Press Releases

World first youth dedicated Smart Village has launched in Scotland

World first youth dedicated Smart Village has launched in Scotland

A partnership between the Rural Youth Project and Smart Village Scotland has witnessed the successful launch of a pioneering, youth-centric Smart Village which will champion young people to collaboratively build vibrant, creative, and sustainable rural economies in...

New products provide promising future for control of late blight

New products provide promising future for control of late blight

Despite the continued rapid evolution of late blight populations and the potential loss of mancozeb, the future of late blight control in potato crops is promising. In a recent webinar on BASF’s Real Results Virtual Farm, Dr David Cooke, plant pathologist at The James...

xarvio™’s feature list is growing

xarvio™’s feature list is growing

Spring barley added to list of crop types available with enhanced features such as disease risk predictions, growth stage forecasting and alerts. Field notes – take note or a picture of a weed and app precisely records location by dropping a pin on a satellite map...

New partnership formed to help water stewardship

New partnership formed to help water stewardship

Three industry leading manufacturers have formed a new partnership to help safeguard the future of a post-emergence herbicide that is under threat of de-regulation when it is up for re-approval in 2025. BASF, Nufarm and Sharda Cropchem have formed the “Know the...

MDS Chief shares career learnings with RAU Alumni

MDS Chief shares career learnings with RAU Alumni

Christine Tacon, Chair of both Management Development Services (MDS) – which provides graduate training for fresh produce businesses – and, more recently, of Red Tractor, talked to Royal Agricultural University graduate and MDS Trainee, Max Pitman, about the lessons...

Disease control crucial in source limited modern wheats

Disease control crucial in source limited modern wheats

The source limited nature of our wheat varieties today means that disease has a bigger impact on yield than it did some years ago. Dr Julie Smith, Principal Research Scientist, ADAS said, “Wheat plants intercept sunshine (solar radiation) and convert that energy to...

Young Aberdeenshire man launches retro coffee van pop-up

Young Aberdeenshire man launches retro coffee van pop-up

Austen Morley is in his early 20s and has opened a pop-up espresso and cocktail bar – Morley’s Coffee - at his home in Forglen, Aberdeenshire. He has received mentoring and marketing support from the Rural Youth Project for the last 18 months. Austen is serving hot...

Flying high to help farm stewardship

Flying high to help farm stewardship

Drones help support countryside stewardship Farmers get second chance to win a DJI Mavic Air 2 Pro drone with full training New early-bird prizes, if you scan your cans before 30th April 2021 Scanning Revystar® XE cans with the BASF Companion App Identifying reasons...

EAMU granted for Integral® Pro for use on Linseed

EAMU granted for Integral® Pro for use on Linseed

Integral® Pro, BASF’s biological seed treatment, has been granted approval for an Extension of Authorisation of Minor Use (EAMU) registration for use on linseed. This will enable seed producers to more reliably meet seed certification standards by reducing levels of...