Event
Understanding SFI workshop: Nutrient Management Plan
Duchy College in partnership with Cornish Mutual have developed a range of Sustainable Farming Incentives (SFI) specific workshops providing practical advice and support on key farming schemes to optimise your farm management and secure available funding.
Workshop content overview:
- Benefits of nutrient planning to include integrating fertilizer and manure, best practice applications and techniques
- Calibrating machinery and environmental risks. Improving soil condition to aid nutrient uptake
- Soil nutrient supply for Nitrogen calculations
- Current regulations Nitrate Vulnerable Zones and Farming Rules for Water
- Record keeping techniques
- Soil testing (how, where and when) what for
- Understanding results
- Developing a Nutrient management plan to meet CNUM1 of the SFI
- Using a FACTS qualified advisor
Keep it Lean: an on-farm workshop on veg boxes and caterpillar tunnels
18th March 2025
Join OGA on the farm at Sandy Lane Farm in Oxfordshire where the team will take us through their processes and infrastructure on the farm