Sheep 2012: Seminar timetable
The NSA Sheep 2012 event, now just a few days away on 4 July, will be hosting a range of seminars with a focus on sustainable intensification.
Particpants include Farmers Weekly’s Sarah Tricket, presenting our sheep lameness campaign – Stamp out Lameness, the government’s chief scientist, Sir John Beddington and SCOPS’ Lesley Stubbings.
See the Sheep 2012 schedule of seminars below.
| Time | Title | Speakers | Chair |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1100 | Parasites – what’s the latest in control | SCOPS’ Lesley Stubbings | Charollais Sheep Society’s Carroll Barber |
| 1130 | Five steps to beating lameness | Pfizer’s Andrew Montgomery MRCVS | Farmers Weekly’s Sarah Trickett |
Sustainable intensification – what does it mean for sheep? | |||
| 1200 | The big debate Sustainability – can sheep deliver? | Sir John Beddington Farmer, John Geldard Marketeer, Rizvhan Khalid New entrant, Sion Williams | EBLEX’s Dr Liz Genever |
| 1300 | The technical seminar Producing more from less – making it happen | Nuffield scholar, Catherine Nakielny Geneticist, Ian McDougal Grassland consultant, Charlie Morgan Natural England’s Will Cockbain | The Moredun’s Dr Julie Fitzpatrick |
| 1400 | The grass roots debate Food + profit = environment? | Farmers, Adrian Dalby and Robert Helliwell | NSA’s Phil Stocker |
| 1500 | Maximising forage | Caltech’s Roy Firth | ADAS’s Kate Phillips |
| 1530 | New feeding opportunities for sheep | Agri’s Neil Woolf | McCartneys’ Jenny Layton-Mills |
| 1600 | Lamb market update and maximising its potential | Randall Parker Food’s Phil Hambling | NFYFC |
For more on the NSA Sheep 2012 event see our Sheep 2012 page