Online CPD Session: Policy, Productivity and Sector Resilience
Examining how agricultural policy, productivity and business resilience interact to shape the future direction and competitiveness of the rural sector.
Guest Speakers:

Jeremy Moody has been Secretary and Adviser to the CAAV since 1995. He has been actively engaged with proposals for farming productivity improvement and resilience alongside the policies developing across the United Kingdom as well as Inheritance Tax. He handles the many issues covered by the CAAV including agricultural tenancy and land occupation issues, taxation, valuation, planning, climate change and environmental issues, liaising with governments at all levels. He has written widely on both policy and practice and is co-author of Williams Agricultural Valuations. He is an Assembly member of the European Group of Valuers’ Associations (TEGOVA) and Vice Chairman of the European Valuation Standards Board. Jeremy received the Farmers Weekly 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2025 British Farming Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Agriculture.

Emily Norton ARAgS is a Norfolk farmer and founder of Farm Foresight Ltd, a strategic advisory service for the rural sector. She originally qualified as lawyer before undertaking an MSc in Sustainable Agriculture. Her career has taken her from family business to global PLC, with time spent in Brussels and across the UK. Emily has particular expertise in natural capital influences on land, food and farming.
Being chaired by Tanya Arnold, BBC Presenter
