Soil is a perennial topic, something that needs to be discussed on a recurring basis, and last time we did so was with Dr Bill Crooks some years ago now.

In this episode, we hear from agricultural consultant and soil management enthusiast Lorna Galloway and talk all manner of things, from improving the uplands, raising soil pH, integrating clover, managing drainage and highlighting the support available for soil sampling under Preparing for Sustainable Farming.

Soil forms the foundation of just about everything we do in agriculture, we like to think of our society as being at the cutting edge, but this is not a new idea. “To be a successful farmer one must first know the nature of the soil” – Xenophon, 400 B.C. More recently, Leonardo Di Vinci is attributed as saying “We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot”.

Want to get in touch with Lorna? She can be contacted at SAC Consulting Stranraer on

01776 702 649 or via email at Lorna.Galloway@sac.co.uk.

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https://www.fas.scot/downloads/valuing-soils-practical-guidance-scottish-farmers/

https://www.fas.scot/downloads/practical-guide-soil-sampling-i-take-soil-sample/

https://www.fas.scot/downloads/farming-better-climate-practical-guide-field-drainage/

https://www.fas.scot/downloads/practical-guide-understanding-soil-carbon/