Resilient soils in wet weather event at Little Morton, Retford, DN22 8BE

Join soils expert Philip Wright, Howard Farms (a mixed arable, roots and livestock farm that specialise in Chantenay carrots) and CSF to look at how to improve the resilience of your soils against wet weather.

The event will cover:

How to manage soils to maximise crop performance in wet weather:

- Cultivation decisions – min till/plough/direct drill/strip cultivation.

- Tillage and traffic – impact on soil health and structure

- Soil assessment.

- Cover crops and building organic matter.

- Inter and companion cropping.

- Alternative crops/undrilled fields.

- How to improve field drainage.

- Machinery set up including new tyre technology.

- Costs and benefits of precision and controlled traffic farming

- Effective soil management strategies for a changing climate.

- How SFI, CSF and other grant funding can help.

BASIS and NROSO points applied for.

Arrive from 9:45am, we will be using the office meeting room for the presentation then out onto the farm to look at soils. 10.30am start with lunch provided.

Howard Farms, Little Morton Farm, Little Morton, Retford DN22 8BE

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P lease advise of any dietary requirements prior to the event.

Host or Publisher CSF East Midlands