OMEX\u00a0invite you to attend one of our 2018 Breakfast Meetings.<\/p>\n
To book onto one of the dates please read the venue information below and email laurae@omex.com with your choice of venue along with your Name(s), Address, Postcode, Contact Number and Email Address.<\/p>\n
Our free<\/strong> breakfast meetings are back for 2018.\u00a0Join OMEX for breakfast with business and agronomy advice from leading industry experts. This year we have a number of speakers at our events:<\/p>\n Rufus Pilgrim\u00a0<\/strong>lives in Lincolnshire, and started working in the potato industry in 1993. He is the Commercial Director, fresh potato division of R S Cockerill in York, a long established, privately owned company that has grown considerably in recent years. The business is involved in managing all aspects of the potato supply chain including innovation, seed souring, storage, added value processes and logistics.<\/p>\n Neil Fuller\u00a0<\/strong>is an independent agronomist specialising in soil and crop nutrition. Since starting his own company in 1983, he has been involved in food and farming projects in over twenty countries and is currently developing a range of remote sensing and application techniques to provide technical support for biological and nutritional agronomy programs.<\/p>\n Guy Poskitt\u00a0<\/strong>is the MD of MH Poskitt Ltd which is a family owned arable farming business based in the East Riding of Yorkshire specialising in the growing of root vegetables for leading supermarkets. Guy was Farmer’s Weekly Farmer of the Year 2012 and was recently the NFU Horticulture & Potatoes board chairman.<\/p>\n David Booty\u00a0<\/strong>coordinatesthe extensive OMEX research and product development programme including trials. His particular focus is on achieving yield and quality targets by improving nutrient use efficiency, promoting early crop development and plant health.<\/p>\n Scott Baker\u00a0<\/strong>is a FACTS and BASIS qualified Crop Nutrition Agronomist, specialising in the foliar application of crop nutrients. He is a keen exponent of Integrated Crop Management and the potential benefits of nutrients in building crop health and reducing the requirement for conventional crop protection products.<\/p>\n Thursday 1st February Friday 2nd February Tuesday 6th February Wednesday 7th February Thursday 8th February Friday 9th February Friday 16th February 08:15 <\/strong>–\u00a0Registration and Breakfast<\/p>\n 09:00<\/strong> – Introduction<\/p>\n 09:10\u00a0<\/strong>–\u00a0Guest Speaker and\/or Factory Tour<\/b> 09:50\u00a0<\/strong>–\u00a0OMEX presentations 10:30\u00a0<\/strong>– Questions and discussion<\/p>\n 10:45\u00a0<\/strong>– Closing remarks and depart by 11:00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" OMEX Breakfast Meetings OMEX\u00a0invite you to attend one of our 2018 Breakfast Meetings. To book onto one of the dates please read the venue information below and email laurae@omex.com with your choice of venue along with your Name(s), Address, Postcode, Contact Number and Email Address. Guest Presenters Our free breakfast meetings are back for 2018.\u00a0Join […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agriculture","category-uk"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.omex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omex.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}2018 Dates and Venues<\/h3>\n
\n<\/strong>Clumber Park Hotel and Spa, Worksop
\n<\/strong>Guy Poskitt<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Parsonage, Escrick, York
\nRufus Pilgrim<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Whaplode Manor, Holbeach
\nRufus Pilgrim<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Kings Lynn Factory Tour<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Ely City Golf Club, Ely, Cambridgeshire
\nNeil Fuller<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Bardney Factory Tour<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Uncle Henry’s, Grayingham
\nRufus Pilgrim<\/p>\nEvent Programme<\/h3>\n
\nSee your venue’s guest speaker from the selection above.
\nFor factory tours, you will be guided around the site in small groups. Please bring appropriate footwear and clothing. Programmed timings may change to accommodate\u00a0tours.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>An update on recent exciting trials on a variety of crops, illustrating how to get the best returns from your fertiliser applications.<\/p>\n