SOIL: Knowing what you've got it and making it work for you, Thankerton
Date:
Thursday 21 January 2016 - 10:00 to 15:00
Venue:
Thankerton
Organiser:
Soil Association Scotland
A practical informative meeting with James Bretherton, Agscope, looking at the most vital asset on your farm - soil.
Discussing soil analysis, physical soil assessment, what appropriate remedial action to take & answering your soil related questions.
The event includes a Bring Your Own soil & soil analysis hands-on session.
Booking is required, so lunch and packs can be provided. Booking form here.
For further information please call Lyn 07899 791748 or email lwhite@soilassociation.org
Funded by The Scottish Government & The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development with partner funding from QMS, Forestry Commission Scotland, Innovative Farmers & The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation.
Price:
Free of charge to farmers and land managers & £40.00 plus VAT to others.
Location:
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A practical informative meeting with James Bretherton, Agscope, looking at the most vital asset on your farm SOIL.
Discussing soil analysis, physical soil assessment, what appropriate remedial action to take & answering your soil related questions.
The event includes a Bring Your Own soil & soil analysis hands-on session.
Booking is required, so lunch and packs can be provided. Booking form here.
For further information please call Lyn 07899 791748 or email lwhite@soilassociation.org
Funded by The Scottish Government & The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development with partner funding from QMS, Forestry Commission Scotland, Innovative Farmers & The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation
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A practical informative meeting with James Bretherton, Agscope, looking at the most vital asset on your farm - soil.
Discussing soil analysis, physical soil assessment, what appropriate remedial action to take & answering your soil related questions.
The event includes a Bring Your Own soil & soil analysis hands-on session.
Booking is required, so lunch and packs can be provided. Booking form here.
For further information please call Lyn 07899 791748 or email lwhite@soilassociation.org
Funded by The Scottish Government & The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development with partner funding from QMS, Forestry Commission Scotland, Innovative Farmers & The Prince of Wales’s Charitable Foundation.
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The evening will focus on the vital roles which biodiversity beneath our feet play - in maintaining the soil's fertility, the ecosystems services which they perform, the possibility of new pharmaceutical products, and the problems associated with disease transmission. Soil ecosystems are rich, diverse and vital to life and society.
Speakers to include:
- Professor Richard Bardgett, Professor of Ecology, University of Manchester
- Professor Colin Campbell, Director of Science Excellence, James Hutton Institute
- Professor Julie Fitzpatrick, Scientific Director of the Moredun Research Institute
Panel discussion will be chaired by Susan Davies, CEO, SNH.
The event is being supported by the James Hutton Institute, the Moredun Research Institute, the Strategic Research Programme and Scottish Natural Heritage.
