BASE AGM

Feldspar · Feb 11, 2016

I was wondering if anyone could give a precis of the BASE AGM. I think I have a fairly good idea what @dontknowanything and @Clive might have said (unless any surprises were thrown in). What about the Swiss no-till chap, and the Wheatsheaf farming chap? Any interesting lessons / take home messages?

E_B · Feb 11, 2016

Feldspar said:
I was wondering if anyone could give a precis of the BASE AGM. I think I have a fairly good idea what @dontknowanything and @Clive might have said (unless any surprises were thrown in). What about the Swiss no-till chap, and the Wheatsheaf farming chap? Any interesting lessons / take home messages?

Ah yes, I hope @puntabrava wasn't in the front row, otherwise things would've resembled a boxing press conference.

Clive · Feb 11, 2016

Feldspar said:
I was wondering if anyone could give a precis of the BASE AGM. I think I have a fairly good idea what @dontknowanything and @Clive might have said (unless any surprises were thrown in). What about the Swiss no-till chap, and the Wheatsheaf farming chap? Any interesting lessons / take home messages?

you missed this then

Feldspar · Feb 11, 2016

What point was being made alongside this slide?

martian · Feb 11, 2016

Big change of policy at TWB farms...

Feldspar · Feb 11, 2016

I'm watching the Kris Nichols talk at the moment. I like her point about the speed of soil formation. 1000 years to build an inch of topsoil, but that's from the bottom up, whereas regen ag is trying to build soil from the top down.

Also, thanks to whoever filmed it.

Clive · Feb 11, 2016

Feldspar said:
I'm watching the Kris Nichols talk at the moment. I like her point about the speed of soil formation. 1000 years to build an inch of topsoil, but that's from the bottom up, whereas regen ag is trying to build soil from the top down.

those videos might not be in the right order - if your watching them tell me which number should be which and I will shuffle them about on the website, I ran out of time to go through them

Feldspar · Feb 11, 2016

Clive said:
those videos might not be in the right order - if your watching them tell me which number should be which and I will shuffle them about on the website, I ran out of time to go through them

OK, will do.

SilliamWhale · Feb 11, 2016

Are schoffels banned at your agm? No one wearing them

Feldspar · Feb 11, 2016

SilliamWhale said:
Are schoffels banned at your agm? No one wearing them

To be a BASE member you need that quixotic and stand-out-from-the-crowd mentality that is quite at odds with the philosophy of Schoffel gilet accoutrement.

Feldspar · Feb 11, 2016

Clive said:
those videos might not be in the right order - if your watching them tell me which number should be which and I will shuffle them about on the website, I ran out of time to go through them

The video in Part 1 seems to be the same as the one in Part 2.

Old Spot · Feb 11, 2016

SilliamWhale said:
Are schoffels banned at your agm? No one wearing them

It was too warm in the room, but there were a few about!

shakerator · Feb 11, 2016

SilliamWhale said:
Are schoffels banned at your agm? No one wearing them

In th words of delia smith "where are you?"

Feldspar · Feb 11, 2016

I'm up to part of her talk about wheat breeding and the declining association with AMF. I wonder whether, assuming conventional wheat breeding carries on in the same vein, as you increase soil health you slowly pull away from varieties on the recommended list and switch to organic varieties / other crop types which will utilise the fungal networks.

To any of those well travelled (Nuffield) people, did you encounter farmer organisations within c/regen ag around the world who were undertaking their own plant breeding to encourage varieties that were not just 'weak and stupid'?

dontknowanything · Feb 11, 2016

Feldspar said:
To be a BASE member you need that quixotic and stand-out-from-the-crowd mentality that is quite at odds with the philosophy of Schoffel gilet accoutrement.

No one told @BSH

britt · Feb 11, 2016

It was mentioned more than once that the colour of the drill was not important, as most are capable of putting seed in the ground and suit a variety of conditions.
However I did notice that whether notilling in the UK or Switzerland, only Fendt tractors are suitable

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Wondered where I was going wrong

dontknowanything · Feb 11, 2016

britt said:
It was mentioned more than once that the colour of the drill was not important, as most are capable of putting seed in the ground and suit a variety of conditions.
However I did notice that whether notilling in the UK or Switzerland, only Fendt tractors are suitable .

My presentation had a picture of a claas AND a JD drilling at the same time!

Richard III · Feb 11, 2016

SilliamWhale said:
Are schoffels banned at your agm? No one wearing them

There was the odd Weird Fish about..................

britt · Feb 11, 2016

Rebel !

Clive · Feb 11, 2016

dontknowanything said:
My presentation had a picture of a claas AND a JD drilling at the same time!

interesting that the survey showed 7 Base members are CS users - I suggested we had a special roped off VIP area at meetings and better selection of sandwiches for them

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