A short film highlighting the “human story” behind Scottish agriculture’s seasonal migrant workforce has been unveiled by SRUC’s Rural Policy Centre.
"The soils submitted to the competition show that many farmers are aware of its importance and a need to invest in this natural capital" John Weir, of Lacesston Farm near Cupar, has been announced as the winner of Best Soil in Show at the Royal Highland Show 2018, with Douglas Greig, of Tealing by Dundee, scooping the Young Farmers prize for a record third time. Lacesston is a 200-hectare farm which predominantly grows spring barley for malting, as well as potatoes and winter varieties of wheat, oats, oilseed rape and barley. More information from: Bernardo Rodriguez-Salcedo, Media Manager
The distinctive “signature” of the zigzag elm sawfly ( Aproceros leucopoda) might conjure images of the 1940’s movie Mark of Zorro. But, it heralds the arrival of a new pest in the British countryside.