National Farmers Union
The NFU champions British farming and provides professional representation and services to its Farmer and Grower members. The NFU has 55,000 members across England and Wales. There are around 83,000 farm holdings which are greater than 50 acres of land. These belong to full time farmers. Many farmers have more than one holding. The NFU estimates that more than 70 per cent of full time farmers are NFU members.