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Welsh miscanthus safari

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The field visit and information day held on 28th September 2017, will give Welsh growers the opportunity to visit commercial and research scale Miscanthus plantations in mid-Wales, with talks by Aberystwyth scientists and the Terravesta team.

Helen Minnice-Smith, senior agriculture and climate change policy advisor for the Welsh Government, will also be in attendance to help answer questions.

Order of the day:

The event will start from IBERS (Gogerddan campus) at 09:30 on the 28th September 2017.

Transport will be provided, and pick up from Aberystwyth train station can be arranged if required.

There will be visits to a six-hectare Miscanthus field, and we will then head to Pwllpeiran Upland Research Centre for lunch and talks around Miscanthus market development and economics.

The Terravesta team will be on-hand to answer questions around establishment costs, market opportunities and growers’ contracts.

We will then visit some upland trial sites, and return to Gogerddan, and the train station if required.

Please email Carol Dery, cad22@aber.ac.uk, or call 01970 823041 to book your place.