Farming Events
Events and webinars coming up...
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Soil Association Events 2022
If you have any queries - please contact producer.support@soilassociation.org
WEBINAR: Using cover/trap crops to facilitate IPM
Wed Feb 2nd: 19:00-20.30
The first in a series of events about Integrated Pest Management, this event will focus on the potential of plants to help you deliver on-farm protection without the need for chemicals products. Expert advisors and farmers will share their experience and top tips, and then we'll open the floor to answer your questions.
Jerry Alford, Soil Association's Arable and Soils advisor and expert facilitator of Innovative Farmers field labs, will introduce the topic.
Andy Dibben, from Abby Home Farm, shares his extensive experience preventing problems on-farm with the help of plants, and in particular his experience with buckwheat as a couch grass suppressant which he tested as part of the Innovative Farmers programme.
Georgie Bray, from RSPB's Hope Farm will share her experience trialling cover crops and compost (now on the exit stage) and a pilot trial on the trap crops. She will bring a farm management perspective, but will also touch upon the impact on the field biodiversity)
This will also be a great opportunity to find out more about the benefits of farmer-led research and how you can adopt this model on your farm.
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WEBINAR: Boosting beneficial insects on farm with an IPM approach
Thur Feb 10th: 19.00-20.30
The second in a series of events about Integrated Pest Management, we will focus on supporting pest predators that help manage the most common pests and diseases. Expert advisors and farmers will share their experience and top tips to attract and support these predators on-farm, and then we'll open the floor to answer your questions.
Jerry Alford, Soil Association's Arable and Soils advisor and expert facilitator of Innovative Farmers field labs, will introduce the topic.
Mixed farmer Angus Gowthorpe will share his experience monitoring insect populations in existing and newly established flowering features to reduce their reliance on pesticides and fungicides (Flowering Habitats For Pest Control , Innovative Farmers field lab)
Julian Gold, Farm manager at Hendred Estate, who has extensive experience phasing out chemicals and leveraging natural solutions instead, will share his experience looking at beneficial insects on-farm (as part of the ASSIST research project).
This will also be a great opportunity to find out more about the benefits of farmer-led research and how you can adopt this model on your farm.
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