30 Oct 2026
by Wendy Ford

AIC Key Industry Meetings Week 1 - November 2026

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The Agricultural Industries Confederation (AIC) team continues to work closely with industry and stakeholders.

Below is a summary of some key meetings and events scheduled for the coming week:

  • COCERAL Precision Breeding and New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) Working Group meeting

  • AIC is facilitating a visit to an AIC Member business for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Arable and Supply Chain Fairness Team.

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Industry Market Monitoring Panel

  • Attending the ‘From Food Waste to Circular & Sustainable Animal Food Products’ conference, hosted by Food Waste Free United (Samen Tegen Voedselverspilling) and Wageningen University & Research in Oosterbeek, the Netherlands. This conference brings together businesses, policymakers and researchers working to scale the valorisation of former foodstuffs and food by-products into animal feed, resulting in more sustainable animal-based food products.

  • AIC Organic Feed Working Group

  • AIC Feed Sustainability Committee

  • Dairy UK Value Chain Meeting on Deforestation-Free Feed at the UK Agri-Tech Centre Midlands Hub, where James McCulloch and Sue Whittington are presenting on the AIC Sustainability Certification Scheme (ASCS).

  • Ellie Vinnicombe is chairing the Innovation session at British Crop Production Council (BCPC) Congress.

  • 10th Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) Joint Industry Working Group (JIWG) meeting

  • AIC Joint Fertiliser Executive Committee and Distributors Meeting

  • AIC Fertiliser Dinner

Where was AIC last week?

Author

Wendy Ford

Wendy Ford

Communications Manager, AIC

Wendy Ford is Communications Manager at AIC, creating and overseeing the content published on AIC's website, emails, Member briefings, print publications, and social media.