Soils
Soil management and nutrient network farms
TN731: Nitrogen Recommendations for Cereals, Oilseed Rape and Potatoes
Most agricultural soils contain too little, naturally occurring plant-available nitrogen (N) to meet the needs of a crop throughout the growing season. Supplementary N applications have to be made each year. Applying the correct amount of N at the correct time is an essential feature of good crop management.
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Angus Soil & Nutrient Network: 2nd meeting event summary
The second meeting of the Angus Soil & Nutrient Network was held during the middle of January 2020 at the Finavon Hotel, Forfar – a bit warmer than an on-farm…
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Making Woodland Work for You: Creation, management and funding on the west coast
A practical walk and talk day exploring woodland creation and management in the environment of the west coast. Includes: – Visit to Crannich Farm on Mull, where Sam and Robin…
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Adapting To A Changing Climate In the Livestock Sector – Grantown-On-Spey
Climate change and extreme weather events have become one of the major challenges currently faced by the livestock sector. This event will bring together a selection of speakers who will…
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Adapting to Climate Change – Stranraer
FACT – Climate Change will affect how you farm! Whether you are a believer or not the Climate Change discussion is here to stay and will affect your farming practices…
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Ayrshire Soil & Nutrient Network – Final meeting: Establishing & Managing a Spring Grass Ley
Effective resource and nutrient management is not only a smart way of demonstrating this but is also important for creating resilient, efficient and profitable businesses. With farming coming under increasing…
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Inverness Soil & Nutrient Network: First meeting event summary
The first meeting of the Inverness Soil & Nutrient Network was held in early December 2019 and the primary focus was: The Truth About Trace Elements When considering soil health…
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Podcast: Changing Practices for a Changing Climate – Adapting in the Arable Sector
In this podcast, Agricultural Consultant Malcolm MacDonald chats to Harry Henderson, AHDB’s Knowledge Transfer Manager, and later with Gavin Elrick, SAC Consulting’s soils, drainage and nutrient management expert. Topics discussed…
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Thainstone Soil & Nutrient Network – An Introduction to Kirkton Farm
Kirkton Farm near Thainstone is one of the Soil & Nutrient Network host farms for 2019-2020. In this podcast, we hear from our host farmer, Scott Campbell, who is the…
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