The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
The Extent to which UK Farmers can Meet the Challenge
Paul Temple – NFU Vice President
Moffitt Symposium
18.09.07
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
What is the Challenge?
• New sector of non food use• Income diversity• New markets• Different land use• Sustainable farming• Farming challenge
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
What drives the challenge?
• Opportunity• Diversification• Rural re-development• Rural economy• Europe• USA
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
What drives the challenge?
• Climate change• Renewable targets• Carbon footprint: labelling
credibility
What does it actually mean?
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
Oil Supply
• Economy driven on oil supply• Far simpler driver• Do consumers understand carbon accounting?• Consumers do understand fuel in their tank• And heat in the home• Price sensitivity and the supply chain• Micro-generation fits farming
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
Global Markets – Global Drivers
• China and India – new consumers• Brazil and Argentina – agricultural powerhouse• USA - diversity of fuel supply• Currency – the weak dollar• Speculation – Chicago Trading• Credit – just who has the money?• WTO
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
New Challenges
• Farming is as unpredictable as the weather• New markets at the same time as global supply
tightening• Market volatility• Supply strategy – NFU’s Early Warning• Scrapping Set-aside• CAP reform – we are part of Europe
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
The New Challenge
• Income opportunities• Market tension has finally arrived!• Farm production is important• Environmental balance• Rapidly changing – can Government keep up?• Retailer supply chains will adapt
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
Meeting the Challenge
• Farmers are capable of meeting the challenge• Investment• No single solution• Ability to fit need and requirement
e.g. bio-digestion of slurry and NVZs• Opportunity with an exciting future
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
Meeting the Challenge
• Government backing and vision• Research and Development –
we have a long way to go to match France and
Germany• Regulation• Plant genealogy• Next generation of farmers• This generation of consumers
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its farmer and grower members
Meeting the Challenge
Farming – the Leading Green Industry
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