Kendall is an arable farmer from Eyeworth, East Bedfordshire and served four terms as NFU president from 2006. He is part of the Farmers For In group, which is part of the official Britain Stronger In Europe campaign for the UK to remain an EU member in the upcoming referendum on 23 June.

Speaking on behalf of the official Vote Leave campaign is Conservative MP for North Shropshire Owen Patterson. Patterson was Defra Secretary from September 2012 to July 2014, having held the positon of Secretary of State for Northern Ireland before this from May 2010. The event will take place at the Eikon complex at Balmoral Park on Tuesday 7 June at 8.00pm.

Later on in the week, the Northern Ireland Agricultural Producers Association (NIAPA) and Farmers For Action NI are holding an agri-food EU referendum debate on Friday 10 June at 2pm. Speaking at the event in the Dunsilly Hotel in Antrim are Northern Ireland’s three MEP’s – Diane Dodds (DUP), Jim Nicholson (UUP) and Martina Anderson (Sinn Fein).

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Former National Farmers’ Union president Sir Peter Kendall has been confirmed as the speaker for the remain campaign at a debate on EU referendum being organised by the Ulster Farmers’ Union.