Beef Webinar Series 2021: Grass – your greatest asset

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Thursday 20th May 2021, 8.00pm-9.00pm

College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE), Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI), Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC), Northern Ireland Meat Export Association (NIMEA), National Beef Association (NBA) and Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) have joined forces to deliver a series of beef webinars with a focus on sustainable beef farming for the future.

The four webinars are specifically tailored for farmers and will focus on solutions that can be employed to further increase the sustainability of the beef industry in Northern Ireland. Speakers will include farmers, industry representatives, researchers and advisers, and the webinars will provide important messages for all involved in the local beef industry. 

The first webinar, will focus on ‘Grass – Your greatest asset‘ and will highlight how the results of recent research can be implemented at a farm level to deliver sustainable levels of beef production from grass. 

The topics to be covered during this event will include:

• Outline how nutrients can be best utilised within the farm gate to produce beef in a cost effective and environmentally friendly manner. 
• Present results from a recent project that aimed to maximise beef production from grass and indicate measures that can be taken to reduce the concentrate requirement on beef farms.
• Outline the importance of adopting scientific findings at a farm level to ensure productivity, profitability and environmental sustainability can be achieved at the farm gate.
• James Henderson, a beef and sheep farmer from Kilkeel will discuss how he has adopted a range of technologies and will indicate how he manages his grassland to achieve high grass utilisation and livestock performance.

Chair

• David Wright, Northern Editor of the Irish Farmers Journal

Speakers

• Dr Suzanne Higgins, Soil Scientist, AFBI
• Dr David Patterson, Grassland Agronomist, AFBI
• Dr Francis Lively, Livestock Production Scientist, AFBI
• Ciaran Hamill, CAFRE Senior Beef and Sheep Adviser
• James Henderson, CAFRE Beef and Sheep Technology Demonstration Farmer, Kilkeel

This event requires registration. After you register, you will receive a confirmation email message with instructions on how to join.

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