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The NFU is very pleased to announce that Kevin Roberts is to be the organisation’s new Director General.  Mr Roberts, who is currently CEO of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board, will be taking up the post on April 1 2010. He will be succeeding Richard Macdonald who retires in late November.

R&D funding programme HortLINK has been abruptly suspended by Defra, sparking concerns for ornamentals research, which is expected to fare less well under a new funding regime that focuses on food security

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FORMER Defra Minister Jane Kennedy has been confirmed as the new chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Science in Technology in Agriculture.