Peter
Kendall
NFU President
Peter Kendall farms in Eyeworth, East Bedfordshire in partnership with his brother Richard. 620 hectares of combinable crops are grown on the home farm and contracting and rental agreements are also operated with four local farmers.
The farm has changed over the last ten years from a very traditional mixed farm to a totally arable unit.
Peter took a degree in Agricultural Economics at Nottingham University, before returning to the family business in 1984.
He was Chairman of NFU Cereals in 2003, before becoming Deputy President in 2004 and President in 2006, and is also a Vice-President of the European Farm Organisation, COPA.
Peter sits on a variety of bodies in the UK and Europe, including The Government Rural Climate Change Forum, The Sustainable Food and Farming Leadership Group and the IGD’s Policy Issues Group.
At the top of his list of priorities is ensuring that the growing importance of agriculture and horticulture to food security and climate change are not only recognised by the Government, but reflected in its policies affecting farming right across the board. But he sees moving all sectors towards sustainable profitability as also being vitally important.
