- Location
- Hammerwich
Day 2, Wednesday 26 February
8.00 - 9.00am: Political Session (Hall 1) WATCH LIVE / AGAIN
The Rt Hon George Eustice MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Chaired by: Minette Batters, President, NFU
9.15-10.45 Workshops
- Combatting rural crime: the impacts and the solutions
Speakers:
Dr Kreseda Smith, Rural Criminologist, Rural Security Research Group, Harper Adams University
Dr Richard Byrne, Senior Lecturer, Rural Security Research Group, Harper Adams University
Bill Dutton, Chief Superintendent – Head of local Policing, Cheshire Constabulary
Sam Durham, NFU Chief Land Management Adviser
Nina Winter, NFU Chief Legal Adviser
Robert Lockhart, NFU Environment Forum lead on fly-tipping
Chaired by: Dr Andrea Graham, NFU Head of Policy Services
- A new strategy for sustainable plant health solutions
Speakers:
Holly Yates, Deputy Director for Chemicals Pesticides and Hazardous Waste, Defra
Dr Paul Neve, Head of IPM and Crop Health, AHDB
Dr Chris Hartfield, Senior Regulatory Affairs Advisor, NFU
Tom Bradshaw, Combinable Crops Board Chairman, NFU
Ali Capper, Horticulture and Potatoes Board Chairman, NFU
Michael Sly, NFU Sugar Board Chairman, NFU Sugar
Chaired by: Dr Andrew Clark, Director of Policy, NFU
- Animal Health & Welfare: Protecting and improving our reputation
Speakers:
Cat McLaughlin, Chief Animal Health and Welfare Adviser, NFU
David Main, Professor of Production Animal Health and Welfare, Royal Agricultural University
Christine Middlemiss, UK Chief Veterinary Officer, Defra
Stuart Roberts, Vice-President, NFU
James Russell, Junior Vice President, British Veterinary Association
Chaired by: Phil Hambling, Head of Food & Farming, NFU
- Beyond the CAP: what will the future support landscape look like?
Speakers:
David Kennedy, Director General for Food, Farming, Animal and Plant Health, Defra
Richard Wordsworth, Senior BPS Adviser, NFU
Claire Robinson, Senior Countryside Adviser, NFU
Rohit Kaushish, Acting Chief Economics Adviser, NFU
Chaired by: Nick von Westenholz, Director of EU Exit and International Trade, NFU
- NFU Cymru: Welsh farming, new horizons
Speakers:
John Davies, President, NFU Cymru
Chris Hanks, Chair, Future Farmers for Wales
Katie Davies, Chair, YFC Wales
Delyth Robinson, NFU Cymru Next Generation Policy Forum
Will Evans, NFU Cymru Next Generation Policy Forum
Chaired by: John Mercer, Director, NFU Cymru
11.15-12.45 Climate change, the challenge of our time (Hall 1) WATCH LIVE / AGAIN
Speakers:
Professor Myles Allen, Oxford University Centre for the Environment
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair, Environment Agency
Phil Jarvis, NFU Environment Forum Chair
Chaired by: Guy Smith, Deputy President, NFU
12.45-13.00 NFU President's closing address (Hall 1) WATCH LIVE / AGAIN
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-15.00 AGM
