Arable

Webinar Recording: Getting A Start With Joint Venture Farming

The third of our series of “A new Start” webinars, looking at joint ventures. With land become harder to come by and a genuine barrier to entry into…

Arable Scotland: Plant Health Live Stream

This live stream on plant health addressed the challenges and opportunities of implementing best practice, with contrasting New Zealand and UK experiences on new products, pesticides and sustainable…

Arable Scotland: Webinar for New Entrants

Annie McKee from the James Hutton Institute, drawing on input from the NEFERTITI Scottish Hub, hosted a webinar discussion on ‘New People, New Pathways – Routes into Arable…

Webinar: Winter Wheat Trials

During this series of webinars, we will bring you leading industry experts and give you a virtual tour of SRUC’s Cereal Trial Plots at both Drumalbin, Lanarkshire &…

Crop Protection Needs in Late Drilled Crops

Late drilling of cereals this year has been inevitable after the challenges of a very wet autumn and winter. In general Scotland’s winter barley crops went in before the weather broke and are looking relatively well…

Man walking in a trial crop of winter wheat

Cashing in on Varietal Resistance

The improvements in varietal resistance to Septoria resistance in newer varieties are encouraging and a welcomed addition to the defence armoury given the pressures on fungicides. But although the ratings in wheat varieties being selected and drilled…