The CropTec Show’s overriding theme of promoting technical excellence to help farmers drive down their unit costs of production will be at the fore of the event’s seminar programme this year.
The programme (see below) covers four key areas: crop establishment, crop nutrition, crop protection and crop breeding, examining some of the most important and promising science, research and technology that will help growers remain profitable in the years ahead.
Soil health, novel nutrients and biostimulants, crop protection post Brexit, biological control of diseases and pests, pest and weed resistance, and designing future wheats are just some of the key topics to be highlighted.
New for this year is a panel session including four well-known growers who will discuss different approaches to crop establishment, against the background of the past, very difficult season.
The CropTec Show’s development director Stephen Howe says: “This past year highlights the increasingly unpredictability of the seasons and the challenges we all face in achieving those all-important yields and quality, to help us compete effectively in today’s dynamic global market.
“If that’s not difficult enough, UK farmers are also competing with increasing environmental constraints, political uncertainties at home and abroad and the big unknown that is Brexit.
“CropTec 2018, with the main seminar programme at its heart, will provide the ideal platform to help the arable sector plan for a secure long-term future, whatever our climate or politicians throw at them.”
SEMINAR PROGRAMME
The CropTec Show opening presentation by headline sponsor Corteva AgriScience
- Setting the scene for profitability
- Prospects for the combinable crops sector
- What might the future hold for UK farming following the publication of the Agriculture Bill, which outlines the government’s intentions for future domestic agricultural policy?
Crop Establishment Sponsored by Horsch and Certis UK
- Measuring, managing and improving soil health
- Testing times for crop establishment: What might I do differently?
Crop Nutrition Sponsored by Yara
- Managing potash and sulphur
- Managing Digestate: What is its true value and how to use it?
- Biostimulants and their role in crop nutrition
Crop Protection Sponsored by Nufarm
- Crop protection post Brexit
- Biological solutions for disease and pest control
- Preventing weed and disease resistance
Crop Breeding Sponsored by InVigor
- Shaping the Recommended List for the future
- Designing future wheat
- Traits in oilseed rape
