The comprehensive independent evaluation of the UK’s farm assurance schemes announced by the Commissioners of the UK Farm Assurance Review is well underway.

The project, jointly set up by the National Farmers' Union (NFU) and AHDB, along with NFU Cymru, the Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) and NFU Scotland (NFUS), is focussed on repurposing UK farm assurance for a post-Brexit world.

The independent review of the UK Farm Assurance System is planned to report at the end of this year. The Commissioners leading this review have issued an online survey that can be completed by any farmer in the UK, from any sector, which will help provide evidence for the review and will assist in the development of its recommendations.

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Dr David Llewellyn, the lead commissioner has said: “The survey has been open for a few weeks now and has been widely publicised. We have had a strong response to date from farmers from all sectors and all parts of the UK."

"We are still seeking further views, and this is the opportunity for farmers to tell us your experiences of farm assurance. This is so that we hear directly from the farming community on this important issue. The survey will take around 10 – 15 minutes to complete.

"With farmers responding directly to the commissioners, and not via the sponsors of the review, we intend to ensure that our work will be both independent and transparent and that we can hear from a wide cross section of those engaged with farm assurance systems from across the UK”, concluded Dr Llewellyn.

The survey can be found at: https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/promaraf-2021/the-uk-farm-assurance-review

The survey will be open for farmers to complete until August 31.