Talking arable

Talking arable with Neil MacLeod: We are yet to find out if spring barley has achieved malting quality with reports there are significant amounts being downgraded

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Talking arable with Neil MacLeod: We are yet to find out if spring barley has achieved malting quality with reports there are significant amounts being downgraded

Its always a nice feeling to be finished harvest regardless of how it has gone and, with our 2020 efforts concluding yesterday (September), we have shaved a week off our usual date - helped along last week by some glorious windy days allowing very early starts.

clock 25 September 2020 • 3 min read
Talking arable with Neil MacLeod: Oilseed rape has suprisingly exceeded expectations

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Talking arable with Neil MacLeod: Oilseed rape has suprisingly exceeded expectations

clock 09 September 2020 • 3 min read
Talking Arable with Hannah Darby: Our five-year average rainfall has been on the climb, with harvest 2019 and 2020 being the wettest

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Talking Arable with Hannah Darby: Our five-year average rainfall has been on the climb, with harvest 2019 and 2020 being the wettest

clock 05 September 2020 • 4 min read
Talking arable with Ian Matts: Winter beans podded so low down the plant that half of them could not be harvested

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Talking arable with Ian Matts: Winter beans podded so low down the plant that half of them could not be harvested

clock 03 September 2020 • 3 min read
Talking Arable with Neil MacLeod: I have never had such an uneven crop of barley in terms of ripeness

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Talking Arable with Neil MacLeod: I have never had such an uneven crop of barley in terms of ripeness

As I write this article on July 16, I am delighted to report that the MacLeod family managed to fit in a ‘staycation’ having just returned from a four-day trip to Wester Ross and a stay in my uncle’s chalet. 

clock 10 August 2020 • 3 min read
Talking arable with Ian Matts: This year harvest just feels like another job to be completed so we can wipe the slate clean

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Talking arable with Ian Matts: This year harvest just feels like another job to be completed so we can wipe the slate clean

With no oilseed rape or winter barley in the ground I was not expecting an early start to harvest and that is how it looks at the moment.

clock 08 August 2020 • 3 min read
Talking agronomy with Ben Boothman: I would be ever so cautious on throwing OSR out the pram too soon

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Talking agronomy with Ben Boothman: I would be ever so cautious on throwing OSR out the pram too soon

clock 05 August 2020 • 3 min read
Talking Arable with Neil MacLeod: A late infestation of pollen beetle larvae has further knocked OSR

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Talking Arable with Neil MacLeod: A late infestation of pollen beetle larvae has further knocked OSR

clock 06 July 2020 • 3 min read
Talking arable with Ian Matts: There is something to be said for spring cropping in terms of pressure on workload

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Talking arable with Ian Matts: There is something to be said for spring cropping in terms of pressure on workload

clock 30 June 2020 • 3 min read
Talking arable Neil MacLeod: Our later-sown wheats are very poor and OSR flowering is all over the place

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Talking arable Neil MacLeod: Our later-sown wheats are very poor and OSR flowering is all over the place

clock 09 June 2020 • 3 min read