The Oxford Farming Conference
Overview and Highlights
Inspiring Innovators
Book Club 2025
Partner Sessions

WWF-UK and NatWest Group - Regenerative Dairy: Unlocking Profitability and Sustainability for Farmers"
Session 1 - Policy - enabling opportunity

Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Session sponsored by Brown & Co, and Tesco

Jim Fairlie, Minister for Agriculture and Connectivity, Scottish Government
Session sponsored by Brown & Co, and Tesco

Huw Irranca-Davies, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, Welsh Government
Session sponsored by Brown & Co, and Tesco

Andrew Muir, Northern Ireland Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, DAERA
Session sponsored by Brown & Co, and Tesco

Devolved Ministers Q & A - Andrew Muir, Huw Irranca-Davies & Jim Fairlie
Session sponsored by Brown & Co, and Tesco

Responding to Changing Policies - Phil Jarvis, Land & Estates Director, Albanwise Ltd
Session sponsored by Brown & Co, and Tesco

Responding to Changing Policies - Neil Heseltine, Hill Top Farm
Session sponsored by Brown & Co, and Tesco

Responding to Changing Policies Q & A - Phil Jarvis, Neil Heseltine & Lisbeth Henricksen
Session sponsored by Brown & Co, and Tesco

Responding to Changing Policies - Lisbeth Henricksen, Executive Director, SEGES Innovation APS Denmark
Session sponsored by Brown & Co, and Tesco

Nourishing the Nation: unlocking the potential of British produce - Anna Taylor, The Food Foundation
Session sponsored by Brown & Co, and Tesco
Session 2 - Adapting to a changing world

The Frank Parkinson Lecture: Dr Bram Govaerts, CIMMYT
Session sponsored by The Frank Parkinson Agricultural Trust

The Frank Parkinson Lecture: Dr Craig Lewis, Genus PIC
Session sponsored by The Frank Parkinson Agricultural Trust

The Frank Parkinson Lecture: Q & A - Dr Bram Govaerts and Dr Craig Lewis
The Frank Parkinson Lecture: Q & A - Dr Bram Govaerts and Dr Craig Lewis

Ian Marshall OBE, Head of Business Development and Policy at Queens University Belfast
Session sponsored by UK Agri-Tech Centre.

Opportunities to Change our Farming Systems Q & A - Ian Marshall, Tim Burnhope and Richard Thomas
Session sponsored by UK Agri-Tech Centre

Gaia Vince - environmental strategist, author, science writer and broadcaster
Session sponsored by UK Agri-Tech Centre.
OFC 2025 Debate - “This house believes that UK agriculture needs more grazing livestock, rather than fewer, to be truly sustainable."

Professor Jude Capper, Rob Harvard, Henry Dimbleby and Colin Ferguson
Debate sponsored by NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, Savills and Thrings
Session 3: Inspiration from change

Food Connecting People - Dominic Watters, Dee Woods, and Nick Saltmarsh.
Session sponsored by Co-Op and FCN

Barb Stefanyshyn-Cote, Co-founder and CEO of Black Fox Farm and Distillery
Session sponsored by Co-Op and FCN