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West Lothian Soil & Nutrient Network: Soil Health & Nutrient Use – Event summary
Second meeting of the West Lothian Soil & Nutrient Network The penultimate meeting for the West Binny soil and nutrient work farm was held at Oatridge College during December 2017.…
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Lanarkshire Soil & Nutrient Network: Final Meeting – Event Summary
Third and final group meeting This was the third and final meeting of the Lanarkshire SNN group. Those who had attended the first two meetings had commented that what they really…
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Woodland Management, Conservation and Shooting – Ladybank – Event Summary
Good planning is essential to ensure that the different options complement each other rather than work against each other. These different options would include things such as the mix…
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Integrated Crop Management & New Tech (Lothians) – Event Summary
The principles of Integrated Crop Management, it’s importance and how it can be implemented was the focus of this recent meeting in Kirknewton. This is a summary of what was…
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Technical Note: (TN685) Sulphur Recommendations for Crops
Sulphur (S) is an essential crop nutrient that has received less attention in the past as the supply from industrial emissions sources have been sufficient to meet annual requirements for…
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Rhynchosporium leaf scald in barley
Rhynchosporium is a disease that is so common in our barley crops that it is probably assumed that we know everything there is to know about it. But it is a…
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Integrated Crop Management and New Technology (Borders)
Jorin and Aidan Grimsdale of Mountfair Farming have seen a significant reduction in soil compaction following the introduction of controlled traffic farming in their arable fields. The business has been…
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More changes in yellow rust in wheat
Yellow rust is one of those wheat diseases that, once experienced, is never forgotten. Severe infections strip green leaf away almost like a herbicide and decimate yield – badly affected…
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Video: Crop rotation trials – pH
Woodlands pH Rotation – a crop rotation trial started in 1961 at SRUC’s Craibstone Campus near Aberdeen (Scotland) demonstrating the influence of long term pH management on different crops using…
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