Crops and Soils

Potatoes in Practice (PiP) Event Review

Potatoes in Practice (PiP), the largest outdoor field event for the UK potatoes sector took place in glorious sunshine early this August at the James Hutton Institute’s Balruddery Research…

Marketing the Crop – Getting the Best Outcome for Your Crop

This year’s harvest has been both rapid and relatively cheap in terms of drying costs; all good news. The downside however is that stores will have been filled quickly and…

Scotland’s Rainforests

In episode two of this Natural Capital Series we discuss and raise the awareness about Scotland’s Rainforests. What are Scotland’s rainforests, why are they special, what are the threats and…

Arable Scotland Attendees Debate Global Challenges

With crops rapidly ripening off and harvest accelerating towards growers it might have been natural for attendees at the Arable Scotland event on the 5th July to focus on local and…

Rural Roundup (27th July)

In this fortnight’s edition of the rural roundup we get the latest news from Tiffany Mactaggart and we speak to George Chalmers and Robert Ramsay about regenerative agriculture and organics.…

This fortnight’s roundup features news updates on the Basic Payment Scheme, avian influenza and agri-environment schemes. Janette Sutherland is back with the second instalment of her personal development bookclub. We…

Agribusiness News July 2022: Sector Focus – Potatoes

Crop development update As AHDB no longer produces planting estimates for the GB potato crop following the wind-up of AHDB potatoes; information is therefore poor, particularly for the ware crop. …

Agribusiness News July 2022: Sector Focus – Soils

Soil Testing: Benefits and Limitations Without a doubt, soil testing has come to the forefront of UK agricultural policy over the past few years. With the roll out of mandatory…

Agribusiness News July 2022: Cereals and Oilseeds

Demand destruction, harvest pressure UK grain prices have dropped significantly in the last month with Nov ’22 LIFFE wheat futures down 11% / £35.25/t to £282.50/t in the last month. …