Weekly look ahead
Week commencing 29 July
NFU events – Mon 29 July
- NFU Livestock Board chair David Barton and NFU chief livestock adviser John Royle will attend the NSA sheep event at the Three Counties Showground in Malvern.
NFU in the field – Tue 30 July – Thurs 1 August
- NFU Deputy President David Exwood will attend the New Forest & Hampshire County Show to meet with local members.
NFU working for you – Wed 31 July
- NFU President Tom Bradshaw will attend the Defra summer reception to engage with the newly-elected team.
- Members from the NFU Commodity Boards are attending a virtual round table with the Low Pay Commission on 31 July discussing the impacts on business of the 2024 minimum wage rate increases and factors to take into account when setting rates for 2025.
NFU events – Wed 31 July
- NFU County Adviser (Cheshire) Helen Wainright will attend the Nantwich show to engage with local members.
NFU working for you – Thurs 1 August
- NFU Horticulture and Potatoes Board Chair Martin Emmett, NFU skills and employment adviser Tom Price and NFU chief crop and plant production adviser Lee Abbey will meet with Sedex to give feedback on Sedex guidance to the new Sedex/SMETA audit 'credible wage' requirements and voice the concerns of members on the changes to the audit.
NFU in the field – Thurs 1 August
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NFU poultry adviser Tom Glen will join the NFU Cymru Poultry Group meeting and tour an egg packing centre.
See how the NFU has been working for you in previous weeks.