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
Fossil Free Farming Day
30th June 2025
Attends the world’s first Fossil Free Farming day at Rosuick Farm in Cornwall on the 30th June to learn about innovation in the field of climate friendly agriculture.