We need to cooperate on crop research to create a sustainable agricultural industry, says Adam Christie, Managing Director of independent agronomy coop, Scottish Agronomy. “As the industry undertakes some major changes to meet the challenges of Net Zero, it is...
Profitable sheep farming requires effective nutrition, which is the key to healthy, prolific ewes says Ruminant Nutritionist, Steven Eddie of East Coast Viners Animal Nutrition. The advice was discussed at recent Ewe Nutrition workshops delivered by East Coast...
Farmstrong Scotland, the wellbeing charity for farmers and crofters, has appointed two new trustees following an overwhelming response to its first-ever public call for board members. The peer-to-peer led programme, which recently secured charity status, was keen to...
AgriScot has announced the appointment of renowned South Ayrshire dairy farmer, Gilmour Lawrie, as its new Chair. He succeeds Robert Neill, who has led the event for the past seven years, strengthening its position as the UK’s premier farm business event. A committed...
How we decide to use our land must surely be one of the biggest decisions a country can collectively make, and, ahead of the NFU Conference, navigating the current direction of policy travel for food, farming and land-use is dominating many of the UK farming sector’s...
Trinity Grain, the farmer-owned grain storage and marketing cooperative, welcomed farmers and industry leaders to a well-attended speaker event on February 5th. The evening, themed “Helping Yourself and Helping Each Other,” provided a forum for open discussion on the...
Farmstrong Scotland, the wellbeing charity for farmers and crofters, is launching Blether Together Live, a series of informal events designed to help people step off the farm, meet others in the industry, and enjoy an evening of good food, great conversation and...
BASF launches new complete fungicide solution for Irish growers. Navura® + Comet® 200, offers growers a complete T1 solution for their barley crops.This new pack provides well balanced disease control covering all major barley diseases; Rhynchosporium, net...
This technical growing guide, created by BASF in partnership with industry experts from NIAB, SRUC, ADAS and Teagasc provides all the necessary information required to maximise the yield and quality of both spring and winter barley crops. To download the Barley...
Expanding into online used machinery, industrial equipment and liquidation sales is proving good business for a number of Scotland’s livestock marts, says Neil Wilson, Executive Director of the Institute of Auctioneers and Appraisers in Scotland (IAAS). Reports are...