Resilient Farms: Managing Soils in Flood and Drought

A practical farmer-focused morning and farm walk on how soil and water management can help Westcountry farms cope with wet and dry extremes. Floods one season, drought the next. Weather extremes are changing how we farm in the Westcountry, and they’ve taught us some hard lessons. Join us at the Who’d Have Thought It Inn in Milton Combe for a down-to-earth morning about what works on the ground. We’ll look at how soil and water management has changed to cope with both wet and dry spells. Then we’ll head out to Porsham Farm to see it in practice. What to expect • Practical tips you can take back to your own farm • Real stories from local farmers and land managers • Plenty of time to put your questions to specialists from Westcountry Rivers Trust and Tamar Valley National Landscape • A guided walk around Porsham Farm, where you’ll see land management designed to ease drought and flooding