Agronomy: South West

Past Event - booking closed

Wednesday, 15 January 2020

9:30am - 4:30pm

Sandy Park, Sandy Park Way, Exeter, Devon

EX2 7NN


Programme

Session 1: Cereals and oilseeds

09:30 - Registration and coffee

09:45 - Chair’s welcome        

Philip Dolbear, AHDB

09:50 - IPM strategies to control CSFB

Sacha White, ADAS                   

10:30 - BYDV – the ticking time bomb; current research and control strategies

Dr Gia Aradottir, NIAB TAG

11:10 - Maxi-cover crop trial: digging into the benefits of using cover crops  

John Williams, ADAS

11:50 - Refreshment break

12:10 - Viably establishing your field margins so to encourage beneficials and reduce costs

Marek Nowakowski, Wildlife Farming Company

12.50 - Integrating IPM/IFM within crop husbandry to make my business more efficient and legally compliant (case study)  

Andy Barr, Agricology

13.30 - Session summary

Philip Dolbear, AHDB

13:35 - Lunch

 

Session 2: potatoes

 

14:30 - Market Intelligence Industry Update

Aidan Wright & Alice Bailey, AHDB

14:55 - Coping with wireworm without MOCAP® (Certis, UK)

Dr Bill Parker, AHDB

15:20 - Running more energy-efficient potato stores      

Josh Burtone, Metronome Technologies

15:45 - Management of post-harvest diseases     

Dr Glyn Harper, Sutton Bridge Crop Storage Research

16:05 - Agronomist’s season perspective

TBC

16:30 - Event close

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If you have any questions about this event, please contact us using the details below.

E philip.dolbear@ahdb.org.uk

T 07964255614


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