Agri-Business
OFC 2020: British environmental standards a 'red line' for food imports
British environmental standards are “a red line, that as a society we must defend vigorously”, businessman and cookery writer Henry Dimbleby told...
Oxford Farming Conference
Agri-Business
Oxford Farming Conference announces line-up for future of food and farming panel
Ensuring healthy, safe and affordable food is accessible to all – regardless of where people live or how much they...
Rural Life
Closing date approaching for 'emerging leaders' at OFC
The closing date is approaching for applications to the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) Emerging Leaders Programme. Hopefuls have just 10...
Rural Life
Oxford Farming Conference on the hunt for new directors
One of the UK’s best-known industry conferences for farming and agri-business, the Oxford Farming Conference (OFC), is seeking new directors...
Agri-Business
Celebrity chef Ken Hom OBE joins forces with AHDB
Celebrity chef and author Ken Hom has joined forces with the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) for this year’s...
Dairy
OFC19: How data saved one farmer's milk cheque during the 2018 drought
The amount of data generated by farms is growing exponentially. And with that comes vast opportunities for farmers to cash...
Beef
MP calls for ‘serious consideration’ of meat tax measures
A politician in the UK has called for “serious consideration” of measures such as a meat tax in an address...
Agri-Business
Gove: Gene-editing and lab-grown food will be part of the ag revolution
Environment Secretary Michael Gove used his speech at this year’s Oxford Farming Conference to reiterate his support for controversial food production...
Agri-Business
2019 Oxford Farming Conference gets underway...here's the events not to miss
Hundreds of farming enthusiasts from across the UK have converged on the classrooms and examination halls of Oxford University to...
Agri-Business
Farming making money from the newest crop - farm data
Farms generate a huge amount of data and this volume is growing exponentially. However, generating insights and value from this...
Rural Life
Just 2 weeks left to enter Scottish Oxford Farming Conference competition
With just a fortnight to go until the deadline, National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Scotland members are being encouraged to not...
Rural Life
Fancy an all-expenses-paid trip to OFC?...Here's your chance!
For the second year in a row, National Farmers’ Union Scotland members are being given the opportunity to win an...
N.Ireland
'Northern Ireland's share of farm payments should be ring-fenced'
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson has said he has “many concerns” surrounding the future of farm payments in Northern Ireland....
N.Ireland
If the Brexit vote happened today, UK agriculture would vote 'remain'
More than two-thirds of those in British agriculture would vote to remain if the UK’s EU Referendum took place now,...
