SSCR Combinable and Energy Crops Winter Meeting 16 March 2017
The Scottish Society for Crop Research (SSCR) Combinable and Energy Crops Sub-committee will hold its Winter Meeting at the James Hutton Institute in Dundee. The event is open to anyone in the cereals industry and other interested parties. BASIS points will be applied for and will be available to attendees on the day.
The theme for this year's meeting is "Alternative and Cover Crops"
Programme
13:15 Registration opens
13:45 Welcome by Dr Keith Dawson, Chairman SSCR Cereals Committee
13:50 Research Review Highlights: the benefits, practices and knowledge gaps associated with different cover crop species - Ron Stobart, Head of Crop Research Communication, NIAB
14:20 Cover crop experiment at Balruddery: one and a half winters’ data - Blair McKenzie, James Hutton Institute
14:40 Imaging roots of cover crops - Glyn Bengough, James Hutton Institute
15:00 Coffee, tea and cakes
15:15 Green cover crops – integrating them into your farming system: An overview of practical learnings from across Scotland from formal trials and on farm delivery - Richard Barnes, Sales Manager, Kings
15:45 Cover Crops in Practice: A Farmer’s Experience - Doug Christie, Durie Farms
16:00 Wrap up
Attending
Please note that this meeting is free for SSCR members but there is a £15 attendance fee for non-members. Membership of SSCR costs £15 a year and there will be the opportunity to join at the meeting. Please register your interest in attending this meeting to:
Pam Cassidy
Events Co-ordinator
The James Hutton Institute
Dundee DD2 5DA
Tel: 01382 568 751
Email: events@hutton.ac.uk
