[5][4][7][8] In her role as vice-president and then president, Batters has represented the farming community at a time of great change.

[9] She encourages working with the government on agriculture and trade policies so that the farming community can produce food that is globally competitive, while also improving the environment and mitigating climate change.

[10] In 2020 she was part of a campaign to ensure that post-Brexit agricultural trade agreements, such as with the USA, did not allow import of food produced under conditions that would be illegal in the UK.

[11] After her final term as NFU president ended in 2024, she started a new farm enterprise, growing flowers.

[14][15][16] She was created Baroness Batters, of Downton in the County of Wiltshire, on 16 August 2024[17] and is a crossbench member of the House of Lords.