NIAB TAG Outlook Conference 2019

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Speakers include:

• Lord Don Curry
  Politics of farming. Where to next?  

• Bill Clark, Technical Director, NIAB
  An overview of the last 100 years… setting the scene                            

• Stephen Blackman, Senior Economist, NatWest
  The current economic state of the industry                 

• Jeremy Moody, Secretary and Advisor, Central Association of Agricultural Valuers
  Where next for the agricultural land market?                             

• Simon Christensen, Grain Director, Frontier
  Trading commodities - the view going forward                            

• Dr Alastair Leake, Director of Policy and The Allerton Project, GWCT
  Food producers or park keepers?                                    

• Andy Barr, Farmer and Farmers Weekly Columnist
  How do I do it?                                                                                         

• Dr Phil Howell, Programme Leader – Cereals Pre-Breeding, NIAB
  Crop breeding for the future                                              

• Sam Stephenson, New Farming Technologies Specialist, Syngenta
  Current state of precision farming and future prospects          

• Dr George Fisher, Independent Consultant
  Nitrogen use efficiency

• Dr Sophie Tindale, Newcastle University
  Farmer adoption of new technologies and ideas                        

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