Arable Scotland

This years’ Arable Scotland pulls together expertise and knowledge for the arable industry. It will feature content tailor made for Scotland’s arable industry and will major on alternative crops and new markets and products all available to participate in online

One of the highlights of the event will be the Arable Conversations series of seminars, which proved so popular at last years’ inaugural event. These will feature discussions by industry leads and experts, who will debate popular questions posed by the on-line audience.

The Farming Forum is hosting the event on its website where the below events will be available to view throughout the day https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?forums/arable-scotland-2020/

You can register to attend the event here www.arablescotland.org.uk

EVENT SCHEDULE

• 10:00 am: Arable Scotland Introductory Webinar – highlighting key actions on alternative crops, sustainable future production systems and featuring input from SEFARI, Hutton, SRUC, AHDB and the Farm Advisory Service.
• 1:00 pm: Webinar for New Entrants – Annie McKee from the Hutton drawing on input from the NEFERTITI Scottish Hub will host a webinar discussion on ‘New People, New Pathways – Routes into Arable Production and Alternative Crops.
• 3:00 pm: Virtual farm tour – A virtual tour of alternative crop trials, demonstration plots and research farms featuring SEFARI partners and giving a taste of what might have been seen at Arable Scotland if it had been possible to hold as a field event.
• 5:00 pm: Live stream Q & A – Meeting the challenges of net-zero – focused presentations from key experts followed by a question and answer session.
• 6:30 pm: Live stream Q & A – Alternative markets and new product opportunities – key economists and food experts discuss the major new opportunities for the arable sector.
• 8:00 pm: Live stream Plant Health – the challenges and opportunities of implementing best practice, with contrasting New Zealand and UK experiences on new products, pesticides and sustainable practices.

The core event partners are the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB), Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and the James Hutton Institute.

The other key team members and sponsors are Hutchinsons, the Farm Advisory Service (FAS), the Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutes (SEFARI) and the Scottish Society for Crops Research (SSCR).

For press information contact Sheila Kennedy, AHDB on 07391 408808, or email sheila.kennedy@ahdb.org.uk