Northern Farming Conference
Wednesday 5th November 2025,
Hexham Auction Mart
For its fifteenth edition, the 2024 Northern Farming Conference took place on Wednesday 6 November 2024 at Hexham Auction Mart in Hexham.
The annual event is one of the most prestigious events in the north, attracting nearly 250 farmers, industry experts and politicians to network, listen and question a super line up of speakers.
Farmer Panelists:
Click here to view the 2024 Northern Farming Conference presentations.
The event is renowned for its mix of formal and informal debate and has now cemented its position as the 'go-to' conference for the sector in the North.
If you missed last year’s (2024) Northern Farming Conference, you can read the report here.
The next Northern Farming Conference will take place on Wednesday 5th November 2025. To add next year's event to your diary, please click the button below and select your preferred calendar.
Future farming success – owning change
2024’s conference explored some key elements to farming success in what is an ever-changing operating context. What are the practical ways which farmers and land managers can continue to manage change to their advantage? How do we focus on what can control and acknowledge what we can’t.
It all starts with the natural elements such as soil, water and air, and further down the line, market elements relating to processors and the supply chain, trade deals and macro-economic factors. And finally, farming produce ends up on the consumer’s plates impacting on the UK’s food basket, public health, and well-being.
These elements - always in flux - require a fine balance to ensure successful and sustainable farming. Without profitable farming, farmers can ill afford to ‘make good’ on environmental / climate change concerns. Is there a balance between the three pillars of sustainability: economics (profitability), environment and people?
