Norfolk Farming Conference 2009
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Timetable

8.30am Register and Pastries

Session 1

9.15am to 10.45am
Opening of Conference - Sir Nicholas Bacon, Chairman of Shaping Norfolk's Future Rural Economy Board

Coffee break

10.45am to 11.15am

Session 2

11.15am to 12.45pm

Lunch and Networking

12.45pm to 2.00pm

Session 3

2.00pm to 3.45pm

Tea and close of Conference

From 3.45pm



The Programme

SETTING THE SCENE AND INTRODUCTION TO MODEL FARM
Guy Smith - Conference Chairman

MODEL FARM
Kit Papworth - L F Papworth Limited
A 'model farm' scenario will be updated with profitability changes highlighted during the programme as topics are discussed.

David Richardson -

UNDERSTANDING THE GRAIN MARKET
The volatile grain market
Andrew Dewing - Managing Director, Dewing Grain

The grain supply chain from central store to supermarket
John Latham - Chairman, Camgrain

Profit through informed decisions - a thorough understanding of grain markets
Alexis Pouyé - Director, ODA

Contract law - Some key principles
Paul Matthews - Partner, Birketts LLP

SUGAR BEET
What does the future hold?
William Martin - NFU Sugar Board

The economics of growing beet
Charles Whitaker - Partner, Brown and Co

REDUCING INPUT COSTS
Planned purchasing
Clarke Willis - Chief Executive, Anglia Farmers

ENVIRONMENT
The green challenge and the bottom line
Ed Buscall - E Buscall & Partners

PRODUCING FOR THE MARKET
Innovation in potatoes
Paul Coleman - Technical Director, Greenvale AP

Understanding what the customer wants
Speaker from dunnhumby, Tesco Clubcard

Vegetable supply chains
William Burgess - Managing Director, Produce World

The oilseed market
Martin Farrow - General Manager, ADM Erith Limited


Linked to the conference and situated in the refreshment area will be an exhibition of rural bodies and agricultural supply companies. Delegates are encouraged to visit the respective stands and talk to exhibitors between conference sessions.


ADM Direct - www.admworld.com
Agrovista UK Limited - www.agrovista.co.uk
Alan Boswell Insurance Brokers Limited - www.alanboswell.co.uk
Anglia Farmers Limited - www.angliafarmers.co.uk
Anglia Woodfuels Limited - www.bernardmatthews.com
Bernard Matthews Limited - www.angliawoodfuels.co.uk
Birketts Solicitors - www.birketts.co.uk
Brown & Co - www.brown-co.com
Calor Gas Limited - www.lpgfarming.co.uk
CLA - www.cla.org.uk
Comm-Tech Limited - www.comm-tech.co.uk
Eastern College - wwww.easton-college.ac.uk
EEDA - www.eeda.org.uk
EFFP - www.effp.com
Fengrain Limited - wwww.fengrain.co.uk
Frontier Agriculture - www.frontierag.co.uk
FWAG - www.fwag.org.uk
Grant Thornton UK LLP - www.grantthornton.co.uk
Greenvale AP - www.greenvale.co.uk
Intouch Systems Limited - www.intouchsystems.co.uk
J & H Bunn Limited - www.jhbunn.co.uk
National Westminster Bank Plc - www.natwest.com
Norfolk County Council - www.norfolk.gov.uk
NRBAS - www.ruraladvice.co.uk
NWMR - www.nwmr.co.uk
RABI - www.rabi.org.uk
Renewables East - www.renewableseast.org.uk
Sentry - www.sentry.co.uk
Shaping Norfolk's future - www.shapingthefuture.org.uk
TAG - www.thearablegroup.com


Please support the exhibitors by visiting their stands during the conference

Built and hosted by 101Smart Norfolk County Council Shaping Norfolk's Future Anglia Farmers