With kind support of the MDC and HSBC Agriculture	defg
MGA WHOLECROP CONFERENCE 2003 Wednesday 5^th February Harper Adams University College, Queen Mother Hall, Newport, Shropshire On the B5062 (Shrewsbury Road). Travel North of Newport on A41 and then West on the B5062

Registration and coffee for start of programme at 9.45 a.m.

Chairman, Jonathan Blake, Independent Nutritional Consultant

Will also present a paper ‘feed into milk’ and the forage analytical assurance scheme.

Steve Ellwood, Head of Agriculture, HSBC

UK dairy farming in the global market

Mike Slater, Technical Manager, Terra Nitrogen (UK) Ltd

Exploiting the value of farm generated nutrients in wholecrop production

Andrew Shakeshaft, Farmer, Whattall Farm, Colemere

Use of wholecrop forages

Buffet Lunch

Will Armitage, Farm Manager to Peter Dixon Smith, Lyons Herd, Leicestershire

Experience from a high yielding herd utilising fermented and high dry matter wholecrop and maize

Marie Jackson, Post Graduate Researcher, Harper Adams

Reporting and updating on the 3^rd year of the MDC wholecrop work at Harper Adams

Simon Marsh, Senior Lecturer in Beef Production, Harper Adams

Current beef trial with fermented and ‘alkalage’ wholecrop

Visit to both trials at Harper Adams at the end of the afternoon.

Conference proceedings provided.

Closing address and summary from the Chair concluding at 4.00 p.m.

Please complete the slip below to reserve your place/s and send, enclosing your cheque payable to MGA to the MGA Office, Hall Farm, Arborfield, Reading, Berks. RG2 9HX. Tel: 01189 761276 Fax: 01189 761451 Email mga1@globalnet.co.uk

Please book by Wednesday 29^th January 2003. Your ticket/s will be posted to you, together with a VAT receipt.

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MGA members £22 (inclusive of £3.27 VAT) Non-members £25 (inclusive of £3.72 VAT)

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