As part of the farming community, you are invited by BASF to an innovative event to launch the new cereal fungicide, Revystar® XE. Eight events will be held throughout the UK, bringing farmers together to discuss their challenges and plans for spring 2020. Farmers involved in BASF’s Real Results Circle will share their field trial results from using Revystar® XE on their farms last spring. You’ll hear first-hand how they got on and what they thought. Soil health expert, Professor Jenni Dungait will also be giving her advice on how to manage soils following the wet conditions, and ADAS will share their independent research into Revystar® XE‘sperformance.
We invite you to join us on one of the following events to meet other farmers and discuss the season ahead. Register here or click on the event image below to register.
York - 3rd March
Set at York Racecourse looking out over the Parade Ring, our roadshow event will hear from farmers Pat Thornton and Rodger Hobson about their farming operations, innovation, and trips to Ireland and New Zealand. Starts 10:30am.
York Racecourse, Knavesmire Road,
York YO23 1EX
Event agenda
Agenda
10.30 Tea & coffee available
11.00 Welcome from event co-chairs Rory Galloway, Agronomy Manager, BASF Pat Thornton, Farmer and Real Results Circle
11.15 Morning session: A Farmer Focus Pat Thornton Pat will give an overview of his farm business, the challenges he faced last season and his involvement in on-farm trials. Rodger Hobson As the UK’s largest grower of carrots for the processing market, Rodger will share some insights into his operation and his thoughts on growing cereals after joining the BASF Innovation Tour to New Zealand. Mike Green, Sustainability Manager, BASF Mike will share some of his 30-years of agronomy and environmental experience managing projects on soil health, delivery of food and environmental resources, as well as wholefarm sustainability systems. A session offering practical on-farm solutions. Prof. Jenni Dungait, Soil Health Expert A look at soil remediation and health, as well as how to deal with compaction and wet weather, following the high rainfall this winter.
13.00 Lunch: A hot meal followed by something sweet!
13.55 Video: A look at farmer challenges across the country.
14.00 Afternoon session: Revystar® XE Rory Galloway, Agonomy Manager, BASF The local recommendation for Revystar® XE Kate Storer, ADAS The independent view – a look at their trials across the UK, and locally with Revystar® XE Mathew Barnes, Agronomy Manager, BASF The technical story behind the fungicide Revystar® XE, what can it do for your crops and why the industry is so excited by this new innovative solution. Pat Thornton, Farmer and Rory Galloway, BASF A first-hand experience with Revystar® XE on the ground looking at the Real Results Circle 2019 wheat trials.
Speakers
Pat Thornton
Pat has combined a career in agronomy with his own farming activities on the family farm. He has worked with ADAS, NIAB TAG and AHDB where he had responsibility for running monitor farms. He also works as a consultant. Pat describes his land as “pretty heavy” as witnessed by the fact that there are two old brick quarries within the farm boundaries. The land is flat and lies only four metres above sea level. Rotational ploughing every four to five years is proving beneficial, and a low disturbance system is favoured using a Vaderstad Rapid fitted with the System Disc toolbar. Pat firmly believes “Knowing is not enough- you have to do something with the knowledge!”. An advocate of very regular crop walking, using the right products at the right time.
Rodger Hobson
After growing up on the family farm at Crockey Hill in Yorkshire, Rodger read Engineering Science at Oxford University. Throughout his early career he was based in London as a Strategic Management Consultant with corporate clients in sectors as diverse as hotels and leisure, property and airlines, before returning home to the farm business. Rodger now has over 20 years experience of farming specifically in growing carrots and is the Chairman of the British Carrot Growers Association. Now the UK’s largest grower of carrots for the processing market producing over 30,000t each year over 364 hectares, the farm also grows 1,620 hectares of cereals. This includes winter and spring wheat, spring barley, sugar beet, vining beans and OSR. Rodger visited New Zealand as part of the BASF Innovation Tour.
Edinburgh - 5th March
Our Edinburgh Real Results Roadshow event will take place at Murrayfield Stadium, which will be a hive of activity as it prepares for the weekend’s international Six Nations game. Joined by farmer Andrew Booth, comedian and farmer Jim Smith, SRUC’s Fiona Burnett and a special guest appearance from recently retired Scotland international rugby player Johnnie Beattie – this is one event you won’t want to miss. Starts 10:30.
BT Murrayfield Stadium,
Edinburgh EH12 5PJ
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