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Crop Health update: Winter beans
Nitrogen fixing crops such as winter beans obviously have advantages in a rotation, adding to soil fertility as well as adding diversity to rotations. Yields can be variable between seasons…
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Crop Health Winter Roadshows in partnership with AHDB
Inspiring events for cereals and oilseeds growers, focusing on innovations and science which will raise the efficiency and sustainability of Scottish arable production. Regionally relevant topics are curated by AHDB…
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Lighting for Cows
As the shortest day approaches it seems appropriate to think about the day length that your cows are experiencing. Research has shown that both quantity and quality of light in the cow shed can affect milk yield and fertility.
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Dumfriesshire Soil & Nutrient Network: Final meeting – event summary
GPS soil sampling and variable rate spreading were the focus of the final meeting of the Dumfriesshire Soil & Nutrient Network. David Ross, SAC senior consultant, began the meeting talking…
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Making Tax Digital
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) intend to make the UK one of the most digitally advanced tax administrations in the world through Making Tax Digital (MTD). The benefit of…
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Cold snap may arrest crop disease development
Crop brairds in Scottish winter cereals have benefited from the mild autumn and adequate moisture, which is in contrast to some regions in the south where crops have failed to…
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Good Mental Health
We all have mental health, whether it is good or may need improving. Having poor mental health doesn’t simply mean having a diagnosable mental health condition. In the agricultural industry…
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Scottish Government opens events on winter nutrition and grazing availability to all farmers and crofters across Scotland
In response to concerns that this year’s weather conditions will result in Scottish farmers and crofters facing feed and fodder shortages this winter, Scottish Government is allowing all farmers and…
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Stranraer Soil & Nutrient Network: 2nd meeting – event summary
Using home-grown resources This was the second meeting of the Stranraer Soil & Nutrient Network. The evening opened with a quick recap about Balwherrie – the host farm for this…
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Planning ahead for sustainable plant health
Strategic forward planning to minimise plant health risks on farm might be an impossible ask in the main field season and the fast paced harvest and drilling period we’ve just…
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