Going Undercover: Profiting From Green Manures
Date:
Wednesday 12 July 2017 - 10:30
Venue:
East Lothian
Organiser:
Soil Association Scotland
Green manures have long been used at Stonelaw’s to build soil fertility, increase biodiversity, improve water quality and provide a valuable source of winter fodder for store cattle.
Join us for this practical morning session covering topics on:
• How to select different types of green manure to suit your farming system;
• How you can incorporate green manures and cover crops into AECS and Greening,
• How to maximise farm output from green manures.
• Why green manures- what are the benefits?
Speakers include Dr Robin Walker from SRUC’s Aberdeen Campus, and will include time for questions and discussion on this emerging topic.
Free of charge to farmers, foresters and land managers and £40 + VAT to others. Book online, call Jane on 0131 666 2474, or email.
Funding is provided through The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in partnership with the Scottish Government, Scottish Water, and RSPB Scotland.
Price:
Free of charge to farmers, foresters and land managers and £40 + VAT to others
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