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He was elected president of the NFU in February 2024. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] In November 2024 Bradshaw gave a speech at Church House in London during protests by farmers against the government's plans to change inheritance tax on agricultural land, [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] and in January 2025 he delivered a petition signed by 270,000 members of the public to 10 ...
In 2018, the NFU Council elected Minette Batters, deputy president of the NFU since 2014, as the NFU's president. [28] She defeated the only other candidate, Guy Smith, who became her deputy. [29] She stepped down as president in February 2024 and was succeeded by Tom Bradshaw without any challengers. [30] [31]
She served as vice-president of the NFU from 2014 to 2018 and was voted president of the organisation in 2018. In 2020 and 2022 she was re-elected to the post for further two-year terms. [5] [4] [7] [8] In her role as vice-president and then president, Batters has represented the farming community at a time of great change.
At 5.30am, as farmers climbed aboard an NFU bus in Cirencester, Alex Ross joined them in the biggest battle for the industry in years
The warning came from National Farmers’ Union (NFU) president Tom Bradshaw as he met with environment secretary Steve Reed over the shock measure in the Budget, while a protest has been planned ...
John Hansen, the President of NFU, defended Fischer explaining she has consistently prioritized the needs of farmers and ranchers in the state since her time in the state legislature and as a ...
The National Farmers' Union of Scotland (NFU Scotland, NFUS) is an employer association organisation that represents the interests of the Scotland's farming industry. It was formed in 1913, and has approximately 10,000 members who are farmers , crofters and others involved in Scottish agriculture .
The NFU ranks political candidates based on how their proposed policies would support NFU priorities. During the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama received a perfect 100 percent rating, based on his support of the 2008 Farm Bill and a renewable fuel standard. The organization gave John McCain a grade of zero percent, partly because he ...