OFC Report and Podcast available on-line

The 2026 Oxford Farming Conference (OFC) report, UK Agriculture: Grasping the Opportunities, that I have authored is now live on the website and can be found here: If you would prefer to read chapters individually, the full list of downloads can be found a the bottom of this page. The Executive Summary is here

The business and personal assessment form can be accessed here.

Listen to the OFC podcast here, with author Dr Louise Manning, Ali Capper, hop and apple farmer and OFC Director, George Collison, argi and rural consultant and Nicola Shadbolt, a New Zealand farmer and professor in farm and agribusiness management. The podcast is here:

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NFU Tenants Conference

It was really interesting to go to the NFU Tenants Conference last week and here a presentation by Alan Laidlaw, the Commissioner for the Tenant Farming Sector . In England, 45% of holdings are either wholly tenanted or mixed tenure, and a third of all agricultural land in England is tenanted. This leadership role has a wide remit and significant potential for positive outcomes and impacts. This role will require courageous leadership the subject of a previous post on this blog.

Vice-chair of the East Malling Trust

Really pleased to have been elected as joint Vice-Chair of the East Malling Trust and looking forward to getting involved in the trust's activities.

NFU Council

Last week I spent two days at the NFU Council representing the farmers from Herefordshire. If you would like to see a summary of what we talked about - check out the video here.

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