7 January 2021 - Online
The Oxford Farming Conference
Grosvenor Farms believes farming can ditch its subsidy tag
Grosvenor Farms believes farming can ditch its subsidy tag and be a “contributor not a drain” on the public purse, but that a poor Brexit deal could…
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Meet the Director: Tom Levitt
Who are you? Tom Levitt, a Cheshire-based father approaching middle-age (oh no!) What is your day job? I work as a freelance journalist and editor.…
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Get real, Britain
“Get real, Britain”, was the message from panellist Professor Tim Lang during the second Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) Bitesize webinar which…
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The case for expansion: is the future for farming all about size?
Dairy farms are getting bigger. Go back to the late 1990s and the average size of a herd was 70-odd in the UK. Today it is around 150. That average…
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Deadline Extended - Apply to be a 2022 - 2024 Director of the Oxford Farming Conference
The OFC seeks three new directors annually, one of…
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PODCAST: Dairy farming, the future of OFC and going digital for 2021
This month Anna Hill found out what makes OFC Chairman Sally Williams tick and how her vision for the next year will bring a new flavour to the OFC…
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PODCAST: Strawberries, Wimbledon and Supermarkets with OFC Director Marion Regan
In the latest podcast from the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC), Anna Hill speaks to OFC Director and owner of Hugh Lowe Farms Ltd Marion Regan, who…
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Small Robots make it big, fuelled by the OFC
A blog by Sam Watson-Jones about how the OFC propelled the Small Robot Company into a game-changing future for this small innovative company. It’s…
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Meet the 2020 OFC Emerging Leaders
Twenty-nine young leaders from across the UK have been selected to join the Oxford…
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New team at the top
Pictured: Barbara Bray, Food Safety Consultant and Nutritionist We are delighted to announce that three new directors and a new chairman have been…
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OFC Emerging Leaders Programme 2020
*applications are now closed, please see our blog post to meet the 2020 Emerging Leaders* __________________________________ Following another…
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Ambitious Farmers Win Place on Emerging Leaders Programme
Twenty-two farmers from around the UK have been selected to join the Oxford Farming Conference’s (OFC) Emerging Leaders Programme (biographies…
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Alone we go faster but together we go further.
“Alone we go faster but together we go further” was my starting quote for the group of OFC Scholars attending the pre-conference day. We were kindly hosted by OSI, the company…
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Attending OFC 2019 gave student confidence in farming’s post-Brexit future
Alex Neason, who studies Agriculture with Applied Farm Management at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) attended the OFC for the first time in…
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OFC changed my perspective on agriculture, work and the future of our industry immeasurably
Romy Jackson from Scotland attended The Oxford Farming Conference as a Scholar in 2018, sponsored by RWMT. Here she shares her experience. I was…
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Technologies developed by agricultural machinery dealers impresses OFC scholar.
Alice Clews, a 2017 Oxford Farming Conference Scholar, attended Agritechnica in November 2017 on an OFC DLG Travel Scholarship. She was also awarded…
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