Biomass Connect Demo: Biomass crops for integrated land management

Come and join Biomass Connect with Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) and SAC Consulting for an opportunity to learn about growing biomass crops.

The event will focus on showcasing a range of biomass crops and discussions on the agronomy, economics, and environmental impacts of different biomass crops, and how biomass crops can be integrated into existing land management systems for maximum benefit. There will be a guided crop tour to view various biomass crops planted at the Biomass Connect demonstrator hub site at SRUC Boghall farm, Edinburgh.

Agenda

09.30 Convene, tea & coffee

• 10.00 Introduction and talks
• Biomass Connect, introduction and overview
• Biomass crops for integrated land management
• Working with biomass crops

11.00 Crop tour: field walk

Biomass Connect hub site where we’ll visit the trials that are currently growing at the Boghall hub site:

• Black locust ‘Turbo’ and black locust ‘Turbo Obelisk’
• SRF alder
• SRF Eucalyptus
• SRF and SRC poplar
• SRC willow and the willow varieties trial
• Commercial clone Miscanthus giganteus and the Miscanthus varieties trial
• Sida

12.30          Q & A – Wrap up, final thoughts

13.00          Lunch/networking

Crop Tour Route

Crop Tour Route