The Oxford Farming Conference
Monday 6th January, 2014
15:00
AGM
in the Examination Schools
15:45
Delegate Registration Opens
Examination Schools Foyer
16:10
Fringe Meeting
Sponsored by Hosted by BBSRC
Field Research– translating world-class research into world-leading agriculture. Where are we now and where do we need to be?
16:30
Fringe Meeting
Sponsored by Hosted by Soil Association
Investing in innovation: when farmers drive R&D
16:50
Fringe Meeting
Sponsored by Hosted by WSPA
Is pasture the way to future proof the dairy industry?
18:00
Chairman’s Reception for Speakers, Scholars, Patrons and Sponsors
Sponsored by McDonald’s
18:30
Champagne Reception
Sponsored by Dovecote Park
at Oxford Town Hall
19:30
Pre-Conference Dinner
Sponsored by Bidwells and Frontier Agriculture
with after dinner speaker Rt Hon Sir James Paice, MP for South Cambridgeshire
Produce kindly supplied by ABP, Greenvale, Arla, Geroge Romney Ltd and J Farrer & Co (Kendal) Ltd
22:00
After Dinner Bar
at Oxford Town Hall
Tuesday 7th January, 2014
07:30
Morning Prayer
With Jerry Marshall at University College Chapel
07:45
Barclays Bank Breakfast
Return on capital: Does it/should it matter for UK farmers and landowners?
(limited tickets)
08:45
Conference Opening
Adrian Ivory and Julian Gairdner
08:55
Session 1: Politics
Sponsored by Massey Ferguson
Julian Gairdner, Chairman
09:00
Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP
Secretary of State for Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
09:20
Simon Coveney
Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
09:40
Peter Kendall
NFU President
10:00
Dacian Cioloş
EU Commissioner for Agriculture
10:30
Coffee Break
Sponsored by Taylors of Harrogate and J Farrer & Co (Kendal) Ltd
11:00
Question Time
with the session speakers and chaired by Charlotte Smith, Presenter on BBC Radio 4 Farming Today
11:45
The Frank Parkinson Lecture
Sponsored by The Frank Parkinson Trust
Social Media – changing the way farmers do business
David Taylor and Michelle Carvill, co-authors of The Business of being Social
12:45
Lunch
Sponsored by Massey Ferguson
14:00
Session 2: Vision and Inspiration
Sponsored by Marks & Spencer
Adrian Ivory, Chairman
14:10
Grasping the dairy opportunity: a young person’s perspective
Sally Wilson, Dairy Farmer
14:35
Putting oomph and passion into rural tourism
Caroline Millar, Nuffield Scholar and Owner of The Hideaway Experience
15:00
Farming in the modern world
Hans Henrik Koefoed, CEO, Ingleby Farms & Forests
15:25
Making the most of our resources
Chris Musgrave, MD, Musgrave Management Systems
15:30
Discussion
16:15
Close and Tea
16:20
Scholars’ Workshop
Sponsored by McDonald’s
18:00
Debate at the Oxford Union
Sponsored by Birketts, Saffery Champness and Smiths Gore
This house believes that green energy is not worth the carbon it takes to produce
Proposing the Motion: Roger Helmer, UKIP MEP for the East Midlands
Seconder: Matthew Sharp
Opposing the Motion: Natalie Bennett, Leader of the Green Party
Seconder: Duncan Howie
19:30
Post-Debate Supper
Sponsored by Birketts, Saffery Champness and Smiths Gore
at Christ Church
Wednesday 8th January, 2014
07:45
The RSPB Breakfast
Working together for nature
(limited tickets)
08:45
Session 3: Opportunity Agriculture
Sponsored by Burges Salmon, Syngenta and Volac
Tom Hind, Chairman
08:55
Presentation of the 2014 Oxford Farming Conference Research Report
Sponsored by Burges Salmon, Syngenta and Volac
Ian Ashbridge, Report Author, Bidwells
09:30
Craigmore: building commercial farmland portfolios
Forbes Elworthy, Craigmore Sustainables/ Farmland and Forestry Investment Manager
09:50
Farming for the customer
Guy Poskitt, Farmers Weekly Farmer of the Year 2012
10:10
Using collaboration and imagination to grow a dairy farming business
Tom Rawson, Director, Evolution Farming Ltd
10:30
Coffee Break
Sponsored by Taylors of Harrogate and J Farrer & Co (Kendal) Ltd
11:00
Panel Discussion
11:40
OFC/RASE Practice with Science Award
Sponsored by AB Agri
12:00
Lunch
Sponsored by ASDA/ABP
13:10
Session 4:Technology and Innovation
Sponsored by BASF
Richard Whitlock, Chairman
13:15
A vision of farming with robots in 2050
Professor Simon Blackmore, Head of Engineering, Harper Adams University
13:45
Broiler breeding toward 2050: feeding the world
Jerry Moye, President, Cobb-Vantress Inc
14:15
UK Agri-Tech Strategy: The UK as a global hub of Agricultural Innovation
George Freeman, MP for mid Norfolk
15:15
Panel Discussion
15:30
Chairman's Closing Remarks
15:40
2015 Conference Taster
15:45
Close and Tea
19:30
Oxtail Club Dinner
At Worcester College
