OFC Farmer Science Survey

64th Oxford Farming Conference
The Oxford Farming Conference

Research in association with
Volac and BBSRC:
Agricultural research needs
and priorities: survey findings
from the food and farming
industry
Facilitator
OFC Research in association
Professor
David Leaver
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09/16/15
Introduction
The Oxford Farming Conference, in association with dairy nutrition

company Volac and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences
Research Council, has commissioned leading market research
specialists National Farm Research Unit and IGD to gather the views of
UK farmers and the UK food industry on the future needs of agricultural
science.
The following are the results of the NFRU farmer science survey

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Annual UK spending on agricultural science R&D

Organisation
R&D spend ()
Government
264 million*
Defra
65 million
Scottish Government
30 million
Northern Ireland
7 million
BBSRC
Ca 150 million
Funding Council support for universities
12 million
Technology strategy board (new for 2010)
Expected to be >80million over 5 years (16

million/year)
Trade
56 million+
UK Agricultural Supply Industry
45 million+
UK plant breeders
10-12 million
Farmers
29 million
AHDB levy payer funding
22.6 million (HGCA 5.5m HDC 4.7M EBLEX

4.6M DairyCo 3.1M Potato Council 2.66M BPEX
2.1M)
Farmer membership organisations (e.g.

TAG)
Ca 3 million
*Potential total for 2010 - 280 million (Based on previous spending plus 16M from Technology Strategy Board)
Agricultural charities
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Ca 3.5 million
Annual UK spending on agricultural science R&D
Overall estimated total on agricultural science R&D for 2010

365 million
(based on previous spending plus Technology Strategy Board
funding)

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IGD Survey Contents

NFRU Survey
Slide 6: NFRU farmer survey introduction
Slide 7: Q1.1. Scientific advancements which have made greatest contribution
to farm businesses
Slide 16: Q2.1. Areas of scientific advancement most needed in the future
Slide 25: Q3.11. Organisations responsible for conducting research leading to
scientific advancement
Slide 34: Q3.12. Organisations who should be doing research
Slide 43: Q4.11. Future focus for research into crop science
Slide 52: Q4.12. Future focus for research into sustainability
Slide 61: Q4.13.1. Future focus of research into livestock science
Slide 70: Q4.13.2. Future focus of research funding into animal diseases
Slide 77: Q4.14. Future focus of research into other aspects of food production
Slide 86: Q4.2. Balance of priorities for publicly funded research
Slide 96: Q5.1. Distribution of research funding between organisations
Slide 105: Communication of new developments in research

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NFRU farmer survey introduction

The National Farm Research Unit conducted a telephone survey of 600
farmers across the sectors
382 grew combinable crops
74 grew horticultural crops
79 grew potatoes
139 produced milk
276 produced beef
205 produced sheep
64 produced pigs
38 produced poultry
Many thanks to all farmers who took part in the survey

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Q1.1. Past scientific advances that

have most contributed to
farming businesses

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Over your working lifetime what are the scientific advancements in farming or food
production that have made the greatest contribution to your business?
Combinable crops

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Horticultural crops

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Potatoes

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Dairy

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Beef

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Sheep

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Pigs

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Poultry

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Q2.1. Areas of scientific

advancement most needed
in the future

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In what areas of your business will scientific advancements be

most need for the future?
Combinable crops

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Horticultural crops

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Potatoes

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Dairy

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Beef

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Sheep

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Pigs

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Poultry

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Q3.1. Organisations responsible

for conducting the research
leading to scientific advancement

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Who is currently responsible for doing the research which leads to scientific
advances? And (in each case) can you say if they are adequately funding or
carrying out that research?
Combinable crops

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Horticultural crops

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Potatoes

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Dairy

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Beef

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Sheep

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Pigs

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Poultry

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Q3.12. Organisations who should

be doing scientific research

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And who, in your opinion, should be responsible for doing the scientific research
that will lead to advances in the future?
Combinable crops

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Horticultural crops

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Potatoes

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Dairy

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Beef

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Sheep

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Pigs

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Poultry

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Q4.11. Future focus for research

into crop Science

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Where would you focus future crop science research? Please rate your answers on
a scale of 1 to 9 (where 9 is really important and 1 is not at all important)
Combinable crops

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Horticultural crops

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Potatoes

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Dairy

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Beef

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Sheep

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Pigs

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Poultry

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Q4.12. Future focus for research

into sustainability

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Where would you focus future research into the area of sustainability? Rate your
answers on a scale of 1 to 9 (9 is really important and 1 is not at all important)
Combinable crops

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Horticultural crops

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Potatoes

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Dairy

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Beef

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Sheep

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Pigs

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Poultry

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Q4.13. Future focus of research

into livestock science

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Where would you focus future research into livestock science? Please rate your
Combinable crops

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Horticultural crops

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Potatoes

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Dairy

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Beef

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Sheep

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Pigs

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Poultry

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Q4.13.2 Priorities for research

funding into animal diseases

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Should more research priority be given to economic diseases of animals or

animal diseases that are dangerous to humans?
Dairy

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Beef

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Sheep

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Pigs

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Poultry

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Farmers think both zoonoses and economic

disease equally important

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Q4.14. Future focus of research

into other aspects of food
production

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Where would you focus future research into wider aspects of food production? Please rate
your answers on a scale of 1 to 9 (where 9 is really important and 1 is not at all important)
Combinable crops

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Horticultural crops

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Potatoes

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Dairy

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Beef

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Sheep

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Pigs

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Poultry

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Q4.2. Balance of priorities for

publicly funded research

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Sustainable agriculture is the most important area of publicly

funded research for farmers from all sectors

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I am going to give you some general areas of publicly funded research and in each
case I would like you to tell me whether you agree with its priority...
Combinable crops

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Horticultural crops

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Potatoes

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Dairy

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Beef

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Sheep

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Pigs

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Poultry

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Q5.1. Distribution of research

funding between organisations

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What do you think the distribution of research funding between the various public and private
players should be? (A list of interested parties is given and an imaginary 100% should be
divided between them)
Combinable crops
23%
Industry
31%
Farmer
46%
Tax payer

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Horticultural crops
20%
Industry
36%
Farmer
44%
Tax payer
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Potatoes
21%
Industry
33%
Farmer
46%
Tax payer
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Dairy
23%
28%
Industry
Farmer
49%
Tax payer
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Beef
26%
28%
Industry
Farmer
46%
Tax payer
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Average score
Sheep
25%
Industry
28%
Farmer
47%
Tax payer
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Pigs
28%
33%
Industry
Farmer
39%
Tax payer
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Poultry
26%
37%
Industry
Farmer
37%
Tax payer
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Average score
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Communication of new
developments in research

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What is the best way to communicate new developments in

agricultural and food research to you?
All 600 farmers

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Website contacts
Oxford Farming Conference: www.ofc.org.uk

Volac: www.volac.com
BBSRC: www.bbsrc.ac.uk
NFRU: www.nfru.co.uk

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64th Oxford Farming Conference

The Oxford Farming Conference

The Oxford Farming Conference, in association with dairy nutrition

OFC Research in association

Annual UK spending on agricultural science R&D

Funding Council support for universities

Technology strategy board (new for 2010)

Expected to be >80million over 5 years (16

UK Agricultural Supply Industry

AHDB levy payer funding

22.6 million (HGCA 5.5m HDC 4.7M EBLEX

Farmer membership organisations (e.g.

Annual UK spending on agricultural science R&D

Overall estimated total on agricultural science R&D for 2010

OFC Research in association

IGD Survey Contents

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NFRU farmer survey introduction

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Q1.1. Past scientific advances that

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