Buckinghamshire & Bedfordshire Monitor Farm: Soils and cultivations with Philip Wright

Join us for the next Buckinghamshire & Bedfordshire Monitor Farm meeting, where we will catch-up on what has been happening at the farm since we last met.

We will also be joined by soils and cultivation specialist Philip Wright to discuss the soils at the monitor farm and what interventions, if any, might be needed.

This meeting will cover

• Monitor farm update
• Soils at Dollars Grove Farm
• Getting soil structure right
• Effects of current management approaches on soils
• Soil compaction
• Compaction and yield
• Waterlogging
• Trafficking and tyre pressures
• Tine vs. disc drills
• Using cover crops to improve soils
• Dealing with residues

Registration and refreshments will be available from 9:30am with presentations commencing at 9:45am. Lunch will be provided.

BASIS and NRoSO points will be available.

The event is free to attend, but please register to allow us to cater accordingly.

The day will begin at Dollar Grove Farm, as listed above, before moving to North Crawley Institute, Main Street, North Crawley, MK16 9LH.