Oxford Farming Conference

The Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) is an annual conference for the UK's farmers that takes place in Oxford, United Kingdom, in the first week of January.

The 63rd annual conference was held 5–7 January 2009. Speakers included the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Hilary Benn, and the chief scientist of the UK government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), Professor Robert Watson. The 2010 Oxford Farming Conference was held at the University of Oxford's Examination Schools, in the High Street, central Oxford, on 4–6 January 2010.

The OFC has been mentioned in the long-running BBC Radio 4 series, The Archers.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Oxford Farming Conference, The Archers, BBC Radio 4, 3 January 2008.

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