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Are You Prepared For Floods?
The long term weather forecast for a wetter than normal winter appears to be correct! As with all emergencies, being prepared is half the battle.
Read More >Farm Buildings Update – November 2020
Vermin control As the weather is starting to get colder, vermin such as rats and mice will be looking for somewhere to spend the winter indoors, and nowhere is better…
Read More >Carrots and Parsnips Update – November 2020
Pests Now is a good time to sample for free-living nematodes in fields planned for carrots or parsnips next year in order to assess the risk of nematode damage.
Read More >Potatoes Update – November 2020
Forward planning for 2021 – sampling for nematodes It is never too early to sample soils for nematodes, particularly as sampling fields when the soil is moist gives the most…
Read More >Winter Oilseed Rape Update – November 2020
Diseases Light leaf spot management should begin as soon as possible. The disease is spread upwards and outwards through the canopy by rain splash (so a high risk at the…
Read More >Winter Wheat Update – November 2020
Pests The results of the SRUC annual survey of wheat bulb fly egg populations showed an average of 1.2 million wheat bulb fly eggs/ha, which is below the damage threshold…
Read More >All Cereals Update – November 2020
Pests The change to colder and wetter weather has stopped the flight of aphids into crops. Growers need to be concerned about aphids from the green-bridge as well as any…
Read More >All Winter Crops Update – November 2020
Slugs Slugs are a threat to all autumn sown crops under the wet conditions experienced by most crops just now. In oilseed rape, the crop needs to be protected from…
Read More >Digital Dermatitis – Are you detecting it early enough?
A recent on-line meeting of the Stranraer Sustainable Dairy Group on lameness prevention welcomed vet Dr Sara Pederson to speak about digital dermatitis (DD): risk factors, control and treatment of…
Read More >Alternative Bedding
Bedding livestock on straw is common place on most farms in Scotland but straw is not the only option.
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