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The Northern Farming Conference 2023

Now in its fourteenth year, the 2023 Northern Farming Conference took place on Wednesday 1 November 2023 at Hexham Auction Mart in Hexham.

This 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.

This year’s speakers included:

Janet Hughes, Defra’s Director for the Future Farming and Countryside Programme
Martin Hanson, Head of Agriculture at HSBC
Joe Stanley, Head of Training & Partnerships, GWCT Allerton Project
Andrew Meredith, Editor – Farmers Weekly
Peter Illman, Sustainable Agriculture Manager at Tesco
Prof. John Gilliland OBE, Special Adviser to the AHDB
Caroline Grindrod, Consultant and coach supporting food and farming businesses transition to regenerative systems. Wilderculture & Primal Meats
Andrew Ward MBE, Lincolnshire Farmer, Forage Aid
The Rt Hon Lord Richard Benyon joined our super line-up of speakers in sharing his reflections and insights following morning session speakers.

Click here to view the 2023 Northern Farming Conference brochure.

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’ve missed this year’s (2023) Northern Farming Conference, you can read the report here.

Download the 2023 presentations

To download the 2023 presentation slides click here

If you have any questions please email us at northernfarmingconference@gmail.com

Tomorrow’s Farming Today

The Northern Farming Conference aims to give farmers the opportunity to consider how best to progress and take control of their businesses over the next few years.

Leading farmers and industry stakeholders from across the country examine what the future has in store for farmers and their plans for it, as well as the potential opportunities in an ever-changing rural landscape.

The focus of the 2023 conference was on farming and land use innovations that are being implemented, or in the pipeline. Our carefully selected speakers discussed aspects of farming that can be planned and measured to ensure a sustainable farming system. In other words, a future-proofed rural landscape.

Broadly it explored technological advances and the benefits it brings which can be as beneficial as changing in a farming system. Setting out to challenge conventional mantra of "we've always done it this way".