What's on the programme?
Defra Secretary Emma Reynolds will give the keynote political address on the first day followed by a Q&A session hosted by NFU President Tom Bradshaw.
Professor Tim Lang, Professor Emeritus of Food Policy, University of London, will talk about food resilience, while NFU Vice-President Rachel Hallos will chair a session with Rabobank’s Senior Food System Analyst Harry Smit on insight into farming from an international perspective.
Dmitry Grozoubinski, Director, ExplainTrade, will join NFU Head of Trade and Business Strategy Gail Soutar to discuss the effect of trade on farm resilience.
On day two, Tesco’s CEO Ashwin Prasad will talk about the grocery supply chain, and Tim Gordon of Best Practice AI, will join David Spellar, CEO, Optifarm and Prof Jasmeet Kaler, Professor of Epidemiology and Precision Livestock Informatics, University of Nottingham, to talk to NFU Cymru Deputy President Abi Reader about artificial intelligence in farming.
Deputy President David Exwood chairs the final session of the event: an NFU member panel where Dylan Jones, Rozanne Delamore, Will Raw and Bal Padda share their experiences of resilience in action with conference.
There will be a gala dinner on Tuesday evening, which will include an after dinner speaker and the presentation of the Meurig Raymond Awards.
The NFU's AGM (Annual General Meeting) and 2026 officeholder elections will be held immediately after the conference. Keep an eye on NFUonline for more information on both events.
Watch online
If you’re unable to attend in person, you’ll have free access to the conference live stream.
Want to catch up on all sessions in your own time? We’ll have watch-back videos for the full conference experience.
Ticket information will come direct from your regional office. Keep an eye on NFUonline for more information about NFU26 in the coming weeks.
Event details
- Start Date
- 24 February 2026 at 08:30
- End Date
- 25 February 2026 at 16:00
- Location
