Last month, we moved to a new system, NFU Connect and Dotdigital, to significantly improve member communications. Instead of the weekly regional newsletters you were receiving, this is the first of a new monthly, county-based newsletter, for a much more local approach.
Since you last heard from us, we have been very busy at various events meeting with both members and engaging with the public. We have been at the Cambridgeshire County Show, Open Farm Sunday in Thorney, P.X Farms Open Day hosted by James Peck, and have been attending various stakeholder events in and around the county.
I would like to reassure members that we are working closely with the Rural Crime Action Team and Cambridgeshire Countryside Watch after hearing reports of an increase in thefts of machinery, fuel and tools. On 16 June, NFU Mutual released its Rural Crime Report 2025 which showed a national decrease of rural crime by 11% and a drop of 8% in Cambridgeshire.
While this is positive news, and shows the importance of collaboration, more work needs to be done to bring this down even more.
I wish you all a safe and plentiful harvest.