Soils
Soil management and nutrient network farms
Soil & Nutrient Network – Case Study: Girrick Farm, Roxburghshire
Soil & Nutrient Network – helping farmers improve soils structure and nutrient management. This case study provides details of the Roxburghshire Soil & Nutrient Network Farm – Girrick Farm
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Integrated Crop Management Roadshow: Perth – Event Summary
Integrated Crop Management – a more holistic approach that can benefit your farm yields The Perth & Angus event of this roadshow was held at the Huntingtower Hotel during December. …
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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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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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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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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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Aberdeenshire Soil & Nutrient Network 2nd Meeting – Event Summary
Soil Damage & Value of Organic Manures The second Aberdeenshire Soil and Nutrient Network meeting at East Balhalgardy Farm, focussed on the two topics of soil damage (particularly in light…
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Roxburghshire Soil & Nutrient Network Farm – Meeting 2
The second meeting of the Roxburghshire Soil and Nutrient Network Farm took place in early November. The meeting began in Stichill Village Hall where various topics on each of the major nutrients were covered.
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