Hosted by Neil Baker at Haselbury Plucknett, Somerset. High-yielding indoor dairy herd of 1,800 predominately Holstein cows. Neil is one of Arla’s regenerative pilot farms and will outline some of the projects he is working on. For more information visit the Down to Earth website (click here)

Find out more about the benefits of introducing grass and herbal leys into arable rotations. These include improved soil health and organic matter content, weed control and improvements in following crop yields. Making the best use of those leys, through management with grazing livestock, can also add further profit to the system. What will be […]

The BGS Summer Meeting 2023 to North Wales will take place from Monday 26 June to Wednesday 28 June 2023. The base for the meeting will be The Management Centre at Bangor University. For those travelling to the event, accommodation will also be available on Sunday 25 June as we will be setting off to our first […]

CGS Summer Tour Date: Thursday 29th June Visiting three excellent farms in Staffordshire: Joel & Emma Redfern at Upper Farm, Yarlet John Millington at Hardiwick Grove Farm, Sandon James & Lucy Muir at Shaw Wood Farm, Sandon

Hosted by Mark and Jenny Lee, Park House Farm, Torpenhow, Cumbria. Organic dairy unit consisting of 175 milking crossbred cows, certified 100% pasture fed by Pasture for Life and mob-grazed on a 30-40 day rotation using 2.5km of grazing tracks. For more information visit the Down to Earth website (click here)

Gloucestershire Grassland Society Summer visit and social Wednesday 12 July at 7pm Visit to Wick Court, Overton Lane, Arlingham, Gloucester GL2 7JJ We hope you will be able to join us for a relaxed evening at Wick Court.  Wick Court is one of the Farms for City Children farms, a charity enabling children from disadvantaged […]

This AFCP (Agri-Food Charities Partnership) National Forum is a one-day conference hosted jointed with Harper Adams University (HAU). There will be a tour of livestock research areas at Harper Adams, talks from high-profile HAU staff including Professors Michael Lee, Jude Capper and Liam Sinclair, alongside presentations from AFCP-funded PhD students Fern Baker and Caroline Best. […]

Recycling of Agricultural, Municipal and Industrial Residues in Agriculture Network (RAMIRAN) is a research and expertise network that was set up more than 25 years ago to improve nutrient utilisation and minimise the environmental impact of livestock manure and other organic material used in agricultural systems (http://ramiran.uvlf.sk/). This conference was last held in 2017 and […]

UK Dairy Day, the UK’s leading free-to-attend dairy trade event, is held at the International Centre in Telford, TF3 4JH on Wednesday 13th September 2023. Established in 2014, UK Dairy Day is an event to attend for anyone connected to the dairy industry providing an opportunity to network, share knowledge, learn and most importantly, do […]

Speaker: David Hughes Dairying - my part in its downfall! Thursday 14 December 7.45 pm Lecture Theatre, Reaseheath College, Nantwich Evening sponsored by Lambert, Leonard and May.

Date: Thursday 14th December Time: 7.45 pm Location: Lecture Theatre, Reaseheath College. Speaker: David Hughes - Dairying, my part in its downfall David has spent the last 47 years giving business advice to dairy farmers. After graduating in 1976 with a 1st class honours degree from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, David spent 11 years […]