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9.30 - 10.00
Registration and welcome.
10.00 - 10.15
Richard Harding, ProCam
Introduction to day and Conservation Agriculture bench marking project.
10.15 - 13.15
Joel Williams, Biolife Ag
Rethinking minerals and microbes – balancing nutrient supply and soil agro-ecological health in order to optimise photosynthesis, crop quality, pest and
disease pressure.
13.15 - 14.15
Lunch and networking.
14.15 - 15.15
Andrew Howard, Kent farmer and Nuffield Scholar
Report on Companion cropping.
15.15 - 16.15
Dr Elizabeth Stockdale, Newcastle University
The facts. Just what does the latest science on soil biology tell us and how best can we manage it?
16.15. - 16.45
Plantworks Ltd
Presentation of results on soil biological activity following soil testing from Weston Park Farms and site of the Groundswell Event, a no-till farm using conventional chemistry and after 8 years of no soil disturbance.
16.45 - 17.15
Questions to speakers / closing remarks.
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