A new project to enhance food safety in potato crisp production has started between Abertay University and Perthshire-based Taylors Snacks. Focusing on minimising acrylamide, a natural chemical compound that can form in starchy foods when cooked at high temperatures,...
With the agricultural industry continuing to look for ways to build trust and relationships with the consumer, one grower from Lincolnshire is encouraging farmers to apply for a new award that has helped him build connections, bridging the gap between food and...
Despite widespread support across the sector, biopesticides aren’t yet realising their potential and stakeholders found out why, at a recent webinar hosted by Fera Science. From the challenges of formulating new regulation and developing meaningful ecotoxicity...
Whether you’re a seasoned grower or you have just added winter beans to your rotation, the new Bean Growth Guide has been developed to help you make the most from the crop. The free resource is the result of a collaboration between PGRO, ADAS and BASF, and brings...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Chemistry is fast disappearing from farming’s toolbox, but researchers and farmers are working together to trial and demonstrate alternative solutions to protect the high health status of Scotland’s seed potato industry. The third in a series of case studies,...