BSAS Climate and Biodiversity webinar
OnlineBSAS Climate and Biodiversity webinar Tuesday 13th April 2021 : 17.00pm – 18.30pm Livestock are frequently blamed for the size of their contribution to both climate change and loss of […]
BGS AGM 2021
OnlineThe British Grassland Society Annual General Meeting 2021 will be held online at 11 am on Tuesday 29 June. Full details have been emailed or posted out to members.
Summer Meeting 2021 – Day 1
OnlineThe 2021 BGS Summer Meeting will take place online, and will provide a ‘Flavour of Farming in Ulster’. Day 1 will feature visits to beef and sheep farms. Click here […]
Summer Meeting 2021 – Day 2
OnlineThe 2021 BGS Summer Meeting will take place online, and will provide a ‘Flavour of Farming in Ulster’. Day 2 will feature visits to dairy farms. Click here to book
Germinal Summer Farm Walk – Carmarthenshire
Host farmer: Rheinallt Harries, Llwynmendy Farm, Bethlehem, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, SA19 6YE (Dairy) Producing quality grazed grass and silage to produce cost-effective home-grown feed underpins the whole farm approach taken by Rheinallt […]
Germinal Summer Farm Walk – Staffordshire
Host farmer: Dave Marrow, Park Farm, Park Lane, Endon, Staffordshire, ST9 9JA (Dairy) The Marrow brothers, Andrew, David and Peter, converted the traditional family farm in Cheshire to an all-grass, spring […]
Herbal leys webinar 5 – How to successfully manage sheep on herbal leys
OnlineMaintaining species diversity in herbal leys grazed with sheep can be challenging. Join AHDB, NSA and British Grassland Society to hear our panel discuss optimising ewe and lamb performance whilst […]
Germinal Summer Farm Walk – Midlothian
Host farmer: John Goffin, Mauldslie Farm, Gorebridge, Midlothian, EH23 4TB (Sheep and deer) Previously a ‘traditional’ hill farm 1,200ft above sea level, the now productive fields of high-quality grass are plain […]
AHDB Farm Walk – Dorset
Join strategic dairy farm host, Kenton Bennett, to hear why he has started using rotational grazing this year and what benefits he predicts. Keith Davis, British Grassland Society Grazing Mentor […]
POSTPONED: Autumn Farm Walk – Wiltshire
Join us at the farm of Robert and Maria Mallett, and their son David, at Northleaze Farm near Swindon. Their herd of 230 autumn block calving pedigree Holsteins are milked […]
Autumn Farm Walk – Lanarkshire
Join us on the farm of Jim Baird at Nether Affleck, Lanarkshire. The milking herd consists of 230 dual-purpose crossbred cows, calving from 1 October. Most are a two-way cross […]
Carbon Calling Pop-Up Event
Carbon Calling Pop-up event on herbal leys Wednesday 6 October Sleastonhow, Kirkby Thore, Penrith, CA10 1XL In this face-to-face, walk and talk event Helen Mathieu of Germinal, Francis Dunne of […]