With less than two weeks to go before the debut East of England Farming Conference, there is still time to buy tickets for the event, which will be held at the East of England Showground on 3 December.
A no-holds barred speech from Susie Emmett, of Green Shoots Productions, has just been announced – adding to an already exciting bill.
Entitled “‘WTF’: time to face up to some of farming’s fundamental problems” Susie will give a forceful analysis of some of farming’s often side lined fundamental problems. She will challenge the East of England Farming Conference audience to face up to these challenges and will suggest a fine range of solutions in 2016 and beyond.
“Firm financial footing and the feel good factor too for all involved: wouldn’t that be fantastic?” Susie said.
The strong line-up of speakers at the event include Sir Peter Kendall, Chairman of AHDB, NFU Vice President, Guy Smith, Peter Simpson, CEO of Anglian Water and Andrea Manenti, CEO of Trelleborg Wheel Systems UK.
Refreshingly the conference will feature a panel of four ‘future farmers’ who have overcome a wide range of industry opportunities and challenges.
Guy Thallon will discuss his successful agri-tech project and cereal and arable farmers Luke Abblitt will reveal the challenges he faced when he took on a council farm and worked to double his acreage. Nuffield Scholar David Walston will focus on how he has used beef cattle to help improve soil conditions. He will be joined by fellow Nuffield Scholar Russell McKenzie.
The conference will also look at the political and economic issues facing agriculture with talks from Lucia Zitti, NFU Economist, and Gail Soutar, NFU Chief Economist and International Affairs Adviser.
The all-day event will also include opportunities for networking and a fringe exhibition with stands from leading businesses.
The conference is organised by the East of England Agricultural Society. It is supported by Anglia Farmers, Camgrain, Brown & Co, EDGE Careers, Bayer, Churchgates, Roythornes, Safety Revolution and the NFU.
