Cultivating soil health

Join us for this technical session hosted by Peter Cheek at Godminster Farm, Somerset (a 300-cow organic dairy farm).

We’ll be focusing on cultivation and maintenance of soil health and covering topics including:

• Risks and benefits of different minimum tillage approaches.

This will include a demonstration and discussion of different min till kit, such as Väderstad Carrier disc cultivator (Weather permitting)

• Discuss the risks and value of deeper cultivation to soil health and wider agronomy, including the role of the plough within the rotation

• The management of weeds in the absence of herbicides.

We will be joined by soil expert Tom Tolputt of Terrafarmer to get into the details in the soil pit, plus share the outcome of trial work on organic bio stimulants.

We'll also be joined by additional technical specialists including Lisa Hambly from Mole Valley and our SA Farming and Land Use Team.

The event is of interest to:

• Dairy farmers looking to improve soil health, reduce inputs and increase resilience.
• Farmers and advisors interested in learning more about low-input resilient systems.

Thank you to Richard Hollingberry and Peter Cheek for hosting this event.

The event is free to attend, a light lunch and refreshments will also be included.

Agenda

10:30 Arrival and refreshments

11:00 Introduction to the farm and farm walk

13:00 Light lunch, refreshments, and discussion

14:00 Close and depart

This event is registered for BASIS and NRoSo CPD points. To claim your points, please complete the form what registering at the event. It will be helpful if you have your membership numbers to hand (but not essential).

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Please be advised that filming and/or photography by Soil Association may take place at this event. To decline consent, you can get in touch or complete an opt-out form on the day.

The Agroecology at Scale demonstration farms are part of a wider partnership between Ocado and Soil Association which has been established to help transform the way we eat, farm and care for our natural world.

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