A major new project will tackle pests in potatoes through the protection of clean land and the management of land already infested with pests. The project will focus specifically on tackling potato cyst nematode (PCN), which is becoming an increasing challenge, with its presence in some fields across Scotland. It…

An innovative precision farming platform is employing artificial intelligence (AI) in the battle against weeds in grassland. Green-on-green, ie the targeting of green weeds in a green crop, has long been a challenge for those hoping to use precision farming technology to guide their spray applications. Now, SoilEssentials, the precision…

The AgriScot Scottish Arable Farm of the Year Award, revived for 2021 following a lockdown enforced absence last year, 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.…

Three generations of the Beattie family farm together from their base at Tullywhanland, Forfar. Gordon Beattie and Father welcomed Gordon’s son Andrew home to work in the business in 2019. Gordon’s sister, Tracey looks after the book-keeping and financial side of the business which also has one full-time general farm…

Agriculture students at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) have been given access to an online precision farming platform which allows them to map variation in crops using satellite data. Data management is now a key part of crop management and KORE, which was developed by precision farming company SoilEssentials, is a…

SoilEssentials, the Angus based precision farming specialists is celebrating a brace of anniversaries in 2020. The business, developers and suppliers of a multitude of pioneering hardware and software technologies to aide farmers and growers, celebrates 20 years of trading this year and also 10 years in partnership with machine control…

SoilEssentials has been awarded £40,000 to develop a feasibility study to help research and develop ways to tackle the spread of potato cyst nematode (PCN) to Scotland’s potato growing industry. The grant will help bring them together with academia to deliver this innovative project.The Collaborative Innovation Fund for food and…

TAKE ADVANTAGE! SoilEssentials is proud to support the Scottish Government’s Sustainable Agriculture Capital Grant Scheme (SACGS) which will provide grant funding for farmers and crofters to purchase specific items of agricultural equipment. We have a 20-year heritage of increasing efficiencies across the farm and as the only direct authorised reseller…

Scientists at the James Hutton Institute and partner organisations are working to understand the interactions between pathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum and an array of soil-microbe-crop interactions in the development of blackleg, one of the most damaging bacterial plant diseases in the UK, responsible for annual losses of £50m for the potato…

Award-winning precision farming specialists SoilEssentials, has stepped in to help boost the technical training of the next generation of skilled agriculturalists. Dundee & Angus College, which is local to the Angus based firm, successfully applied for a £50k College Innovation Fund award from the Scottish Funding Council to support students…