Originally from: Farmtalking
                        
Delegates at the Crops Conference near Cambridge on Wednesday (12 November) will be the first in the country to quiz influential government advisor Lord Haskins on his review of Defra.

A limited number of places at the conference are still available – to reserve your place visit www.fwi.co.uk/cropsconference

Lord Haskins is due to announce his plans for the Department, rumoured to involve fusing English Nature, the Countryside Agency and the Forestry Commission into a single land management agency, with Rural Affairs secretary Margaret Beckett on Tuesday (11 November).

He will be chairing the Crops Conference and has agreed to share with delegates his views on the future of rural government.

The conference will also be the first chance to find out from a senior shadow agriculture minister how a Conservative government, under its new leader, would deliver a fairer deal for farmers.

And DEFRA head of EU and international policy will lead discussions on the implications and practical applications of CAP Reform.

A limited number of places at the conference are still available. To book your place and view the full programme and reports from the Scottish Crops Conference, held in Perth on Tuesday (4 November), go to www.fwi.co.uk/cropsconference. Alternatively call Michelle on 01372 275599 or Marion on 020 8652 4081.

Kind Regards

Tom Allen-Stevens

Arable editor, Farmers Weekly Interactive