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Anglo Scottish Asset Finance Bolsters Service offering with Appointment of New Head of Agriculture & Food

Anglo Scottish Asset Finance Bolsters Service offering with Appointment of New Head of Agriculture & Food

Anglo Scottish Asset Finance have announced the appointment of Andrew Laird as Head of Agriculture & Food for UK & Ireland. Andrew will be responsible for establishing new Agriculture and food division, offering bespoke finance solutions to the sector, and building on Anglo Scottish’s strong business growth.Reporting directly to Carl Johnson, UK Sales Director (Asset), […]

Crop stars of the future SRUC names Winter Wheat Challenge winners

The latest winners of the Winter Wheat Challenge have been announced. Edinburgh-based students Josh Bain, Kerr Sloan, Josh Gray and Sam McKinnon were presented with the trophy at the Royal Highland Show by Caroline Bysh, Vice Principal – External Relations & Student Experience at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC). Organised by SRUC and sponsored by the […]

Bringing variety crop plots together for better comparison

Bringing variety crop plots together for better comparison

Crop plots are back centre stage at the Cereals Event, meaning visitors can compare top varieties side by side. The winter wheat and barley feature showcases new and popular Recommended List varieties, says arable project manager Jonathan Backhouse, who has curated 26 winter wheat and 14 winter barley varieties. “We have worked with seed breeders […]

What Do Drone IP Rating Standards Mean for the Agricultural Sector?

What Do Drone IP Rating Standards Mean for the Agricultural Sector?

The drone market has experienced significant growth in recent years.  And as both hobbyist and professional users alike take great interest in exploring the capabilities these devices have to offer, this growth is set to continue, with a huge 76,000 drones projected to be flying the UK skies by 2030, according to Skies without Limits, […]

Scottish cereal farmers call for spring barley competition

Scottish cereal farmers call for spring barley competition

Scottish cereal growers are working with ADAS on adding a new spring barley category to the national yield competition– the Yield Enhancement Network (YEN). At the inaugural meeting of the Scottish YEN Growers Group – funded and facilitated by AHDB – the members discussed how a new spring barley category, which focused on grain quality […]

Tramline trials used to test winter wheat nitrogen accuracy

Tramline trials used to test winter wheat nitrogen accuracy

An innovative set of trials has helped farmers test the accuracy of nitrogen (N) management in their winter wheat crops. Wheat yields differed both between farms and within farms but the cause of most of the variation was deemed unlikely to be a result of N tactics. The conclusions add weight to other research findings that […]

Rewiring plant defence genes to reduce crop waste

Rewiring plant defence genes to reduce crop waste

Plants can be genetically rewired to resist the devastating effects of disease – significantly reducing crop waste worldwide – according to new research into synthetic biology by the University of Warwick. Led by Professor Declan Bates from the Warwick Integrative Synthetic Biology Centre (WISB) and Professor Katherine Denby from the University of York, who is […]

Agricultural research receives multi-million pound boost

Agricultural research receives multi-million pound boost

UK universities and agricultural research centres which improve the resilience, sustainability and quality of major crops will benefit from a funding package worth around £5.3 million over five years, Environment Secretary Michael Gove announced today. The funding will go to four leading agricultural research centres to help develop new technologies and environmentally friendly production for […]

Farmers invited to take part in diverse cropping project to increase yields

Farmers invited to take part in diverse cropping project to increase yields

The Organic Research Centre, a leading independent research charity, is inviting UK farmers to participate in a new EU-funded project called DIVERSify which is investigating how to maximise the performance of crop mixtures (or plant teams) to improve yields while reducing the reliance on inputs. Dr Bruce Pearce from the Organic Research Centre said, “It […]

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