Monitor Farm walk: Truro

Meeting programme

Registration and tea

Philip Dolbear – AHDB Knowledge Exchange Manager: AHDB news and developments

Howard Emmett, monitor farmer: Farm update 

Farm Walk

• Variety performance - using disease resistance traits to reduce input costs
• Review of T3 management
• BYDV in barley without Deter - review of Rafaela performance
• Spring oilseed rape – is it a viable break crop?
• Cover crop try out review and conclusions
• Stale seedbed management
• Pre harvest weed assessment and future control strategy
• RB209 Nitrogen recommendations – theory and practice
• AHDB Market Intelligence crop marketing update
• Growing the business - £20k for Katie – the next steps?
• ELMS - future plans

Breakout session: End of Monitor Farm programme review. Review  of original SWOT analysis. Achievements and value?

Philip Dolbear: Conclusions

Close and Supper

About the farm

Howard and Anne Emmett farm in partnership near Truro in Cornwall. The all-arable unit extends to 192ha with a further 49ha contract farmed. All operations are carried out in hand including ploughing and min-till. Medium and heavy soils over shillet support a rotation including winter wheat, winter and spring barley and spring oilseed rape and beans. The farm has extensive grain storage and Anne also runs a tea room on the farm. Howard and Anne's objectives are to grow and increase the profitability of the farm.