CropCast

By: Farm Advisory Service
  • Summary

  • Welcome to Cropcast, bringing you all the on crops and soils. Each month, SAC Consulting advisor, Tiffany Mactaggart will be joined by a range of industry experts, bringing you timely updates and the latest research to help you make decisions in the field. Scotland’s Farm Advisory Service is funded by the Scottish Government. Our podcast covers a range of topics which help support your farm or croft to be more profitable and sustainable.
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Episodes
  • Spring Cereal Varieties (Summer 2024 Update)
    Sep 4 2024

    In this episode Tiffany Stephenson is joined by Dr Steve Hoad, team leader in agronomy, physiology & genetics at SRUC, to provide an update on how Spring cereal varieties have been performing during the 2024 variety trials, along with his top variety picks.

    Welcome to Cropcast, your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops. Each month, SAC advisor, Tiffany Stephenson will be joined by a range of industry experts, bringing you timely updates to help you make decisions in the field.

    Producer George Gauley, Editor Cameron Waugh, Executive Producer Kerry Hammond, in association with the Scottish Government.

    Linked FAS Resources

    For the most recent Scottish Recommended list 24/25

    https://www.sruc.ac.uk/media/4qybv20b/sruc-cereals-recommended-list-2024-tables-winter-edition-w1.pdf

    Full variety data sets collected are available on the AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds website https://ahdb.org.uk/rl

    Lothian crop trials webinar 2024

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V74muZHiI9w

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    28 mins
  • Winter Cereal Varieties (Summer 2024 Update)
    Aug 22 2024

    In this episode Tiffany Stephenson is joined by Dr Steve Hoad, team leader in agronomy, physiology & genetics at SRUC, to provide an update on how winter cereal varieties have been performing during the 2024 variety trials, along with his top variety picks.

    Welcome to Cropcast, your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops. Each month, SAC advisor, Tiffany Stephenson will be joined by a range of industry experts, bringing you timely updates to help you make decisions in the field.

    Producer George Gauley, Editor Iain Boyd, Executive Producer Kerry Hammond, in association with the Scottish Government.

    Linked FAS Resources

    For the most recent Scottish Recommended list 24/25

    https://www.sruc.ac.uk/media/4qybv20b/sruc-cereals-recommended-list-2024-tables-winter-edition-w1.pdf

    Full variety data sets collected are available on the AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds website https://ahdb.org.uk/rl

    Lothian crop trials webinar 2024

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V74muZHiI9w

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    35 mins
  • Fungicide Performance 2024
    Jul 23 2024

    In this episode Tiffany Stephenson is joined by Professor Fiona Burnett, an applied plant pathologist at SRUC to discuss the performance of fungicides during the challenging growing season, that has been 2024.

    Cropcast is your go to podcast for all the latest information on arable crops. Each month, SAC advisor, Tiffany Stephenson will be joined by a range of industry experts, bringing you timely updates to help you make decisions in the field.

    Producer George Gauley, Editor Cameron Waugh, Executive Producer Kerry Hammond, in association with the Scottish Government.


    Linked FAS Resources

    Lothian Crop Trials Webinar - YouTube

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    30 mins

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