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Open to all
Grassland & Clover Management Event
Dumfries,
Wednesday 11 August 2010
The technical session in the morning will include presentations from David Younie & Jimmy Goldie, SAC & James Bretherton, AgScope. Topics to be covered include soil management for optimum grassland productivity, utilization, grass measurement & maximizing quality, choice of grass & clover species, establishment, nutrient management & weed control. The event will also include a visit to Beyond the Burn courtesy of the Lochhead family, who run a herd of 135 pedigree Brown Swiss cows plus 150 followers. Winter feed includes red clover silage and fodder beet. Future plans include increasing to 150 cows robotic milking with paddock rotational grazing system. With the end product being cheese. This will be a very practical day with considerable time out on the farm.
The cost is £40.00 plus VAT.
For more information please contact: Lyn Matheson | Agricultural Development Officer | T 0131 666 0847
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Development Support for Community Groups
A number of development support opportunities are now available for communities/community groups in Annandale and Eskdale as listed below.
We are looking to offer the sessions in individual
communities so that we bring the support to you. We would hope that
a community group would organise a venue and invite members of other
local groups along to make the best use of
the support on offer in your community.
Click here to read more (opens as a pdf)
For a comprehensive list of rural development events visit the National Rural Network www.ruralgateway.org.uk and click the Information tab




