BASF’s presence at one of the industry’s leading events, Potatoes in Practice last month, underpinned its commitment to this critical crop and gave the opportunity to exchange thoughts on the current season, showcase innovative fungicides, and share insights on their...
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UK’s leading dairy competition churns out two new classes and announces the judge for 2025
Renowned as The UK’s No 1 Farm Business Event, AgriScot is set to return on Wednesday 19 November 2025, promising even more excitement and opportunity for the UK’s leading dairy competition, taking place in the main ring. The event will once again feature the nation’s...
BASF Agronomy blog featuring Tynegrain’s lead agronomist, Nick Sanderson
Nick's Top Tips for Grassweed Control: Establish a stale seedbed Invest in robust chemistry at pre-emergence Consider rotational ploughing for bromes Spring cropping remains a valuable tool Positive Outlook for 2025/26: Despite challenges, growers in Northumberland...
UK’s leading agricultural business event raises the steaks and opens pre-registration, with a new partner
AgriScot, the UK’s leading agricultural business event, has launched its pre-registration, allowing visitors to benefit from free entry and free car parking. Supported by Warrendale Wagyu, one of the UK’s leading beef supply chains, producing the highest quality...
Nutritionist backs farmers’ campaign to highlight the humble carrot
“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...
Season update: Autumn 2025 presents rare opportunity to reduce grassweed seedbanks
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...
Celebrating 15 years of success: AgriScot Business Skills Award looks to Agriculture’s future
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...
Shifting weather patterns calls for a shift in mindset
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...
Lawrie Legacy Boosts Learning for Three Young People
Three young people have been awarded funding to further their skills and wider understanding of agricultural business both at home and abroad. As he retires as Company Secretary from Scottish Agronomy, the farmer-owned cooperative, a bursary has been set up in George...
7 ways to strengthen your grassweed control this autumn
With autumn fast approaching, attention is turning to winter wheat drilling and how to achieve the best possible grassweed control to get crops off to a strong start. Black-grass and Italian ryegrass remain two of the most damaging threats to UK arable production....









