Advice Arable Seminar
"Agriculture is entering an exciting & volatile era
Food shortages, weather & outside influences (currency & oil) having impact
Market will continue to develop for the non food sector (fuels)
Globally, little or no additional land to farm
Agriculture will have demands upon it"
Professor John Nix
2007
This year's seminar set the scene for the start of a groundbreaking Nitrogen sales season.
With a backdrop of "Food" being the hot news topic - food shortages, volatile and escalating food prices, strategic land purchasing, the biofuel debate, farmer strikes, export taxes & tariffs - in the popular press. The agricultural sector is now seen as an exciting place to be.
Delegates from their distributor customers and farmer groups heard how GrowHow UK Limited is positioned to meet the needs of farmers and its customers. From a secure UK manufacturing base GrowHow will supply fertiliser and innovative advice & services.
GrowHow understands its responsibility to provide leadership in the supply of products, understand legislation and promote best practises that care for the environment.
As part of that the seminar focused on "Nutrient Management" to enable the delegates to provide the best fertiliser advice to their farmer customers.
View the presentations or have a look through the slides -
(To view a clip, click on the title and it will play in a pop up screen).
Setting the Scene - for the seminar and new season Nitrogen campaign.
David Stacey, Commercial Director, GrowHow
Selling with Confidence - GrowHow's responsibilities and sales strategy in the new season.
Richard Huxtable, Sales Manager, GrowHow
Video - Selling with confidence
Selling with confidence
(197kb)
GrowHow Production - Billingham and Ince.
Ashraf Malik, Manufacturing Director, GrowHow
Fertiliser Market Dynamics - the outlook for the key drivers that affect global fertiliser supply, demand and pricing.
Ken Bowler, Marketing Manager, GrowHow
Video - Fertiliser market dynamics
Fertiliser Market Dynamics
Ken used a map from the New York Times showing worldwide growth in fertiliser use. The article can be found HERE and the map opened by clicking on the fertiliser consumption graph.
Is the bull run in soft commodities here to stay?
Mark Berrisford-Smith, Senior Economist, HSBC
HSBC Bank policy prevented the publication of the slides used in a very interesting and thought provoking presentation.
In his talk Mark used a word that was new to many of the delegates - Agflation: An increase in the price of food that occurs as a result of increased demand from human consumption and use as an alternative energy resource. Reuters, news agency, have a page dedicated to the subject. Click HERE to track the impact with the stories, maps and graphs.
Nitrogen Efficiency - the 5's of Productivity, Profit, Pollution, Products & Precision
Professor Roger Sylvester-Bradley, Principal Research Scientist, ADAS Boxworth
Selected video:
Nitrogen efficiency - introduction and productivity
Soil nitrogen supply and management
Nitrogen management calendar
Slide presentation:
Nitrogen Efficiency - part 1
Part one - Productivity, Products, Pollution
Nitrogen Efficiency - part 2
Part two - Profit, Precision
The importance of Phosphate and Potash to the growing crop.
Allison Grundy, Company Agronomist, GrowHow
Video - Importance of phosphate & potash
Importance of Phosphate & Potash
Agriculture: Part of the Solution - addressing the position the supply industry has in the climate change debate
David Caffall, Chief Executive, AIC
Video - Climate change - what is the problem?
Video - Climate change - what is the answer?
Agriculture: part of the solution(841kb)
David's presentation referred to the "Climate Change Report by AIC - NFU and CLA - Part of the Solution", this can be viewed by clicking HERE. He also highlighted the Farming Futures forum. Their website provides information on the challenges and opportunities of climate change, as well as ways to adapt and mitigate it. The site address is www.farmingfutures.co.uk.
Summary of the seminar proceedings.
Clive Deeley, Advice & Services Manager, GrowHow
GrowHow would like to acknowledge and thank the external speakers for their valuable contribution to the seminar.
Mark Berrisford-Smith, HSBC
Professor Roger Sylvester-Bradley, ADAS Boxworth
David Caffall, AIC
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