Real farms, real results – Scadghill Farm tour

Monitor farmers Rob and Liz Priest will talk about their journey though organic conversion, outwintering and rotational grazing, as well as sharing some innovative methods to promote grass growth in an organic system.

This will be the final Monitor Farm meeting with Rob and Liz Priest at Scadghill Farm. Come along to hear about and learn from them, Terrafarmer and the University of Plymouth.

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Agenda

10:00–10:30am Registration and refreshments

10:30–10:55am Welcome and introduction

Hear from Rob and Liz as they take you through their Monitor Farm journey.

10:55am–12:50pm Farm tour

Join Rob and Liz Priest and Terrafarmer for a farm tour of Scadghill Farm.

We will discuss:

• Soil and plant health
• Flexible rotational grazing for a more resilient future
• Organic and alternative waste material fertilisers
• Maximising the benefits of nitrogen-fixing plants to improve soil fertility naturally
• Successes and challenges of on-farm trials

12:50–1:15pm Lunch

1:15–1:30pm University of Plymouth drone outputs

Professor Tim Daley from the University of Plymouth will present Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) drone findings for Scadghill Farm.

1:30–2:00pm Terrafarmer detailed soils and forage analysis

Explore the latest soils and forage data with Terrafarmer to see how soil health and biological activity has transformed within the soils at Scadghill Farm over the last four years.

2:00–2:10pm Questions for Terrafarmer and the University of Plymouth

2:10–2:50pm Breakout session

Take part in an interactive workshop to look at the Priest’s farming system and identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) of the business.

Feedback on the SWOT analysis to help the farm business continue to become more resilient for the future.

3:00pm Event close