Take virtual approach

Wide range of seminars will be available online

Farmers and agronomists will be able to sit in on a full Cereals seminars session next month.

Here are some highlights. of the timetable

Wednesday June 10

8-8.45am – Getting More From Less. With resistance to pesticides increasingly compromising control, this session explores new strategies to get “more from less” in managing weeds, pests and disease.

9.15-10am – Delivering Natural Capital. This session explores how farmers can tap into the opportunities. 10.30-11.15am – New Era, New Challenges, New Opportunities. What impact will coronavirus have for UK farmers, food security and global trade ? 1-1.45pm – Non-Chemical Solutions. With the pesticide armoury available to UK arable growers shrinking fast due to regulation or resistance, this session explores other cost-effective solutions to tackle weeds, pests and disease. 2.15-3pm – Soils: The Heart Of A Sustainable System. 3.30-4.15pm – Routes Into Farming. 4.45-5.30pm – Skills For The Future. This session explores what skills are needed to stay on top of new technologies and business opportunities, as well as how to improve your own personal influence and performance.

6-6.45pm – Succession Planning.

Thursday June 11

8-8.45am – New Specialist Crop Markets. Consumer interest in different grains, healthy proteins and green energy is opening up new cropping opportunities. This session explores a range of options. 9.15-9.45am – Budgeting and management.

10.15-11am – The arable market outlook. The latest insights and market outlooks for the international, domestic and emerging crop markets. 11.30am-12.15pm – Climate Change. This session explores what steps are needed to achieve net zero carbon emissions on arable farms and how to tackle the impacts being felt on farms. 1-1.45pm – Plant Breeding Innovations. This session explores the opportunities plant breeding techniques such as gene editing and sequencing offer to create crops and varieties that are much fitter for a future that aims to be low in carbon and pesticide usage.

2.15-3pm – Sustainable Crop Health. 3.30-4.15pm – Digital And Data Innovation. 4.45-5.30pm – Precision Farming Technologies. Exploring current and new technologies that may be available to assist arable farmers to target pests, diseases and weeds more efficiently. 6-6.45pm – Precision Farming Application.

7-8pm Young Farmers Zoom Forum. What’s on your mind? risk

Seminars are popular at the event, but this year they will be online.