After months of deliberation and a host of impressive farms to choose from, the finalists for this year’s AgriScot Arable Farm of the Year award have now been announced. Colin McGregor, McGregor FarmsColin McGregor of McGregor Farms in Berwickshire took on the daily running of the family business in 1989…

EssentialsNetRTK, the highly accurate signal correction network for tractor and implement guidance systems is being lauded by farming users EssentialsNetRTK, the highly accurate correction signal network for tractor and implement guidance systems is being lauded by farming users as the most reliable system of its kind. EssentialsNetRTK has been developed…

A ‘retrainable, smart-camera vision system’, developed in Scotland and now being deployed to eliminate rogue potatoes in Dutch onion crops has been awarded a Silver medal in the coveted Royal Highland Show Technical Innovation Awards. SKAi (pronounced: Sky) – SoilEssentials KORE Artificial Intelligence platform – is the brainchild of Forfar…

It has long been the subject of science fiction, latterly morphing into various predictions, promises and prototypes, but now the wait is over. Farmers and contractors in Scotland and the north of England now have the chance to put full scale, autonomous tractors to work in their own fields. The…

Preston Hall Farms, the 2021 AgriScot Scottish Arable Farm of the Year award, is set to benefit from a bespoke precision farming package as an award prize. Preston Hall Farms consists of four arable units around the village of Pathhead in the gently rolling Midlothian countryside 15 miles south of…

Members of a Danish farmers co-operative experienced a packed 3-day tour of the Angus potato industry recently, organised by SoilEssentials.

The AgriScot Scottish Arable Farm of the Year Award, 2022 is now open for nominations and entries. The award, first made in 2017, has traditionally looked for entries later in the summer, with on farm assessor visits taking place in October. This year, however, organisers have decided to open up…

Today, the Scottish precision farming pioneers SoilEssentials announce a new collaboration with Continental Automotive, now the UK’s first advanced dealer of Continentals ProViu 360 Surround View system allowing the driver a clear picture of surroundings and a bird’s eye view of his machine.

The award, sponsored by SoilEssentials and supported by AHDB, recognises farms who focus on soil health and make best use of innovation and technology. This year’s shortlist consisted of two farms from Aberdeenshire and one from Midlothian. Farm Manager Bill Gray has managed the farm at Preston Hall in Midlothian…

The AgriScot Scottish Arable Farm of the Year award, which will be presented at AgriScot on 9 February 2022, is sponsored by SoilEssentials and supported by the Agriculture and Development Board (AHDB). It recognises farmers who focus on soil health and make best use of innovation and technology. This year’s shortlist consists of two farmers from Aberdeenshire and one from Midlothian.