Wednesday 2nd December 2020
The Soil and Water Management Centre are proud to present Soil & Water 2020 – Farming in the Extremes. Focusing on farming in the new normal of climate change and building resilience to dry and wet periods, we’ve gathered some leading researchers and practitioners to share their thoughts.
The day is split into four sessions with a discussion at the end of each and farmers’ case studies throughout the day to reflect on the findings of our speakers.
Programme:
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Session 1 Climate Change and Agriculture |
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09.30 |
Welcome from the Chair – Introduction and Farming in the Dry |
Guy Smith |
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09.50 |
Climate Change how do we define it and what does it mean for UK Agriculture |
Simon Jeffery |
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10.15 |
Climate change and extreme weather – perceptions and adaptive responses among farmers and land managers |
Rebecca Wheeler |
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10.45 |
Discussion |
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11.00 |
Break |
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Session 2 Climate Change Mitigation at Farm Level |
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11.15 |
Low carbon farming – the possibilities and practicalities |
Becky Wilson |
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11.45 |
Reducing the farm carbon footprint with carbon auditing |
Al Brooks |
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12.05 |
Using soil data to plan environmental management on farms: the ASSIST E-Planner tool. |
Richard Pyewell |
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12.35 |
Discussion |
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12.50 |
Lunch |
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Session 3 Farming in Extreme Weather |
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13.20 |
Farming with extreme rain – Flood mitigation work |
Chris Stoate |
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13.50 |
Farming with Natural Flood Management |
Hannah Fawcett |
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14.10 |
Building soil resilience to mitigate extreme weather with regenerative farming |
Ian Wilkinson |
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14.30 |
Discussion |
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14.40 |
Break |
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Session 4 Systems for Climate Resilience (proudly sponsored by Fendt) |
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14.50 |
Using steel – where it still has an important role in raising soil resilience |
Dick Godwin |
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15.20 |
Why maintaining a flexible approach to crop establishment is critical for my business |
Robin Gaymer Mentmore |
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15.40 |
Panel discussion and concluding remarks - Chair |
Guy Smith |
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16.00 |
Close |
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Kindly supported by: Agrii, Harper Adams University, Catchment Sensitive Farming, Vädarstad, Tillage and Soils and BASF |
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£45 conference & 1 year SWMC membership;
£15 existing members;
?£25 conference only
For more information and to register, click here.