The Oxford Farming Conference
Session 1 - Farming's place in an uncertain world
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
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
Frank Parkinson Lecture - Have emerging markets already emerged?
George Magnus, Senior Economic Advisor to UBS Investment Bank
Session 2 - Sustainable agriculture: Optimising limited resources
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
OFC/RASE Practice with Science Award winner 2012 - The Pig Grading Information System (PiGIS)
Mark Hawe, CAFRE
Optimal utilisation of water
Juan Antonio Marhuenda Berenguer, Director of Production, Primaflor, Almeria, Spain
Session 3 - Where is the power in global agriculture?
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
Global power in farming – a perspective from Australia
Terry Hehir Australian organic dairy farmer, Chair of Nuffield Australia Farming Scholars
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
Session 4 - Confrontation or co-operation: joining up the food chain
Building stronger retailer relationships
Andrew Opie, Director of Food & Sustainability, British Retail Consortium
