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The Farm Management Handbook

The Farm Management Handbook Your guide to Scottish agriculture The Farm Management Handbook is an essential tool for any progressive farm business, providing a comprehensive and up-to-date source of information for farmers, crofters, rural professionals, students and consultants. Subject matter covered includes: Crop Inputs Arable Potatoes Grassland Forage Crops Livestock Dairying Beef Cattle Sheep Red…

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CropCast – Winter Cereal Varieties (Summer 2024 Update)

In this episode Tiffany Stephenson is joined by Dr Steve Hoad, team leader in agronomy, physiology & genetics at SRUC, to provide an update on how winter cereal varieties have been performing during the 2024 variety trials, along with his top variety picks. Welcome to Cropcast, your go to podcast for all the latest information…

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Agribusiness News July 2024 – Cereals and Oilseeds

Easing markets undo Spring gains Spring and Summer weather markets often bring additional volatility, and UK Nov ‘24 wheat futures values went up 15% through April and May, then back down again 12% through June. Most of the early price gain was initiated on the MATIF market, reacting to increasing European and eastern continental weather…

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A hand examining an ear of wheat
A hand examining an ear of wheat

Keeping a lid on winter wheat disease risks

Winter wheat crops are commonly more advanced than usual this season, as a consequence of early drilling and benign winter conditions. The flag leaf is emerging  earlier than expected for some people and this is the most important of the fungicide timings to get right in order to manage disease in the crop. Winter wheat…

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