The Oxford Farming Conference

Conference opening

Richard Whitlock 2015 Chairman

Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP

Defra Secretary of State

Huw Irranca-Davies MP

Shadow Minister of State for the Rural Economy, Food and Farming

Stuart Agnew MEP

UKIP Agricultural Spokesman

Richard Lochhead MSP

Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment, Scottish Government

George Eustice MP

Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Q&A

The big GM debate at the Cereals Event in partnership with OFC

GM - Novel crop opportunities?

Lord John Krebs

Principal, Jesus College, Oxford

Session Intro

Gordon Whiteford

Are shorter supply chains really benefitting farmers?

Laurence Olins, Chairman of Poupart Ltd

Processing locally for global consumption

Paul Vernon, Chief Executive, Glanbia

How does the UK retail scene look against the rest of the world?

Professor Martin Hingley, Lincoln University

Q&A

HRH Princess Anne

Session Intro

Caryl

Louise Labuschagne

Real IPM - biopesticides

A new future for the land work

George Monbiot, The Guardian

Food Supply in the Balance: Opportunities and Threats to Production

David Caffall, Chief Executive, Agricultural Industries Confederation

Q&A from the session

With George Monbiot, David Caffall and Louise Labuschagne

Great British Farmers – what gives them the edge?

Graham Redman, Partner, The Andersons Centre

Q&A

Session Intro

Jack

Advanced performance monitoring in livestock - new sensors & the connected farm

Dr Edmond Harty, Dairymaster

Can environmentally-friendly farming also be productive?: a scientists' view

Professor James Bullock, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology

Urban Agriculture, a SMART solution to complement sustainable intensification?

Kevin Frediani, Head of Sustainable Land Use, Bicton College

The power of precision agriculture - using tomorrow's tools today

Dave Nelson, Brokaw Supply Company, Iowa, USA

Q&A - Smart farming: Guardian of the environment?

2015 Science in Practice Award