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Brexit & the Pig Sector
At the start of the year, Brexit was very much in the limelight with much being made of the short timescale for both the UK government and the EU to…
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Keeping Pace with Green Policy
For over ten years, Scottish agriculture has come to recognise the importance of sustainable management of the farmed environment, mainly in response to the growing climate crisis and biodiversity decline.…
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Can combine harvester settings help reduce grain skinnings?
With the malting barley harvest now underway, it is being reported that skinned grain levels are higher than normal in grain samples. This can lead to deductions or worse costly rejections with…
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Grain sampling during COVID restrictions
Many grain merchants provide an on-farm grain sampling service to their clients in order to gauge the quality and suitability of grain lots. This is extremely important in the case of malting barley…
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Polyunits for Production
Throughout the month of September the Farm Advisory Service is hosting a series of online meetings focusing on polyunits. There will be 3 meetings in total, each covering a different…
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Cabbage Stem Flea Beetle and Oilseed Rape
Cabbage stem flea beetle has been wreaking havoc on English winter oilseed rape crops for several years now due to the loss of the neonicotinoid seed treatments and resistance to…
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Aphids and Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus on Autumn Sown Cereals
Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) has been seen in several winter and spring cereals this season Aphids can be seen on crops and volunteers. There is a risk of cereal…
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Haulm Destruction without Diquat
With many seed potato crops around Scotland coming up to size rapidly, potato growers are getting to grips with haulm destruction in the post-diquat era. The good news is that…
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Implications of COVID-19 on the movement of grain
Cereal farmers are reminded to consider the implications COVID-19 and lockdown may have in terms of grain movement, particularly for crops usually sold on an “as available” basis or for harvest movement with end…
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Covid-19 and Autumn Livestock Markets
For generations of farmers, livestock markets/marts have been the heart and soul of livestock farming. Last year, collectively, the 10 Scottish Livestock Auction Companies sold 2.7 million head of livestock…
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