Monitor Farm meeting: Bridgnorth

10:00

Arrival

10:20

Welcome and introduction 

Richard Meredith – AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds Knowledge Exchange Manager (West & Wales)

10:30

Panel member introductions

Adrian Joynt, Goulburn Farms

Martin Williams, MW Farming

Rob Fox, TI Evans & Son

10:45

Does precision farming help your business?

·         How much does it cost? Is it worth the investment?

·         What size business makes it a viable choice?

·         How to make the most of the technology and information. 

11:15

How to boost soil fertility

·         What is a healthy soil?  

·         What soil components are useful and realistic for farmers to measure?

·         Have cover crops brought an improvement to productivity and cost at the Monitor Farm?

·         How can we boost soil fertility? 

11:45

Refreshment break 

12:00

Building a profitable arable rotation

·   What is a profitable rotation?

·   Full cost analysis and evaluation of growing triticale and hybrid rye.

·   Reasons for changing the rotation.

·   Availability of contracts. 

12:30

Reducing cost of production: is there a silver bullet?

·  Comparison between the cost of production of different farms and different systems

·  How to control the variability of fixed costs

·  Managed lower inputs – how low can you go without compromising yield? 

13:00

Close, lunch & depart