EAST Cornwall farmer Mike Hambly has been elected as the new chairman of the NFU's combinable crops board.

Mr Hambly, from Callington, said: 'My job is to lead the board on the important issues for our sector such as availability of crop protection tools and access to the science and technologies which will be needed to make the crops sector more productive and minimising our environmental impact, alongside making sure implementation of CAP reform does not drive us in the opposite direction.

'It is going to be a big challenge, but one I look forward to and I am honoured to lead the board.'