25 Sep 2026
by Wendy Ford

AIC Key Industry Meetings Week 4 - September 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:

  • AIC Combinable Crops Committee meeting

  • AIC Seed Committee meeting

  • AIC Commodity Trade Working Group meeting

  • Meeting with UK farming unions to discuss EU and UK deforestation policies

  • Reception at the German Embassy to celebrate German Unity Day and meet the new Agricultural Attaché to the UK

  • Labour Party Conference: various meetings with Members of Parliament (MPs) and stakeholders

  • Catch-up with the National Farmers' Union (NFU) Director General

  • AIC Game Feed Committee meeting

  • Technical Group meeting with the Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD)

  • Voluntary Initiative (VI) Water Group meeting

  • Sydney Andrew Medal lecture with Professor Rosemary Collier from the University of Warwick is the 2026 recipient of the Andrew Medal.

  • Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops (TASCC) Review Group meeting

  • Red Tractor Crops and Sugar Beet Board Extraordinary meeting

  • Trade Assurance Scheme for Combinable Crops (TASCC)Transport Working Group meeting

  • Meeting with the European Commission and Renewable Energy Directive (RED) schemes

  • Hestia Steering Group meeting

  • Scaling Environmental Data Partnerships to Drive Food System Change event

  • Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) round table on Getting Nature-Friendly Farming Right

  • Farm of the Future Demonstration at the National Pig Centre and Regen Research

Where was AIC last week?

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AIC Attends Liberal Democrat Party Conference

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.