Special Interest Groups
Listed below are the BGS Special Interest Groups.
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Forage Legumes Group The BGS Forage Legumes Group was reborn out of the Quality Forage for Ruminants Conference held at the Royal Agricultural College in March of 1997. It is a broad-based organisation with members from the academic, research, commercial, and farming sectors. The group uses farm visits, meetings and in house publications to inform its members of best management practices, novel crops, and issues related to the production of forage legumes. Through its membership fee (£20 annually) the Group helps to fund several research projects, and pays for the cost of its publications. Further details can be obtained from the Convener, Gerry Lane at the Royal Agricultural College (gerry.lane@rac.ac.uk). http://www.rac.ac.uk/flg/default.html http://www.rac.ac.uk/flg/default.html Society Contact: Mr Gerry Lane Forage Legumes Group The Royal Agricultural College Stroud Road Cirencester GL7 6JS Phone: 01285 652531 Ext 2292 gerry.lane@rac.ac.uk Horse Group A new Special Interest Group is beginning to plan an inaugural event for October 2006. If you are interested in joining the mailing list for further details as they become available, please email the office: office@britishgrassland.com BGS Horse Group Committee:Chairman: Lois Philipps Secretary: Shirley Macmillan, Barbara McLean, Heather McCalman, Sara Gregson Society Contact: Ms Lois Philipps Pasture Ecology Group
The Pasture Ecology Group (originally the Detailed Sward Measurement Group) was set up in 1977. Over the course of time its remit has extended to embrace most aspects of pasture-based research. These now include interests in plant animal interactions and in the morphological and physiological determinants of successful pasture species and pasture species associations in different environments. http://www.iger.bbsrc.ac.uk/PastureEcol/pastecol-bkgrnd.html Society Contact: Mr Mike Fothergill The Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research Plas Gogerddan Aberystwyth SY23 3EB Phone: +44 (0)1970 828357 michael.fothergill@bbsrc.ac.uk |