After six years leading Britain’s largest farming union, Minette Batters talks life after the NFU and why MPs of all parties need to take farming more seriously.
Exhaustion, grief and rebooting was how a close friend described what standing down from the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) would feel like. After 10 years, I always knew leaving would be a rollercoaster of emotions. I can say now, my friends are right — it’s taking time to decompress. More than…