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Business and Policy May 2025 – Cereals & Oilseeds
Scottish Harvest Estimate The rules of international trade appear to have been swept aside, or at least ignored, since the tariffs from the US were implemented in early April. The…
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Business and Policy May 2025 – Policy Brief
Keeping Up to Date To keep up to date with the latest news on topics like the Agricultural Reform programme, businesses have the option of ‘opting in’ to RPID mailings…
Read More >Keeping on top of disease in spring barley
With spring barley crops sown so much earlier this year, there’s inevitably a greater exposure time to foliar disease and a few early disease risks to watch for this season.…
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Planning for Silage Making 2025
Planning for winter feeding starts now, and with that in mind it’s important to know what your target is. You should already have an idea of the what the quality…
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Reduce Your Reliance On Pesticides With This IPM Tool
The essence of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is to take a holistic approach to managing the pests, weeds, and diseases specific to your farm, using a mix of tools and…
Read More >Profit Snapshot 2023 – 2024: How does your Farm Business Measure Up?
Every year the Scottish Farm Business Survey produces national group average datasets from 400 Scottish farms for you to benchmark your business against to assess your farm business performance. Take…
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Feeding the Milking Herd at Grass – What to Consider?
With many cows now turned out to grass, the science of balancing buffer feeding is tricky when often grass intake and quality is unknown. If you want to know if…
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Milk Fever in Suckler cows on Machair Land
Hypocalcaemia, also known as milk fever, is typically not an issue in suckler cows, although experience shows that the conditions on the Uists are just right to be an exception…
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Growers Being Sought For Wireworm Survey In Soils Cropping Potatoes
The SAC Potatoes team are conducting a survey of wireworm species present across key growing areas of Scotland under the Plant Health Centre project: PHC2024/04: Understanding the risk to Scotland’s…
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Understanding Lime Product Effectiveness
There are various liming products available to growers to raise soil pH with ground calcium and magnesian limestone being the two most common raw materials. Quarried rock is ground and…
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