Crops and Soils
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Crop health update: Barley disease management
Barley is building up a whole host of fungicide resistance issue with rhynchosporium, net blotch and loose smut all showing shifts in recent seasons. The better news is that when…
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Argyll Soil & Nutrient Network: 2nd meeting – event summary
Setting Priorities for Management of Your Soils This was the second meeting of the Argyll Soil & Nutrient Network and the topics for discussion were soil nutrients, drainage, rush control…
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Crop health update: Post-metaldehyde slug management
Defra recently announced a ban on metaldehyde use for outdoor use from spring 2020, as a consequence of long standing concerns over it getting into drinking water.
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Ayrshire Soil & Nutrient Network: 2nd meeting – event summary
This was the second meeting of the Ayrshire Soil & Nutrient Network and the focus this time was on counting the value of slurry Elaine Watt, SAC Consulting, led the second…
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East Lothian & Berwickshire Soil & Nutrient Network Farm: 2nd meeting event summary
This was the second meeting of the East Lothian & Berwickshire Soil & Nutrient Network and the focus was on ‘soil organic matter and organic manures’. Donald Dunbar, SAC Consulting,…
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Plant health: New threats and new tools
Plant health threats are a moving target, and the best management tools alter with each season so it pays to stay up to date.
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Slurry lagoons – more than just a hole in the ground
The high and above average rainfall during winter 2017 highlighted the need for extra slurry storage across the SW of Scotland. Although we have a high livestock density it is…
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Orkney Soil & Nutrient Network: 2nd meeting – event summary
Soil sampling the results from re-tests & selecting grass and clover varieties to suit your farm were the main topics at this event During the second meeting of the Orkney Soil &…
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Uist Soil & Nutrient Network: 2nd Meeting – Event summary
This was the 2nd meeting of the Uist Soil & Nutrient Network Farm. The meeting began with a recap of the previous meeting and discussion on the proposed changes being…
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Sapling to Sawmill
The A-Listed Capenoch House will form an impressive backdrop to the two free Farm Advisory Service (FAS) events in Dumfries and Galloway next month. The 19th-Century baronial property sits on…
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