Environment
Technical Note (TN700): Bumblebees and the Importance of Pollination
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Read More >A guide to the Visual Evaluation of Soil Structure (VESS)
Dr. Bill Crooks, a soils and drainage expert is on a farm to demonstrate how to undertake a Visual Examination of Soil Structure (VESS). In this video, he…
Read More >Integrated Pest Management handout from Scotston of Kirkside farm walk, July 2018
This is a copy of the handout provided to delegates during the Integrated pest management on arable farms event in Angus during July 2018
Read More >Are you making the most of Integrated Pest Management?
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is not a new idea in farming and many producers will be familiar with the concept through measures such as the pesticide industry’s Voluntary Initiative and…
Read More >Water – Waste not, want not!
Even before we entered the driest six month period since 1984 this summer, water use on farms was starting to be mentioned as one of the assessment criteria to be…
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