Talking Leaders: Braving the elements – UK dairy’s weather challenge

With weather patterns becoming increasingly unpredictable, join us to find out how UK dairy farmers can build resilience and adapt for the future.

Hattie McFadzean, Senior Consultant at Promar International, will be joining us to discuss the findings of her Nuffield Farming study – Enhancing the resilience of the UK dairy sector: How do we practically adapt to increasingly volatile weather conditions.

Drawing on insights from her travels and research, Hattie will share how dairy businesses around the world are responding to climate variability and what practical steps UK producers can take to weatherproof their businesses.

Tune in to hear Hattie’s reflections on leadership, innovation and collaboration across the dairy sector, and how embracing change today can help secure a more sustainable future for tomorrow’s farmers.

Hattie McFadzean

Hattie is passionate about exploring how the future of farming will be shaped by increasingly volatile weather and building workable solutions.

She's the first generation in her family to not grow up on farm, but has circled back to agriculture through climate science.

Her Nuffield Farming Scholarship explored how farmers around the world practice resilience and what we can do in the UK to advance.

Having begun her career in Myanmar working on climate-resilient agriculture, she now works at Promar International to enhance the resilience and sustainability of the dairy, beef and lamb sectors.

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