Society Events

Society Events

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Conferences

Two or three days on specialist grass and forage topics or targeting particular groups:  The Research Conference series, every third year, welcomes young researchers presenting their first talk or poster; The Occasional Symposium series includes invited and offered papers on a particular topic.

Summer Meeting

Three-day tour to study, usually in early July, to see the strengths and problems of grassland in a different region each year with visits to grass farms and research institutions.

Workshops

Focused discussions with highly topical and sometimes controversial speakers to challenge your current ways of thinking.

Farm walks

Visits to leading grassland managers farms to investigate their techniques and share knowledge.

National Grassland Management Competition

To find the producer who demonstrates excellence in the management of grass and forage for profitable livestock production and care of the land.

Upcoming Events

West Sussex GS - AGM - Tuesday, March 16, 2010

The Sixth Winter Meeting and Annual General Meeting will be held at The Blacksmith Arms

Mr. Andrew Cook will be speaking at the event on the topic of - 'The Importance of Grass'.

Please click here for more information and contact details

South/West Yorkshire Winter Meeting - Thursday, March 18, 2010

Speaking, will be Rob Bolton, 4Recycling.

Please contact Trees Fewster on: 01274 873485 for more information.

Monmouthshire GS Open Meeting - Thursday, March 18, 2010

 On March 18th, at Alice Springs Golf Club near Usk, Rick Swait, grass seed Specialist for Limagrain will give a presentation on MATR IX  Enhanced Ryegrass Grazing Mixtures. (See p5 of Spring 2010 Grass and Forage Farmer) The meeting is sponsored by Gwyn Cadogan, Seeds and Fertilisers, in conjunction with Limagrain

West Sussex GS - Farm Walk - Tuesday, March 23, 2010

The Winter farm walk is by kind invitation from Mr. C Hughes at Southview Farm, Bury, RH20 1NP.

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Derbyshire GS - Yield and Fertility - Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Yield and Fertility - Can you have both?

Paul Robinson (Nuffield Scholar) will be speaking at the event.

To be held at Bentley Brook Inn, Fenny Bentley, Ashbourne, DE6 1LF. 

For more information contact Charles Morton on: 01298 26718

North Wyke Winter Seminars 2009/2010 - Thursday, March 25, 2010

Title: Developing methods of tracking microbial carbon and nitrogen flow through faunal feeding channels within soil food webs

Speaker: Ms Felicity Crotty (North Wyke Research)

AND.......

Title: Conversions of arable land to miscanthus grassland; temporal and spatial patterns of utilisation of soil organic matter

Speaker: Mr Darren McCabe (Rothamsted Research)

Chairman: Dr Phil Murray/Dr Penny Hirsch

For more information call 01837 883 500

Milking Grass for Profit spring farm walk - Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Hosted by: Mat Boley, Lympsham, Somerset

The BGS, RABDF and DairyCo event will be hosted by Mat Boley who has fed no concentrate to his spring calving cows for nine years. 

Topics for the day are:

  • Nine years without any concentrate feed
  • Crossbreeding - the right type of cow for our system
  • Why profit/hour is the most important benchmark
  • Once-a-day milking benefits

If you wish to attend, register on 0845 458 2711 and receive full details.

Somerset GS - The Wind's Free Resources - Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Derek Lott from Bideford, Devon will be speaking at the event.

To be held at The George & Pilgrims Hotel, Glastonbury.

Contact Wyn Hanham on 01749 813255

Milking Grass for Profit farm walk - Thursday, April 8, 2010

Hosted by: David Lee, Winnington Green, Shropshire

This BGS, RABDF and DairyCo event will be hosted by David Lee and family who run a low-cost grass based system and have just invested in a new parlour. 

Topics for the day are:

BSAS annual conference - Monday, April 12, 2010 - Wednesday, April 14, 2010

FOOD, FEED, ENERGY AND FIBRE FROM LAND - A VISION FOR 2020

An International Conference to address future challenges for land use Organised by the British Society of Animal Science, Agricultural Research Forum of Ireland and the World Poultry Science Assoc (UK Branch), in collaboration with the Association of Applied Biologists.

In association with the Institute of Agri-Food and Rural Land Use and Queen‛s University.

Queen‛s University, Belfast Northern Ireland

Members

BGS Members BGS is a membership organisation which acts as a communication forum, through events and publications, for the profitable and sustainable use of grass and forage.

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