Join us at the Morley Innovation Day
Thursday 16th June 2022: Open from 10am, last field tour at 2pm
The Morley Innovation Day, in Norfolk, showcases the latest arable advice and research from UK agribusinesses and research organisations.
Returning after a three year break, the free-to-attend event features a mix of field-based demonstrations and static exhibits, enabling attendees to interact with leading industry experts.
Free and open to all
Event timetable
| 9.45am | Registration in the car park |
| 10.00am | NIAB field demonstration tours start |
| 12.00-1.30pm | Lunch |
| 2.00pm | Final field tour starts |
| 4.00pm | Event closes |
Please allow two hours to complete the field tours.
Field Demonstration Tour
Access NIAB’s latest agronomy and soils research and demonstrations at Morley Farms, alongside impartial variety and agronomy advice from our regional agronomy team and crop specialists.
Tour groups start in the Bullswood demonstration field at regular intervals from 10am through to 2pm, and include:
| Topic | Hosts | |
|---|---|---|
| Winter wheat varieties | Clare Leaman and Ian Midgley | |
| Cereal disease management | Aoife O’Driscoll | |
| New Farming Systems | Nathan Morris and David Clarke | |
| Long term cultivation trials | ||
| Companion and cover cropping demonstrations | ||
Please allow two hours for the full tour.
Additional static exhibits and posters will cover grass and broad-leaved weed control, wheat blends, winter oilseed rape varieties, protein and alternative break crops and plant pathology. Plus find out more about NIAB TAG Membership services, pick-up information on NIAB LabTest’s analytical services, buy one of BCPC’s range of impartial crop production focused publications, manuals, handbooks and online databases and learn about regenerative agriculture with our ARTIS training programme.
Static Exhibits
The Morley Agricultural Foundation
Trustees will be on hand to discuss TMAF’s work including recently funded projects, the new portfolio of PhD students and the Morley Clean Water Project. Based at Morley Farms the project aims to ensure that water leaves the farm as clean as when it arrives; reducing silt, nutrient and pesticide run-off into watercourses using simple measures, at a modest cost, with our own resources.
Agrovista
A long-standing partner of Morley Farms, technical staff will be outlining a 2022 trial on application technology with sugar beet herbicides. Over the years Agrovista has conducted a number of trials on the farm including cover and companion crops and strip tillage. The Open Day is an opportunity to find out more on these past projects.
BBRO
On hand to talk about topical issues affecting the 2022 sugar beet season, BBRO staff have the latest information on controlling aphids and virus in the crop, alongside nitrogen use on sugar beet and how to reduce the use of ammonium nitrate without reducing production whilst at the same time minimising carbon emissions.
Openfield
The Openfield team will be available to discuss in detail the latest on global volatile grain markets. TMAF is grateful to Openfield for its sponsorship contribution to the day.
This event is made possible by the unique relationship between The Morley Agricultural Foundation and NIAB delivering farmer-facing long-term agronomy research.
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