Crops and Soils
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Rural Roundup (June 2022)
This fortnight’s roundup features information on The Official Controls (plant protection products) Register 2020, The 2022 Food Processing Marketing and Co-operation grant, and some timely information on the agri-environmental climate…
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Potato Blight Management Needs to Start Early
As with so many things, prevention is better than cure and eliminating the obvious sources of blight are just as important as ever. Managing volunteers and controlling growth on dumps…
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Rural Roundup (May 2022)
The Rural RoundUp is Scotland’s Farm Advisory Service’s regular Podcast, hosted by Kerry Hammond, featuring a roundup of the latest news, information and opinions from some of our other Podcast…
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Thrill of the Hill – Talking Timber
Thrill of the Hill is back! Season 3 #1 – Talking Timber. In this episode we hear from SAC Woodland Specialist Ben Law about the current state of play in…
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Managing Disease Risks in Spring Barley 2022
Spring barley crops have brairded well and nice even emergence and good plant counts are the norm. For the most part Scottish crops have had just enough moisture in contrast…
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Crop Health Updates – April 2022
A spell of dry weather and some chilly winds have left a few crops tipped, but in the main both winter and the emerging spring crops all look well. The…
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Can I cut back on Nitrogen?
The last 12 months has seen unprecedented increases in costs of inputs to farmers and the immediate outlook could see markets and supply chains in chaos around the world. For…
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Thrill of the Hill – Great Yellow Bumblebee
2017 saw the start of Scotland’s Pollinator Strategy, now in 2022 and half way through a ten-year plan, the role and importance of pollinators has only become more significant. Pollinators…
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Making The Most Of A Small Land Area – webinars
This is a three-webinar series “Making the most of a small area” This series aims to enable farmers and landowners to identify and fully utilise small areas of land, maximising…
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Soil Association Scotland’s Agroforestry in Action 2: Knowledge Transfer Programme
The aims of the project were to build on our 2021 ‘Agroforestry in Action’ (AIA) programme’s success, leveraging the knowledge acquired to continue building interest, increasing knowledge, and providing farmers,…
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