All change: The new chair of the Oxford Farming Conference admits to “encouraging food production at any cost” when he was a young agronomist.  Geoff Sansome reflects on the changing face of farming – and finding opportunity from it…

All change: The new chair of the Oxford Farming Conference admits to “encouraging food production at any cost” when he was a young agronomist. Geoff Sansome reflects on the changing face of farming – and finding opportunity from it…

When Geoff Sansome takes to the stage as chair of the 2025 Oxford Farming Conference it will be 31 years since he first attended the event. He clearly remembers first setting foot into the hallowed halls of the famous university buildings; it was 1994 and he was...
Hae a fly cup & blether

Hae a fly cup & blether

Every other day, or so, when I’m out walking my dog, I meet a farmer neighbour on the road. Almost always, they stop, turn off their engines, and ‘hae a news’. Mostly it’s about the weather, farming, what I know, where I’ve been and what I think about beef, barley or...