Farming the Brash: A Round Table on Drought and Flood Resilience.

After the summer we've just had, come and join us at FarmED for an afternoon round table on drought and flood resilience on thin Cotswold soils. Our problem here isn't a lack of rain, it's having nowhere to put it and limited ability to use that stored water. Also, most of the drought research and funding currently on offer is designed for irrigated land in the east, not free-draining limestone.

This is a chaired technical discussion rather than a run of presentations, so please attend only if you are comfortable sharing experiences and thoughts. Arable farmers are prioritised in this discussion. We will also joined by agronomists, soil scientists and specialists in Cotswold geology. We will be putting forward questions about what cost us yield this year, whether we're putting inputs onto ground that can't use them, where water storage makes sense, and what the future holds for the thinnest…