In normal times the NFU conference is a sea of strong opinions and tweed. But while there were still some strong opinions this year, it was a much more muted affair – for obvious reasons. Instead of ...

First generation farmer Robert Law officially became the new NFU Hertfordshire Chair at NFU Conference in London last week, ...

The NFU is campaigning to make a strong case for continued financial commitments from Defra ahead of the Chancellor's ...

The NFU has confirmed plans to alternate its annual conference between Birmingham and London, Farmers Weekly can exclusively reveal. The conference will return to the ICC in Birmingham in 2024 ...

In her speech to delegates at the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference in Birmingham, Therese Coffey stressed the need for biosecurity but left the conference hall before discussing the ...

During Mr Reed’s appearance at the annual National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference, Mr Passmore said: “Many people have caught up in the middle of this inheritance tax change. “This ...

Speaking before the annual NFU conference begins on Tuesday, the organisation's chief Minette Batters said food production is increasingly having to compete for land and resources with homes ...

Speaking at the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) conference in Birmingham on Tuesday, Mr Spencer said the money will come from the farming innovation programme and the farming investment fund and ...

The Environment Secretary was torn apart on LBC this morning by a furious farmer as he called out the top minister’s pre-election pledge to ‘listen to farmers’. Steve Reed took to the air but was ...

Publication of the progress report – on the first day of the NFU 2013 Conference – came a year after DEFRA used the same event in 2012 to say it would implement most of those recommendations.

Mr Raymond told delegates at the NFU conference in Birmingham: “We, the NFU, commissioned the independent organisation YouGov to carry out a survey which shows that 85% of British people want to ...