AIC Key Industry Meetings Week 2 - December 2025

AIC’s team are constantly engaging with industry and stakeholders, the following list highlights some of this coming week’s key meetings.  

• House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee inquiry on Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

• Scottish Parliament Reception for 20 Years of the Scottish Rural Leadership Programme – an opportunity to reconnect and network with industry and parliamentary stakeholders

• Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) reception – trade-focused

• UK Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Biopesticides meeting with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

• Feed Assurance Register (FAR) Working Group

• BASIS Liaison meeting with CEO

• Introductory call with LANTRA’s new CEO, Nick Juba

• Wildlife & Countryside Link on Net Zero Action Plan

• Farm Safety Partnership annual meeting

• Meeting with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Plant Varieties and Seeds team

• Meeting with the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), convening a roundtable on the future of the food system and supply chain

• Regular meeting with Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) Environment Team

• The Big Scottish Crop Conference (AHDB) at the James Hutton Institute, Invergowrie

• Attending UK Dairy event in Westminster: Investing in Growth, Trade and Sustainability

• Ed Barker speaking at the British Association of Feed Supplement and Additive Manufacturers (BAFSAM) annual meeting – agenda includes methane-suppressing feed technologies and considers how pragmatic and proactive regulation can help unlock their potential

• European Former Foodstuffs Processors Association (EFFPA) 36th Board Meeting

• Euroseeds meeting of the EU–UK Taskforce

• Global Feed LCA Institute (GFLI) meeting to review developments that will benefit the feed industry and deliver carbon values for feed