Growing home-grown proteins and their use in dairy cow diets

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Monday 8^th March, 7.30pm

CAFRE, DAERA, AFBI and AgriSearch are joining forces to hold a webinar on Monday 8^th March at 7.30pm which will discuss the growing of protein crops in Northern Ireland and the potential for their use in dairy cow diets.

The topics to be covered during this event will include:

• An overview of the new DAERA pilot support scheme for protein crops which has just been announced by DAERA
• Crop husbandry and agronomy of protein crops
• Simon Best, an arable farmer from Scarva, will outline his experience of growing field beans.
• Highlight the results of recent research at AFBI Hillsborough which has demonstrated the potential of field beans to partially replace imported protein sources such as soya bean and rapeseed meal with no significant impacts on cow performance.

Chair:

Seamus McCaffrey, AgriSearch Chairman

Speakers:

Dr Rosemary Agnew, DAERA

Leigh McClean, Crops Adviser, CAFRE

Simon Best, Arable farmer from Scarva

Dr Conrad Ferris, AFBI

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The Event Password is Protein2021

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Event number (access code): 183 896 4208
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