Saltash Monitor Farm Meeting - Planning a profitable rotation

Please join Ashley Jones Saltash Monitor Farmer, and Sarah Baker, AHDB’s Senior Strategic Insight Manager to discuss what elements make a profitable rotation.

Using the Saltash Monitor Farm as a case study, attendees will review and discuss all these elements and then ‘design’ a  crop rotation (including stewardship) and enterprise mix which has the potential to generate the best and most sustainable whole farm profit  - both financially and environmentally.  

On the agenda:  

• What is profit? 
• What are the profit objectives? 
• Elements of profit 
• Practical considerations to build a profitable resources – farm labour and infrastructure 
• Smeaton Farm enterprise options and margins 
• Smeaton fixed costs  - and flexibility 
• Building a profitable rotation  - group exercise 
• Presentations and discussion of options 
• Smeaton Farm – future actions and timescales  

Registration and refreshments will be available from 18:15 with presentations commencing at 18:30 and a light supper will be provided after. 

BASIS and NRoSO points will be available for attending. 

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

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