If you’re looking to improve your grain storage, buy a new dryer or sort out your handling system, it could be worth visiting the UK Grain event.

Held at the East of England Showground on 6 November you’ll be able to see products from all the main grain storage, cleaning and drying firms.

There will be a full programme of seminars and grain clinics for advice, too.

Details

• Date: 6 November 2013 9am-4pm
  
• Venue: East of England Showground, Peterborough PE2 6XE
  
• Tickets: £15 on the gate or £10 in advance by calling 0845 4900 142 or visiting www.farm-smart.co.uk/ukgrain

Seminars

• Jack Watts, AHDB analyst – Grain market update
  
• Dr Ellie Marshall, HGCA research and knowledge transfer manager – Review of harvest quality in 2013
  
• Martin Savage, Nabim trade policy manager – Grain supply chain
  
• David Cross, Rentokil technical training manager – Effective pest control of post harvest products, including the current treatment methods covered by UK legislation
  
• James Price, Perdiswell Farm, Oxfordshire – Grain storage, a farmers view. James is a former Farmers Weekly Awards Young Farmer of the Year as well as being a winner of the Nabim Milling Wheat Challenge in 2011.
  
• Farmer case study – to be confirmed nearer the date.

Visitors attending the seminars will be eligible for two NRoSO and six BASIS points.