Herefordshire Soils Group - January 2011
Soil Management for Livestock Better Returns
Two workshops have been arranged in Herefordshire
Each workshop will:-
- Examine the financial implications of good and poor soil management.
- Link the investments needed in good soil management to the beneficial returns from livestock production.
- Look to achieving good farming practice alongside good environmental practice.
The workshops will be led by Charlie Morgan, an independent grassland consultant who worked for IGER for 22 years where he helped develop new grass varieties and grazing methods to benefit UK agriculture. For the last 16 months he has been working mainly in England as Independent Grassland Consultant, and consultant to EBLEX. He also works with Innovis, EA, IBERS, BGS & individual farmers.
Realising a profit from livestock farming has always been a challenge, but with increasing feed, fertilizer and fuel prices and a continuous demand for cheap food, can farming ever be profitable?
Also with climate change and risk of water and nutrient shortages it has never been a better time to fully utilise the natural resources of the farm as efficiently as possible.
Farmers have little control of the cost of the products produced and it all starts with the most important resource - soil.
PLEASE BRING A SOIL SAMPLE FROM YOUR OWN FARM SO THAT YOUR SOIL TEXTURE CAN BE ACCURATELY ASSESSED.
Workshop 1 - Tuesday 25th January
11am - 2pm
Vowchurch Village Hall
Workshop 2 - Tuesday 25th January
6.30pm - 9pm
Pembridge Village Hall
Light refreshments will be provided.
To book a place at either workshop please contact Cathy Meredith
014312 870033 herefordshirehub@hct.ac.uk
These events are sponsored by the Environment Agency
