by Andrew Williamson | Sep 5, 2025 | Press Releases
“CARROTS are one of our nation’s most versatile yet underappreciated foods,” says leading nutritionist Dr Laura Wyness. Dr Wyness, who has 20 years’ experience as an author, podcast host and public speaker on nutrition and public health, heard through a colleague...
by Andrew Williamson | Sep 4, 2025 | Press Releases
Across the country autumn 2024 provided good conditions for getting on top of grassweeds and many growers have seen populations decline. With a legacy of weed seeds in the soil profile, however, maintaining the focus will be key to continued control. “Those farmers...
by Andrew Williamson | Sep 3, 2025 | Press Releases
AgriScot has launched the 2025 Business Skills Award, marking 15 years of the prestigious competition, with a top prize of £1,000 for the winner, kindly sponsored by Virgin Money. A competition for aspiring agricultural professionals between 18 and 25 years of age...
by Andrew Williamson | Sep 1, 2025 | Press Releases
With an earlier-than-“normal” Scottish cereal harvest and combines making rapid progress through August, fields are being cleared quicker than would be expected, creating some bonus time for remedial work this year. These are what we’ve traditionally seen as “English...
by Andrew Williamson | Sep 1, 2025 | JCM News
When you farm in the North-East of Scotland, “drought” isn’t a word we use often; we’re more likely to be complaining about wet weather pushing cereal harvest into October, than parched soils. Yet the weather patterns of the last few years are a different story: the...
