East Devon: Know your soils

Join us, in collaboration with Catchment Sensitive Farming (CSF), for an informative day focused on integrating soil biology, physics, and chemistry as part of the soil health scorecard.

This meeting aims to foster knowledge sharing and exchange among farmers, providing practical advice on improving and maintaining healthy soils and how your soil management can fit with the new Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI).

Our lineup includes speakers from AHDB and CSF as well as a host farmer.

Agenda

• 10:15am – Registration and coffee
• 10:30am – Introduction to speakers and catchment
• 10:40am – Soil health, measurement and management
• 11:10am – Introduction to farm and farm walk with focus on visual evaluation of soil structure
• 12:00pm Lunch
• 12:45pm – Soil management in relation to Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI)
• 2:30pm – End of event

The event will provide a good opportunity to connect with farmers in your local area, gain valuable insights, and contribute to the collective wisdom of our agricultural community. We look forward to your participation at this event.

Part of this event will take place outside, please bring suitable footwear and clothing. Please read our Health and safety guidelines for AHDB events.

BASIS points have been applied for this event.