Nutrient Budgeting Workshop - Keswick, Cumbria

MANURE and Fertilizer Management will be the topic of a FREE cost-cutting workshop for farmers in Cumbria.

 

**(This event is now fully booked)**

 

The workshop will be held on the 10th November 2009 at Armathwaite Hall, Keswick CA12 4RE from 10am to 3-30pm. Lunch and refreshments will be provided. Booking is essential.

 

The workshops have been designed to support farmers in their understanding of nutrient budgeting and in preparing nutrient budgeting plans for cost effective fertilizer use. They will also help farmers calculate fertilizer recommendations in order to save money and reduce risk of diffuse pollution caused by surface run-off.

 

Attendees will be able to view the PLANET computer software, to enable them to input their farm data and produce crop fertiliser recommendations, while helping them to comply with new the NVZ action programme regulations.

 

The workshop is organised by staff from the Rural Business Centre at Myerscough College, in partnership with the England Catchment Sensitive Farming Delivery Initiative funded by DEFRA.

 

For further information, or to book a place, contact the Rural Team at the Rural Business Centre, Myerscough College

Tel: 01995 642 206

Email: bclifford@myerscough.ac.uk

 

Catchment Sensitive Farming encourages management practices which create on farm savings and result in environmental benefits by reducing diffuse pollution from agriculture.

 

To contact your local officer: Bassenthwaite Lake Catchment, Sandy Brown, Catchment Sensitive Farming Officer, Unit 5, Gilwilly Industrial Estate, Penrith CA11 9BN T: 01768 860725 M: 07818095768

 

Further workshops are planned for other regions of the North West (Details still to be confirmed)