Key event details
Date: Thursday 5th June
Address: Raby Estates, Staindrop, Darlington, County Durham, DL2 3AH
09.00 - Arrival for coffee and networking10.00 - Welcome and intro - Johann Tasker and Anna Eccleston, Farmers Weekly Transition
10.30 - Farming at Raby; Philip Vickers to give an overview of the estate’s agricultural aims, brief overview of Raby Home Farm, and the current position on this “journey”. Victoria Cadman tracking the progress made, what we have seen regarding changes to our soils and how we are monitoring the progress
11.15 - An in-field conversation with Johann Tasker and -
- Lewis Butlin BSc (Hons), PMIAgrM, FACTS, Rural Consultancy Technical Manager from Agrovista
- David Booty, Head of R&D from Omex
- A representative from Frontier Agriculture
12.30 - Lunch and networking13.30 - Remaining local to Raby Home Farm, Examples of peas and barley, oats and barley – Led by Philip Vickers. Robert Sullivan will discuss the economic factors related to Raby’s direction of Travel, while in the field
14.45 - Close