Down to Earth Speaker Programme
Wednesday 3rd July | David Craven, Grosvenor Farms, Aldford, Cheshire Main StageTalk StationsMain Stage
10:00 am & 1:30 pm
IN CONVERSATION WITH DAVID CRAVEN, CHARLIE STEER & JOHN GILLILAND
Hosted by David Christensen, Dairy and Beef Farmer
10:20 am & 1:50 pm
GROSVENOR FARMS – THE COMMERCIAL PICTURE
Mark Roach, Managing Director, Grosvenor Farms
10:40 am & 2:10 pm
PRACTICAL APPROACHES TO REDUCE DAIRY EMISSIONS – A FOCUS ON METHANE
Adrian Packington, Bovaer Project
11:00 am & 2:30 pm
ACHIEVING THE DELIVERABLES OF A MILK CONTRACT WITH A HIGH INPUT HOUSED SYSTEM
Richard Collins, Head of Agriculture, Muller & Natalie Smith, Head of Agriculture, Tesco
11:30 am & 3:00 pm
SUSTAINABLE FARMING INCENTIVE – YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Edward Earnshaw, Just Farm
12:00 pm & 3:30 pm
FEED EFFICIENCY FUNDAMENTALS FOR THE FUTUREĀ
Dr Anna Sutcliffe, Ruminant Technical Manager at AB Dairy and Emma McAvoy, Consultant at Kite Consulting
12:30 pm
LIVE PODCAST, HOSTED BY KITE CONSULTING
Talk Stations
TALK 1
11:30AM, 1:00PM & 2:30PM
UNDERSTANDING SOIL BIOLOGY AND HOW THIS LINKS TO SOIL HEALTHĀ
Dr Felicity Crotty, Principal Consultant Agriculture and LandĀ and BGS Trustee
TALK 2
11:30AM, 1:00PM & 2:30PM
RENEWABLE ENERGY: THE POSSIBILITIES AND ITS PLACE IN A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE
Charles Bowyer, Business Development Manager & Trisha Toop, Delivery Director, UK Agri-Tech Centre
TALK 3
11:30AM, 1:00PM & 2:30PM
THE IMPACT OF GENETIC SELECTION ON OUTPUT AND EFFICIENCY AT GROSVENOR FARMS
Sion Parry, Genetics and Data Analysis Specialist, Cogent
ECOFEED AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN THE DAIRY AND BEEF INDUSTRY
Dr Jody Edmunds, Genetics and Services Manager, Cogent