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FABulous Farmer events

Soil Health Farm Walk, Cornwall

Free, Wed, 13 July 2022, 10am-2pm
Lower Northcott Farm, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 9RQ

A FABulous Farmers Demonstration Event - farm walk and focus on different farming practices that aim to improve soil health

About this event

A third generation farmer, Martin Howard has run a mixed farm near Boyton in the Tamar Valley all of his life and has been a tenant on the Coodes Estate since 1980.

Join us for a tour of the farm where we’ll hear more from Martin about his passion for soil biology - how he optimises organic matter content, and the subsequent benefits in terms of crop health and yield of having a dynamic living soil. As well an insight into his herbal ley management techniques, Martin will also give an overview of the various farmer-led research trials that he’s involved in, including the Innovative Farmers Silvopasture trial.

To book your ticket and find out more, see 

Farm Walk: Lower Northcott Farm

 

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Herbal Leys Farm Walk, Wales

Free, Thu, 21 July 2022, 10.30am-1pm
Beechwood Farms Limited, Moor Farm, Walwyns Castle, Haverfordwest, SA62 3EE

A FABulous Farmers Herbal Leys Demonstraton Event in Wales.

About this event

Join us at Beechwood Farm for a tour where we'll look at regenerative FABulous Farmers' practices, with a focus on the use of diverse herbal leys for livestock and soil health.

Beechwood Farm is a 155ha conventional dairy farm run by Andrew Rees, milking 310 Pedigree British Frisians. Andrew is working towards reducing his reliance on external inputs. Andrew has significantly reduced his artificial fertiliser usage the last few years by utilising herbal leys and other annual multi species mixtures alongside a holistic grazing plan. This has led to a 60% reduction of the use of chemical nitrogen in the last three years. Andrew carried out his first carbon audit in 2020 and along with his milk supplier has drawn up a regenerative farming action plan.

To book your ticket and find out more, see 

Farm Walk: Beechwood Farms Limited

 

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Webinars to watch again

 

Agroecotech conference

Watch our recent event on YouTube

Integrated Pest Management Webinars

Three webinars on IPM (IPM in field horticulture, Do we need pesticides to grow food? and What can fungi do for your IPM strategy?), part of our Farming the Future programme with Nature Friendly Farming Network, RSPB, Pesticide Action Network and CoFarm Foundation can be found at Agricology.