Join our Strategic Cereal Farm hosts for a week of online activities based around our themes of managed lower inputs and building diversity above and below ground.
16 - 20 November 2020
David Aglen, Brian Barker and Rob Fox all host AHDB Strategic Cereal Farms. During this week, they will be sharing results and findings from their work through a series of videos, webinars and seminars, alongside industry experts and researchers.
Events
To register for the seminars, webinars and live sessions through the week, please click on the links below to register to watch live or later at your convenience.
Monday 16 November
Harvest reports and videos released - 8am
Watch our video updates to find out what has happened on-farm through the Harvest 2020 season at the Strategic Cereal Farms East, West and Scotland. Hear from the hosts and the researchers the findings and latest results from our cover crop, flowering strips, catch crop and cultivations demonstrations across the network. Download the harvest 2020 reports for each farm to see the results that have been found, look at the graphs, analyse the costings and see what messages you can put into practice for your farm business.
All of the content will be available here on Monday 16 November. No registration is required.
Tuesday 17 November
Catch and cover crops seminar - 9am
Over the last year, Brian Barker at the Strategic Farm East has used cover crops and looked at the effect of these compared to ploughed and stubble land. The tough autumn 2019 meant Rob Fox at the Strategic Farm West has taken advantage of using a catch crop on un-drilled land. Both have assessed the effects of these on soil structure, nutrient capture, water quality, nutrient release and ease of establishment for the next crop. Join Brian, Rob and Kate Smith, ADAS research lead, for a conversation to discuss the results from this work to-date. Ask your questions and share your experiences – a practical session looking at the pros and cons of using these features in the rotation, balancing the management, costs and wider environmental aspects to ensure success.
Weed management seminar - 3pm
Looking at improving weed management on-farm? This seminar will discuss key considerations and lessons, along with the sharing of research undertaken as part of the Strategic Farms, for example botanical assessments from the flowering strips trials and a new project looking at cultural management of black-grass at the Strategic Farm West. Hosted by Richard Meredith and joined by Sarah Cook, ADAS Senior Research Consultant for Weed Biology.
Wednesday 18 November
Managed lower inputs seminar - 7pm
Developing the managed lower inputs theme for the Strategic Cereal Farm network, this webinar brings back the popular discussion from June for a Part II. Join host Chris Leslie (AHDB Knowledge Exchange Manager) and his farmer panel of David Aglen, Rob Fox and Brian Barker for a conversation on how these farmers are trying new methods and learning from their on-farm trials and demonstrations can assist with lowering inputs while maintaining productivity and increasing sustainability.
Thursday 19 November
Boosting beneficials through the use of flowering strips seminar - 9am
Can flowering strips – around field margins or in-field be the answer to controlling pests – now and in the future? Our Strategic Cereal Farms are looking at the effect that they might have – both on numbers of pests, beneficials and also on the crop itself. Join Mark Ramsden, ADAS Entomologist and Rob Fox, Strategic Farm West host, to talk through what is taking place on the farms currently and what you could do/could look for on your own farm.
Friday 20 November
Harvest 2021 demonstration videos released - 8am
Watch our videos brought to you from the Strategic Cereal Farms in Scotland, West and East to hear about the demonstrations and assessments in the ground for harvest 2021. Catch up on what to look out for this year in these applied commercial farm situations, putting research into practice.
All of the content will be available here on Friday 20 November. No registration is required.
Live 'ask the researcher' session with all the trials hosts - 9am
This is your opportunity to ask any questions and hear more information about the trials and demonstrations happening on the three AHDB Strategic Cereal Farms in harvest 2021. Hosted by AHDB Knowledge Transfer Manager, Emily Pope, this meeting via Microsoft Teams will give you the opportunity to speak to Will Smith, NIAB and Strategic cereal Farm East trials lead, Anne Bhogal, ADAS and Strategic Farm West trials lead and Fiona Burnett, SRUC and Strategic Cereal Farm Scotland trials lead. Hear about the details of the trials taking place – from pest and beneficial assessments, T timing efficacy work and analysing the effectiveness of cultivation methods.
All of the webinar, seminar and live sessions are free to attend – please register by clicking on the links above. BASIS and NRoSO points will be available for watching the event live or if you catch up with the recording on the YouTube channel later. Please e-mail Teresa Meadows with your name, BASIS/NRoSO membership number and postcode to claim your points.
We look forward to you joining us!
16 - 20 November 2020
David Aglen, Brian Barker and Rob Fox all host AHDB Strategic Cereal Farms. During this week, they will be sharing results and findings from their work through a series of videos, webinars and seminars, alongside industry experts and researchers.
Events
To register for the seminars, webinars and live sessions through the week, please click on the links below to register to watch live or later at your convenience.
Monday 16 November
Harvest reports and videos released - 8am
Watch our video updates to find out what has happened on-farm through the Harvest 2020 season at the Strategic Cereal Farms East, West and Scotland. Hear from the hosts and the researchers the findings and latest results from our cover crop, flowering strips, catch crop and cultivations demonstrations across the network. Download the harvest 2020 reports for each farm to see the results that have been found, look at the graphs, analyse the costings and see what messages you can put into practice for your farm business.
All of the content will be available here on Monday 16 November. No registration is required.
Tuesday 17 November
Catch and cover crops seminar - 9am
Over the last year, Brian Barker at the Strategic Farm East has used cover crops and looked at the effect of these compared to ploughed and stubble land. The tough autumn 2019 meant Rob Fox at the Strategic Farm West has taken advantage of using a catch crop on un-drilled land. Both have assessed the effects of these on soil structure, nutrient capture, water quality, nutrient release and ease of establishment for the next crop. Join Brian, Rob and Kate Smith, ADAS research lead, for a conversation to discuss the results from this work to-date. Ask your questions and share your experiences – a practical session looking at the pros and cons of using these features in the rotation, balancing the management, costs and wider environmental aspects to ensure success.
Weed management seminar - 3pm
Looking at improving weed management on-farm? This seminar will discuss key considerations and lessons, along with the sharing of research undertaken as part of the Strategic Farms, for example botanical assessments from the flowering strips trials and a new project looking at cultural management of black-grass at the Strategic Farm West. Hosted by Richard Meredith and joined by Sarah Cook, ADAS Senior Research Consultant for Weed Biology.
Wednesday 18 November
Managed lower inputs seminar - 7pm
Developing the managed lower inputs theme for the Strategic Cereal Farm network, this webinar brings back the popular discussion from June for a Part II. Join host Chris Leslie (AHDB Knowledge Exchange Manager) and his farmer panel of David Aglen, Rob Fox and Brian Barker for a conversation on how these farmers are trying new methods and learning from their on-farm trials and demonstrations can assist with lowering inputs while maintaining productivity and increasing sustainability.
Thursday 19 November
Boosting beneficials through the use of flowering strips seminar - 9am
Can flowering strips – around field margins or in-field be the answer to controlling pests – now and in the future? Our Strategic Cereal Farms are looking at the effect that they might have – both on numbers of pests, beneficials and also on the crop itself. Join Mark Ramsden, ADAS Entomologist and Rob Fox, Strategic Farm West host, to talk through what is taking place on the farms currently and what you could do/could look for on your own farm.
Friday 20 November
Harvest 2021 demonstration videos released - 8am
Watch our videos brought to you from the Strategic Cereal Farms in Scotland, West and East to hear about the demonstrations and assessments in the ground for harvest 2021. Catch up on what to look out for this year in these applied commercial farm situations, putting research into practice.
All of the content will be available here on Friday 20 November. No registration is required.
Live 'ask the researcher' session with all the trials hosts - 9am
This is your opportunity to ask any questions and hear more information about the trials and demonstrations happening on the three AHDB Strategic Cereal Farms in harvest 2021. Hosted by AHDB Knowledge Transfer Manager, Emily Pope, this meeting via Microsoft Teams will give you the opportunity to speak to Will Smith, NIAB and Strategic cereal Farm East trials lead, Anne Bhogal, ADAS and Strategic Farm West trials lead and Fiona Burnett, SRUC and Strategic Cereal Farm Scotland trials lead. Hear about the details of the trials taking place – from pest and beneficial assessments, T timing efficacy work and analysing the effectiveness of cultivation methods.
All of the webinar, seminar and live sessions are free to attend – please register by clicking on the links above. BASIS and NRoSO points will be available for watching the event live or if you catch up with the recording on the YouTube channel later. Please e-mail Teresa Meadows with your name, BASIS/NRoSO membership number and postcode to claim your points.
We look forward to you joining us!
