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Scottish Agronomy is Scotland’s leading agronomy advice service. Proudly independent and farmer-owned, we’re dedicated to finding evidence-based solutions for our grower and trade associate members. www.scottishagronomy.co.uk Tel: 01577 862759

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Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · 1d

And our North winter wheat site in Aberdeenshire. With 4 locations from the Borders, Fife Angus and here in Aberdeenshire locally grown, fully replicated variety trials that give members the information they need to make informed variety decisions 🌱

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · 1d

Like many autumn sown crops, our winter wheat RL & VL site in Angus is off to the perfect start.

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · 2d

As we tackle the persistent issue of Potato Cyst Nematode (PCN) in potato crops, our members are continually trying new methods of control as part of an integrated pest management approach. One member has sown an area of circa 1ha with African Nightshade as a trap crop!

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Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · 4d

Early start to beat the wind at Balgonie, for WW pre-ems. 🌱

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · 6d

Q. What do the trials team do with themselves after harvest? A. Lots!
Currently the team are scoring spring barley trials for skinning and screenings; preparing almost 3,500 samples from harvest for dispatch and logging the newly sown trials onto our systems and processing data.

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · 8d

Lovely, even establishment on our Fife winter barley site, 12 days after drilling

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · 9d

Final potato trial out of the ground. 🏁 Lots of samples to analyse over the coming weeks 🥔

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · 18d

Excellent progress with the drilling campaign from the trials team this week. Winter barley, rye, triticale and oats all completed. Pushing hard for the remaining wheat sites with multiple drills in the field while Arlary prepares the next sites for drilling. End is in sight 🌾

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · 21d

Drills back in action this week with another site secured. South winter barley sown, as we look to get into Fife tomorrow.🚜

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · 23d

Great to host the BASF Perfecting Potatoes Together Innovation Tour last month. A great group of forward thinking individuals! 🥔

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · 26d

Great article from Stevie in this weeks Farmers Weekly! 🫘

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · 29d

Big shift at potato harvest in the East Neuk with the team taking yield and sample digs for 112 plots 🥔 ☀️ 🚜

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · 29d

They may have only been in the ground for 11 days but our early winter wheat and linseed trials are off to an absolute flyer ☀️☔️🌾

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · Sep 15

Our Central WOSR site looking well, coming up for 2 weeks after drilling 🌱

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · Sep 9

Harvest underway for the potato trials. First site being lifted near St Cyrus with hopefully another two sites coming out the ground this week. Weather permitting 🥔☀️

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · Sep 3

4 drills making light work of our Central WOSR site. 🌱🚜

Meanwhile the last plots of harvest 2025 are cleared with the spring oilseed rape trial in Fife cut. Not quite our earliest finish ever, but second only to 2003 when everything was cut by the last day of August 🌾☀️🌱

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · Sep 2

Workday got a little brighter for the team yesterday and maybe, a sign of good fortune 🍀🌈🌾

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · Sep 1

Great to see that the Farmers Guardian has picked up on Donald's artice! 👍

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · Aug 29

Mid August drilling has made a massive difference to this year’s cover crop trials. Off to an absolute flyer and should produce a significant biomass before winter.

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · Aug 27

Great to hear Donald speaking on FARMING TODAY this morning about the early harvest in Scotland.
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... and for more comment from Donald, head to the NEWS page on the Scottish Agronomy website.

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · Aug 25

Cereal harvest is done! Last plot cut!

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · Aug 25

It’s not often that the trials kit generates this much dust. The teams sitting on our cabless machinery may be questioning the wisdom of drilling in anticipation of the forecast rain later this week 💨

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · Aug 22

“After less than a month of harvest & well over 14,000 plots, the last of the cereals plots at Balgonie are harvested. The end is definitely in sight for the trials team, who have made the most of the remarkably kind weather.” 🌞

Scottish Agronomy Ltd @scotag.bsky.social · Aug 18

It’s going to be a late one as the combines move back into the last blocks of spring barley in Fife 🌝