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Oxford Farming Conference (OFC)
is an annual conference for the UK's

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s that takes place in

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, in the first week of January. The 73rd annual conference will run from 2–4 January 2019 at

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, in the

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, central Oxford. The them
“World of Opportunity"
will be explored and discussed by visionary speakers from around the world. Future farming, innovation and the world beyond Brexit will be three key topics at the 2019 event. Speakers in the past have included (listed in their role at time of conference): *

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, * chief scientist of the

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(Defra), Professor Robert Watson * NFU President Peter Kendall * RT Hon Owen Paterson MP *

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RT Hon Elizabeth Truss MP *

(Defra), George Eustice MP * Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs Wales, Lesley Griffiths * Director General of the National Trust, Dame Helen Ghosh * Chief Strategy Officer AHDB, Tom Hind The OFC has been mentioned in the long-running

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series, ''

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, 3 January 2008.

References

External links

Oxford Farming Conference website
Conferences in the United Kingdom Annual events in England Events in Oxford Agricultural organisations based in the United Kingdom {{agri-stub