Penrith Monitor Farm meeting: Digging up the dirt on soil health & cover crops

At the February Penrith Monitor Farm meeting, Anne Bhogal (ADAS) will lead us on a journey to better understand our soils and how to best manage them to be healthy and resilient. We will then discuss the use of cover crops with a focus on the Innovative Farmers Field Lab Sheep Grazing On Cover Crops and how livestock and cover crops can compliment the arable rotation. 

This meeting will:  

• Demonstrate where soil health levels are at on the farm is now.  
• Quantify and demonstrate what is good or bad soil health.  
• Look at how to assess your soils in a consistent manner.  
• Offer a practical look at how to increase rooting in order to improve uptake from soils. 
• Discuss cover crop options 
• Review the benefits of grazing cover crops 

The event is free to attend, but please register to allow us to cater for you accordingly.  

If weather permits there will be a short field walk so, please bring suitable footwear/coats.  

BASIS and NRoSO points will be available.