Seven events will take place in January and early February. Sessions run from 9.15am to 12.15pm, including a coffee break, and will be followed by a free lunch.
They will feature a new crop of Nuffield Scholar guest speakers covering a range of study findings and personal career stories.
The events will then feature a series of presentations to help you and your business.
These include water quality updates from the relevant water company and the Environment Agency, the NFU’s Richard Wordsworth outlining where we are with Defra schemes, the CLA updating on the rural policy landscape, and Catchment Sensitive Farming and FWAG on ways to use ELMS agri-environment scheme opportunities and capital grants on the farm.
An eighth meeting, a late afternoon Farm Business Resilience event, will be held in Bedfordshire.
The dates and venues for the Farm Business Updates are:
Marford Hall, Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire
Tuesday 13 January
Guest speaker: Teresa Meadows - Increasing the uptake of integrated pest management in UK arable farming
Book for the Wheathampstead meeting
Wortwell Community Centre, Norfolk
Tuesday 20 January
Guest speaker: Izak van Heerden - Agrileadership for tomorrow’s world: the future of work is not what you think it is
Dereham Football Club, Norfolk
Wednesday 21 January
Guest speaker: Tom Pearson - 'Agri-health' opportunities for the UK farmer
The Forest Centre, Marston Moretaine
Tuesday 27 January
Guest speaker: Ruth Grice - Working together: how dairy farmers and environmental organisations can achieve sustainable food security and combat climate change
Book for the Marston Moretaine meeting
The Coach House at Markshall Estate, Essex
Wednesday 28 January
Guest speaker: Izak van Heerden - Agrileadership for tomorrow’s world: the future of work is not what you think it is
Book for the Markshall Estate meeting
The Jubilee Centre, Mildenhall, Suffolk
Wednesday 4 February
Guest speaker: Kendra Hall - Building public trust in British farming through increased transparency of livestock production
Book for the Mildenhall meeting
Lavenham Village Hall, Suffolk
Thursday 5 February
Guest speaker: Teresa Meadows - Increasing the uptake of integrated pest management in UK arable farming
Farm business resilience event
21 January, Colworth Park Collaboration Centre, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, 3pm to 8pm.
Hosted by the Upper and Bedford Ouse Catchment Partnership, this free meeting will focus on:
- Smart farming: combining technology and livestock to enhance soil health and profitability
- Autonomy and herbicide reduction with AI technology
- Agronomic spring business decisions
- Smart soil analysis.
Presenters will include local St Neots’ growers Joe Hicken, Andrew Ramply, Will Mumford and agronomist Louise Penn and farmer and soil analysis expert Hannah Shirt of Lancrop.
Register your interest with local catchment adviser email Anglian Water to register.