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October 2022 Didcot Cafe Scientifique Online – Julian Gold, In Celebration of Soil : A Farmers Perspective on Sustainable management
18th October 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
Tuesday 18th October 2022 7.30pm
Julian Gold – In Celebration of Soil : A Farmers Perspective on Sustainable management
Why is soil so important and what are the threats to soil Health? A practical look at how agricultural soils can be managed to give multiple benefits for food Quality, Biodiversity and climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Julian Gold is the Farm Manager for the Hendred Estate , Oxfordshire.
His expertise is in all aspects of mainly arable farm management from a very practical level through to strategic business management .Particular interests are agronomy,crop nutrition, soil health and building resilient, sustainable, planet friendly farming systems.
Biography
Farmers son, Graduated from Harper Adams College with a HND in Agriculture.After a short spell on the family farm have spent the last 34 years managing farms and estates; initially with farm management companies involving short periods on different farms and latterly a longer tenure on a privately owned estate.
Am a FACTS and BASIS trained Farm Manager and have a commitment to continuing to improve cropping performance but in a sustainable manner.In 2012 we implemented a 10m controlled traffic system across the estate which has given us a leap forwards in soil health management. Was one of the first tranche of AHDB monitor Farms from 2014-17.( farmer to farmer knowledge exchange programme )Am on the committee of SEESOIL ( South east England branch of the British Society of Soil Scientists ) and am keen to help improve flow of knowledge between Farmers and the Scientific community.Was awarded Soil Farmer of the Year in 2019.
Outside farming I am a keen motorcyclist and Paraglider pilot but unfortunately the good weather that they require is also good for farming so do not get to indulge often enough!
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