Bioactive Legumes: Forages with Veterinary, Nutritional & Environmental Qualities: Opportunities and Development
October 20th, 2015 12:00 AM
Day 1 - Tuesday 20th October: The crops, farmer interactions and views
11.05-11.25 REGISTRATION & COFFEE
11.25-11.45 Welcome & Introduction to the crops: Sainfoin, Lotus and Red Clover: Historical Perspectives
Dr Lydia Smith (Head of NIAB Innovation Farm, NIAB, UK)
11.45-12.05 Potential of legume-based grassland-livestock systems
Professor Andreas Lüescher (Head of research group, Agroscope, Switzerland)
12.05-12.25 Exploiting novel genetic approaches to underpin future crop improvement
Dr Leif Skot (Principal Investigator IBERS, University of Aberystwyth, UK)
12.25-12.45 Delivering sustainable seed mixtures: the future with deep rooting legumes
Ian Wilkinson (MD Cotswold Seeds Ltd, UK)
12.45-13.00 Q & A / DISCUSSION SESSION
13.00-14.00 LUNCH
14.00-14.40 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Some like it hot: plants and temperature
Dr Phil Wigge (Group Leader, University of Cambridge Sainsbury Laboratory, UK)
14.40-14.50 Experience of growing and selling Sainfoin
Robert Salmon (Farmer/MD Hyde Hall Haylage, UK)
14.50-15.00 Agronomist perspective and potential markets
Ian Knight (MD Abacus Agriculture Ltd, UK)
15.05-15.15 Short break (juice and water available)
15.15-15.35 Anthelmintic activity: a sustainable treatment for gut parasites?
Dr Herve Hoste (Senior Researcher, INRA Toulouse, France)
15.35-15.55 Rumen digestibility, greenhouse gas emissions
Dr Wilbert Pellikaan (Wageningen UR, Netherlands)
15.55-16.15 Qualitative impact on final products: food and milk quality
Dr Frigga Dohme-Meier/Dr Giuseppe Bee (Head of Research Group, Agroscope ALP, Switzerland)
16.15-16.20 Q & A/ DISCUSSION SESSION
16.30-18.00 Tour of glasshouse & garden exhibits
NIAB Innovation Farm Team
18.00-18.45 POSTER AND NETWORKING SESSION (with wine and nibbles)
19.00-20.30 DINNER
Day 2 - Wednesday 21st October: Underlying chemistry and biochemistry
09.00-09.30 ARRIVAL AND REFRESHMENTS
09.30-10.00 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Hidden treasures of sainfoin and other forage legumes
Professor Irene Mueller-Harvey (University of Reading, UK)
10.00-10.20 What is a perfect tannin fingerprint like? Ask Willowherb, the potential novel crop
Professor Juha-Pekka Salminen, (University of Turku, Finland)
10.20-10.40 How tannins interact with gut/rumen parasites to impact human health
Professor Stig Thamsborg (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
10.40-11.00 How tannins interact with gut/rumen microflora to impact food quality
Dr Giuseppe Bee & Dr Frigga Dohme-Meier (Head of Research Group, Agroscope ALP, Switzerland)
11.00-11.30 REFRESHMENTS
11.30-11.50 How tannins interact with animal physiology to impact animal health and productivity
Dr Vincent Niderkorn (INRA DAPL, France)
11.50-12.10 The way forward? Strategies to optimise sainfoin performance and polyphenol content
Dr Roland Kölliker (Agroscope ISS, Switzerland)
12.10-12.25 Title TBC
PhD Student
12.25-12.40 Title TBC
PhD Student
12.40-13.00 THEMED Q & A DISCUSSION: EU AGRICULTURE & FUTURE STRATEGY
Panel members to be confirmed
13.00-14.00 LUNCH
14:00 CLOSED SESSION - LEGUME PLUS PARTNERS