The NFU Cymru county structure has made its nominations, with all 11 counties nominating current NFU Cymru Deputy President Abi Reader to the role of President.
A number of nominations were received and accepted for the position of Deputy President ahead of the nomination deadline.
At this event on Tuesday 13 January at the Plough, Rhosmaen, 7pm, the NFU Cymru membership will have the opportunity to meet and question each of the respective candidates before the elections on Tuesday 20 January.
These events are open to all NFU Cymru members to attend.
President Candidate - Abi Reader
Abi Reader is a dairy, livestock and arable farmer from Glamorgan, past Glamorgan County Chair, past NFU Cymru Dairy Board Chair and current NFU Cymru Deputy President
Deputy President Candidate - Martin Griffiths
Martin Griffiths is a dairy farmer from Ceredigion. Current County Chair for Ceredigion, Vice Chair of NFU Cymru Dairy Board and Chair of the NFU Cymru Water Quality Review Group
Deputy President Candidate - Paul Williams
Paul Williams is a livestock farmer from Clwyd. Past County Chair and current NFU Cymru Council Member
Deputy President Candidate - Robert Powell
Robert Powell is a livestock farmer from Brecon & Radnor. Past County Chair and Rural Affairs Board member, current Livestock Board member and NFU Cymru Council Delegate
NFU Cymru Director John Mercer said:
“The NFU Cymru Officeholder elections arrive at a pivotal time Welsh agriculture. January sees the start of the Sustainable Farming Scheme, a work area that has spanned not just our outgoing President Aled Jones' term in office, but also a sizeable portion of his predecessor John Davies' time at the helm.
As a democratic organisation it is now up to our members to decide which of the candidates should lead the union forward
from 2026. I encourage all members to engage in the process, to consider each candidate’s mandate and to feed in their views to their county representatives.”