In this week's Farming in Five Tom outlines his latest meetings with Government leaders, reflects on the NFU's National Tenant Farmer Conference and introduces the first three of the NFU's sector board chairs. https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/watch-now-your-weekly-vlog-from-the-president ..read more

This week's Farming in Five is led by the Farming Recovery Fund announcement. The fund -  which Tom says "simply was not good enough" - has scrapped the 150m rule following extensive talks with the NFU. You can listen all about this, and other topics such as rural crime, farm safety and the NFU National Tenant Farmers' Conference in this week's edition. https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/watch-now-your-weekly-vlog-from-the-president ..read more

In this week's Farming in Five, Tom and NFU Vice-President Rachel Hallos visited the Boston Barrier with Chair of the Environment Agency Alan Lovell, and Minister for Water and Rural Growth Robbie Moore, to hear directly from members about the devastating impact of flooding. Next week the vlog will take a short break over Easter, but will be back on 12 April.   https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/watch-now-your-weekly-vlog-from-the-president ..read more

In this week's farming in five you can hear about the NFU's roadshow of farm assurance meetings starting next week, a special NFU Live session on bTB and an update from the NFU Poultry Board's Phill Crawley on laying hen standards. https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/watch-now-your-weekly-vlog-from-the-president ..read more

In this week’s Farming in Five, you can hear Tom's download on a member meeting in Dartmoor which featured Secretary of State Steve Barclay, Natural England's Marian Spain and Sir Geoffrey Cox MP.  Also featured this week: Tom recaps on his appearance at the City Food Lecture (0:53) Taking a closer look at the latest farm business income figures from Defra (1:33) NFU Vice President Rachel Hallos reveals the incredible reach of the NFU's Science Farm Live (2:02) https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/watch-now-your-weekly-vlog-from-the-president ..read more

In this week’s vlog, Tom is joined by Deputy President David Exwood, Vice President Rachel Hallos, and NFU Cymru President Aled Jones to explain how the vlog will look a little different moving forward. They talk about a range of topics including: • Meetings with farming champion MPs (0.10) • Meeting Mark Spencer MP, Farming Minister, discussing sugar, SFI and Bluetongue (BTV) (1:26) Read more on SFI: https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/sfi-scheme-guidance-and-information/. Read more on BTV: https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/bluetongue-essential-information/ • M ..read more

In this week's Farming in Five, meet the brand-new President of the NFU Tom Bradshaw as he recaps on his first week in the job and what the top team's priorities are for the next two years. https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/watch-now-your-weekly-vlog-from-the-president ..read more

In the final update of 2023 from NFU President Minette Batters, you can hear all about the launch of the NFU's manifesto ahead of next year's General Election. From everyone at the NFU we wish you a very Happy Christmas. The update from the President will return in January 2024. Watch the video: www.nfuonline.com/messagefromminette ..read more

In this week’s episode Minette speaks about the discussions and challenges around the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), giving evidence to the House of Lords horticultural sector committee, and her discussions with Secretary of State Thérèse Coffey when they met this week.  Watch the video: www.nfuonline.com/messagefromminette ..read more

In this week's update from NFU President Minette Batters, you can hear all about the 16 agricultural attachés as they visit the NFU plus a brand-new update on Red Tractor. Watch the video: www.nfuonline.com/messagefromminette ..read more