by Andrew Williamson | Apr 20, 2023 | Press Releases
With lush crops of barley easy to find this year, growers will be keen to manage their crops to ensure they reach their maximum yield and quality potential. To help achieve this, both winter and spring crops should be treated with robust PGRs to ensure an optimum ear...
by Andrew Williamson | Apr 11, 2023 | Press Releases
Monitor crops closely and consider protective chocolate spot treatments this spring, farmers are warned, as conditions are conductive for the development of winter beans’ most destructive disease. Early drilling and harsh winter weather combined with cool wet...
by Andrew Williamson | Apr 5, 2023 | JCM News, Press Releases
Across the country a combination of sunshine and warmer temperatures has prompted rapid crop growth and reports are coming in of mounting disease pressure. While nutrients are currently top of the to-do list, many growers are starting to think about fungicide...
by Andrew Williamson | Apr 3, 2023 | Press Releases
Routinely treating sheep and cattle for liver fluke has led to overuse of treatments, increased resistance and costs to farmers and the environment which could be avoided through testing. A seasonal study carried out on Islay, has demonstrated that treating ‘as little...
by Andrew Williamson | Mar 31, 2023 | Press Releases
Five years on from hosting Farming For A Better Climate (FFBC)’s pilot project, Montrose farmer Willie Officer has seen the results of a changed approach to some on-farm practices to see yields improve and input costs reduce. Farming 900 acres of all arable, including...
