Short term planting to enhance livestock production, health and resilience
Wednesday 9th July 5pm-8pm
Arbor Farm, Ruthvoes, St Columb, Cornwall, UK TR9 6HT
Steve Evans has extensive experience selecting and designing tree systems for livestock grazing. He provides advice on trees suitable for any site across the Southwest as well as guidance on establishment and management. This event will include a tour of the ‘Arboratory’ which includes native, non-native and naturalised species. The event will also include a workshop where Steve will talk through and design a system for a particular farm site.
This is a great opportunity to see how trees can be integrated on your farm, contributing to forage resilience, livestock health and reducing your carbon footprint.
A pasty will be provided, so booking is essential.
This is a return visit to see the growth from the ‘HELEN’ project trials with a discussion on species selection and establishment, and potential benefits of increasing diversity in your pastures.
Thursday 12th June, 11:30 – 1.30
Treway Farm, Coombe, St Austell. PL26 7LS (What3words: motorist.flamenco.battling)
This National Lottery-funded Farm Net Zero (FNZ) event will be hosted by FNZ Monitor Farmers, Will and Kate Martin of Treway Farm.
Attendees at the popular event at Treway in October 2024 requested a return visit to Will Martin’s trial fields. We will give you the final results of the HELEN project trials focusing on the most successful method for overseeding pastures, and which species to include in your seed mix for your soil type.
Will Martin will discuss the trial establishment methods he carried out, and the subsequent grazing management.
Hannah Jones will provide soil and plant species count data alongside Will’s establishment cost and the associated carbon footprint.
Budding Nature will introduce some basic ecological principles, including food webs, species interactions, ecological succession and population ecology in a classroom-based session. We will look at how these principles can inform the concept of nature recovery in the Westcountry and the role farming can play.
In an outdoor afternoon session, we will look at these ecological principles in action in the field accompanied by Chris Jones from Woodland Valley Farm, on tour of his 170 acre mixed farm. We will talk about the vital role that farms have in nature recovery and how we can support them. We will also have a guided tour of the beaver enclosure to see the astonishing impact these environmental engineers can have in habitat restoration.
There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. We hope you will be inspired to mirror some of the techniques being used by our Westcountry farmers in your own green spaces and be a part of nature recovery.
Thanks very much for your interest in our winter webinar on The Ecology of Dung with Rob Howe, sponsored by Farm Net Zero, in collaboration with the Farm Carbon Toolkit
Please see below for the recording of the webinar if you’d like to watch again or if you weren’t able to join us on the night, plus some interesting resources from the Farm Net Zero project and their Dung Beetle Conference 2024!
See the latest results from the FiPL-funded ‘HELEN’ project.
Tuesday 22nd October, 11:00 – 14:00
This FiPL and National Lottery-funded Farm Net Zero (FNZ) event will be hosted by FNZ Monitor Farmers, Will and Kate Martin of Treway farm.
Herbal leys are an attractive option for livestock farmers looking to improve pasture quality and reduce inputs, and the new Sustainable Farming Incentive option allows for overseeding them, but what is the best way to achieve this?
Will Martin will discuss the trial establishment methods he carried out, and the subsequent grazing management.
Hannah Jones will provide soil and plant species count data alongside Will’s establishment cost and the associated carbon footprint.
Katie Bliss / Emma Bishop from Cornwall Wildlife Trust, will share insights from their role assessing sward diversity of existing pastures and supporting farmers to navigate Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), which may be required to overseed permanent pastures on uncultivated or semi-natural land (such as National Landscape)
Lunch will be provided, so booking is essential.
To book your place and lunch (please advise of any dietary requirements), please contact Alex Bebbington ([email protected]) or Hannah Jones ([email protected])
Please meet at The Old School, Stoke Climsland, Callington PL17 8NY
This National Lottery-funded Farm Net Zero event will be hosted by Patrick and Jack Barrett of Tresallick Farm, Stoke Climsland with the demonstration by Ed Shere Contractor Services.
The event will cover:
Potential space savings from slurry separation
Nutrient use benefits from two different slurry-based fractions
Ease of handling
Potential cost savings
Discussion on emission savings
Lunch will be provided, so booking is essential. To book your place and lunch (please advise of any dietary requirements), please contact:
The event will be hosted by FNZ Monitor Farmers, Matt and Pip Smith. The day will cover a range of topics to increase the profitability and environmental sustainability of sheep production. These include:
Herbal leys for sheep and how to graze them
Breeding for resilience to parasitic worms
The FNZ Innovative Farmers Field Lab on Diverse Covers for Weaned Lambs
Soils and greenhouse gas emissions and the impact of changes in management
To book your place and lunch (please advise of any dietary requirements), please contact Alex Bebbington ([email protected]) or Hannah Jones ([email protected])
This is a National Lottery-funded Farm Net Zero (FNZ) event
Mike Harrington is well respected throughout the industry for his innovative thinking and solutions to address crop health challenges. He takes a holistic view of the soil and plant health and provides solutions integrating biological and chemical solutions where necessary. In this webinar, Mike will introduce a range of mineral and biological applications which enhance the natural disease resistance in plant.
Hannah Jones, who did a PhD in plant pathology a long time ago, will introduce aspects of plant defence which will link to practical in-field plant health management.
This webinar provides the background to two Farm Net Zero field trials at Tregooden and Pensipple Farms aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of cereal production. An event is planned in April 2025 to look at the trial progress.
How to register
Please email one of the FNZ team to get the zoom address for the webinar:
Join the Farm Net Zero team at Duchy College for a technical day on growing maize, and a farm walk to view the trial field.
Traditionally-grown maize has frequently come under fire for being associated with soil erosion and runoff. At this event we’ll talk about the best ways to minimise negative impacts of growing maize, and maximise the benefits for yield, silage quality and soil health.
We’ll discuss:
Establishment methods; their impact on soil health and structure, and the effects of different methods on yield and gross margins. We’ll share the results and learnings from the FNZ-Innovative Farmers trials and hear from the farmers who took part.
Different growing approaches: we’ll explore methods for under-sowing maize, sharing experiences from the trial, and options for intercropping maize with beans from a farmer trialling it in Cornwall.
What makes good silage and how to maximise quality
We’ll also take a walk to the Duchy trial field to look at the cover crops in situ.
Agenda:
10am Arrive, tea and coffee
10.30: Introduction
10.45: Maize establishment – methods, impacts on soil and yields
11.45: Tea break
12.00: Forage quality – intercropping with beans and the making of good silage
1pm: Lunch
1.45: Farm walk and discussion on under-sowing
3pm: Close
The event is free to attend and food and refreshments will be provided.
Please note:This event is in a lecture theatre but includes a farm walk. Please bring appropriate clothing for all weather and note that the ground may be uneven. The trial site is a 5-10 minute walk from the venue, please get in touch if you have specific accessibility requirements and we can arrange transport.
For health and safety reasons, no children or infants are permitted at the event.
Waiting list
If the event is booked up please add your name to the waiting list as spaces may become available. If you have a ticket, and find you cannot make the event, please let us know as soon as possible so we can reallocate tickets.
Filming and photography
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