general election manifesto – Farming for Britain's Future – outlines our key asks of the next government to ensure farmers and growers can continue to deliver for the environment, economy and local communities while producing more of the great British food we all enjoy.
We need politicians to work with us so we can fulfil our potential and continue to farm for Britain’s future.