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2012 Videos

On this page, you can find Videos from the 2012 Oxford Farming Conference. Click on a Video Thumbnail below to view a particular video.

If you are thinking of coming to Oxford, take a look at the highlights video from 2011

For The Oxford Farming Conference on You Tube click here

Also see links below to some of the videos shot at Oxford 2011.

Session 1 - Farming's place in an uncertain world

 
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Conference introduction

Cedric Porter, 2012 Oxford Farming Conference Chairman

 
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Agriculture: a global and US perspective

Dr Joseph Glauber, Chief Economist at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

 
 

Farming takes centre stage

Rt Hon Jim Paice MP, Minister of State - Environment, Food & Rural Affairs

 
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The opposition's view of farming's future

Mary Creagh, Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and MP for Wakefield

 
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Frank Parkinson Lecture - Have emerging markets already emerged?

George Magnus, Senior Economic Advisor to UBS Investment Bank

 
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Question Time

Chairman: Matt Dempsey, Editor, Irish Farmers Journal

 
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Session 2 - Sustainable agriculture: Optimising limited resources

 
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The Foresight Report on Food and Farming: The need for sustainable intensification

Sir Bob Watson, Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

 
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Balancing agricultural production and conservation

Martin Harper, Director of Conservation, RSPB

 
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Optimal utilisation of water

Juan Antonio Marhuenda Berenguer, Director of Production, Primaflor, Almeria, Spain

 
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Session 3 - Where is the power in global agriculture?

 
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OFC 2012 research report findings – Where is the power in global agriculture?

Dr Alan Renwick Head of the Land Economy and Environment Research Group, SAC

 
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Big chances for a small island

Rt Hon Caroline Spelman MP

 
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Global power in farming – a perspective from Australia

Terry Hehir Australian organic dairy farmer, Chair of Nuffield Australia Farming Scholars

 
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Power in agriculture: How my business can respond

Andrew Blenkiron, Estate Director on the 11,000 acre Euston Estate

 
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Power in agriculture: How my business can respond

Andrew McCrea, Pig Farmer, Northern Ireland and Farmers Weekly Pig Farmer of the Year 2010

 
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Power in agriculture: How my business can respond

Mike Roberts MBE, Founder, director and winemaker of Ridgeview Wine Estate and Chairman of the English Wine Producers

 
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Session 4 - Confrontation or co-operation: joining up the food chain

 
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Consumers: The most important link in the food chain

Sue Davies MBE Chief Policy Advisor, Which?

 
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Developing relationships up and down the supply chain

Nick Vermont CEO McCain Foods (GB) Ltd

 
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Keeping close to the supply chain

Oliver Paul Director, The Suffolk Food Hall

 
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Building stronger retailer relationships

Andrew Opie, Director of Food & Sustainability, British Retail Consortium

 
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